Bonsai potential.....?

[Wee]

Two more free shrubs to dig....? Ad say they are Carolina Bright n Tight Cherry Laurels about 6 feet tall....The guy is even offering to help dig them up. Here is a couple of pics.

Brian

 

[Martin Sweeney]

Two more free shrubs to dig....? Ad say they are Carolina Bright n Tight Cherry Laurels about 6 feet tall....The guy is even offering to help dig them up. Here is a couple of pics.

Brian

Brian,

I have never tried Cherry Laurel, nor have I heard of anyone else using them. Never the less, I think you should give them a try. They look like they have been in place, or at least pruned, for a while and may have some decent trunks inside the silhouette. Cherry Laurel are good plants in general, although the leaves are a little big.

http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/2014/bright-n-tight-carolina-laurel.php

Try it and enjoy.

Regards,
Martin

 

[fourteener]

Is it one nice trunk, or multiple small trunks?

 

[A Random User]

I am not sure of the "bright and tight"...

But, the Carolina Cherry Laurel that we have around here
grow like weeds in the ground, and suck really bad when in a pot...
They are a pain to remove... and more than likely will not have a very
tight root ball, unless this particular tree had been grown in a
nursery pot for a while. Which means all the fine feeder roots will
be a long distance away from the trunk. Cutting these back will more
than likely kill it.

From my experience... I would leave this where it is...

 

[Wee]

Thanx for the advice everybody.....I'll leave these be.