Christmas tree is the focal point for all your festive decor in your home, so it should make a statement. 

Following our few simple tips will help you to achieve it.

• LIGHTS - while choosing your lights keep in mind colour scheme of your decorations. Pull the power cord along the trunk of the tree outwards, winding the lighting tightly around branches, which will help to create the dazzling depth of the tree

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• DECORATIVE BRANCHES - fill the tree with sparkling picks, floral branches, berry garlands, acrylic crystals etc. 

•  TAKE OUT YOUR BAUBLES - position larger, glitter or shiny baubles near trunk of the tree, they will catch the light from within the the depth of the tree and give it more interesting three-dimensional look. If you have an artificial tree, you don't even have to hang them, they will just easily nestle in amongst the branches.
• Arrange some repetition, because it is calming for the eye. Hang decorative baubles near plain ones and group small items together.

• DECORATIVE ORNAMENTS- altrenate shapes and materials. Add bows, hanging figures, festive flowers or decorative lights to give the tree that something extra.

• Showcase your favourite ornaments and add an element fo suprise.

• They can be very special items like pass down ornaments in your family, decorations your children made, maybe you bought some baubles on your holidays or they were given to you to mark certain occasions in your life, whatever they are they deserve a prime postions on your tree.
• FINISH DECORATING THE THREE WITH TREE TOPPER AND TREE SKIRT - use tree topper, star or oversize ribbon on the top of your tree.
• fashionable option for the modern tree is a willow tree skirt

ALL THAT IS LEFT TO DO IS PILE UP PRESSIES. SETTLE DOWN ON THE SOFA, RELAX AND ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE

 For your inspiration here are few christmas themes we in Drinagh garden centre created for you.

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Laurel hedge plants (Prunus laurocerasus rotundifolia) are also known as Cherry Laurel. The large shiny leaves are dark green on top and pale green underneath. If untrimmed, it will also produce fragrant white flowers followed by red berries.

Laurel in particular is probably the best hedge to grow in shade. They tolerate shade well and are often planted under tree canopies in large estate gardens. All types of laurel will also grow well in full sun.They are evergreen so will give you privacy all year round .

If you want to create some privacy for your garden, laurel is a much more attractive option than a fence. Growing up to two feet per year, it makes for a beautiful and dense living wall that also serves to keep control over invasive brambles and nuisance weeds.

The thickness of its leaves will dampen sounds from traffic and the street while providing an fantastic windbreak.

As well as being good for homeowners, the laurel plant is also useful for wildlife. The thickness of the hedge makes it an ideal place for bird nests. So, aswell as beautiful leaves and aromatic flowers, the laurel also provides you with entertainment from the birds that enjoy living within its branches.

Laurel Care

Don’t be afraid of being hard on your laurel hedge, by cutting it back ‘tight’ each year you will avoid it becoming wider as time goes by taking up more garden space than is necessary and eventually needing drastic remedial action. Regardless of when you cut your laurel hedging plants, we would recommend giving it a balanced feed each Spring before growth starts, ideally together with a generous mulch (applied before dry weather) to retain moisture at the roots during the growing season. Well-treated laurel hedges will make good annual growth and the foliage will be a rich deep green. Healthy laurels like this tend to be trouble-free because they resist pests and diseases .