I have a laurel bush in the middle of a flower bed and I want it out of there! I had heard that if I cut it down to a stump and then drilled some holes in the stump, I could fill the holes with bleach in order to kill the roots. Has anyone else had any experience with this? It seems much easier than digging everything out.
Sounds like a good scheme to me. I have had to remove various small trees/large bushes over the years & I just cut 'em down. The next year or two, you may get suckers - a hand pruner removes these.Pile them up & run the lawnmower over the heap. Throw it on your mulch pile for a year or so. When the stump stops producing suckers - heap compost/soil around it & plant something. After a few years, the roots are partly rotten & it's easy to remove the whole thing. I've had a small Yew stump in a sunny spot for years & I managed to get it covered in a pretty Sedum for example. BTW, don't burn, eat or make compost-tea from fresh laurel (Prunus laurocerasus or P. lusitanica). These species do contain cyanide. Thanks for removing one of these obnoxious plants....oh, oh...my prejudices are showing again.
