If you need fast growing easy to maintain and evergreen hedging look no further than a classic laurel hedge it is best used to produce hedges from 1m to 3m tall quickly forming a dense canopy of shiny green leaves laurel grows at 30cm 40cm 1ft per year but will not take over trim to shape and height twice a year suitable for planting all year round as it is pot grown for the quickest and most successful establishment plant 3 plants per linear metre of hedge for best results