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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 2, 2012 at 7:05am

  I've done it a few times and everything grows back perfectly. It's better than a light prune that cuts all the leaves in half to be honest.
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  Ben Podd October 2, 2012 at 8:39am

  Hi, agreed with Dan, no issues as far as the Laurel is concerend will come back stronger, just need to make sure it's a tidy cut as won't grow back as fast through Autumn.
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  Claire Brown October 2, 2012 at 9:05am

  i'd say it depends where you are in the country, - if you're in the softy south, then you need to leave it slightly longer before you hard prune.

  if you prune now, you will get some soft sappy growth over the next month, - this will then be scorched by the winter frosts, and will set the plant back (not to the point of killing it, but it will look bad!)

  so i'd suggest waiting until it's proper cold before you do it, - but yes hard is the way to go.
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  Paul McNulty October 2, 2012 at 12:16pm

  I'm in the "softy south" and would agree with Claire. It's a good job to put off until late winter when work is slow, and better for the plant IMO.
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  Gary RK October 2, 2012 at 2:42pm

  We do a lot of restorative pruning on laurels around our business park in late winter.

  You can go in hard and it will benefit if shrub is out of control etc
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  Jim Davidson October 2, 2012 at 5:43pm

  The only problem that i know of is the bastard stuff just grows back again !