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May 30, 2015 at 11:05 pm #817564
dapuffinParticipantI need to find somebody to cut back a severely overgrown laurel hedge and cart off the clippings. Any referrals and any idea how much people charge for this kind of thing? Thanks!
May 31, 2015 at 7:26 am #824556
acemotelParticipantThere are so many variables, it’s hard to give an estimate, even a rough one. We have an old, very long hedge that’s about oh, 40 ft. (?) long and tall – about 15 ft (?). It’s tall enough that the workers had to climb inside the bush and up into the branches to pare it down. The branches are very thick and the foliage is dense. In addition, it’s on a slope and in between two lots, so access is hard and the clippings have to be dragged uphill along a small walkway. A couple years ago, as I recall, the cost was around $2000. Generally, we see gardeners doing work at other houses on our street, and ask them to give us a bid when they’re done with work there. I think we used Long’s Gardening (425) 226-5747 or (206) 300-9398.
May 31, 2015 at 1:55 pm #824557
anonymeParticipantYou might consider just getting rid of it. Laurel is on the state noxious weed list, and is a “weed of concern” in King County. It’ll be an expensive headache as long as it exists, so why not start over with something better behaved?
May 31, 2015 at 2:39 pm #824558
dapuffinParticipantThank you. Ridding ourselves of the horrible stuff would be ideal. Raising the funds to rid or even trim it is going to be the problem. I hate the stuff. It came with the house.
May 31, 2015 at 6:38 pm #824559
trickycooljParticipantA chainsaw and a few weekends might get rid of it, laurels get pretty hefty stumps. My builder’s cheap landscaper put 5 of them in my 20×25′ front yard! Got rid of them after a year they grew so dang fast. Even stupider they put another 4 in a row on the opposite side of the fence in my neighbor’s adjoined yard.
May 31, 2015 at 8:08 pm #824560
dapuffinParticipantProblem is that my husband works all kinds of hours, including weekends. We need to hire somebody. If anybody here is interested in the job, let me know.
June 1, 2015 at 1:30 am #824561
JoBParticipantdapuffin
email me at joanneATbraydenDOTorg and i will pass along the name of my handy guy.
i wouldn’t necessarily recommend him for trimming them but if you want them taken out he might just be an affordable option.
June 1, 2015 at 6:05 pm #824562
wakefloodParticipantThe stuff is quite relentless and as hardy as it gets. I went through two chainsaw blades having to sharpen them multiple times a day just to beat back one large tree that had spread.
It does not go quietly.
June 2, 2015 at 1:52 am #824563
JayDeeParticipantAfter a 4-year growth, I saw what my Laurel bushes could turn into and whacked, and hacked and removed them. I replaced them with Fargesia robusta clumping bamboo and have not regretted tearing the Laurel out. So if there is a reason you had them for like screening…the F. robusta top out near 16 feet though this year’s growth is trying for 18-feet.
June 2, 2015 at 3:29 am #824564
anonymeParticipantFYI, I have some huge pots of F. robusta for sale. It’s the best screening bamboo, IMHO – beautiful, well-behaved, not disease prone to disease.
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