A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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#ignitiongm #rhsbridgewater #Salford #Worsley https://t.co/3PXlqju78c, 60 companies with a collective turnover of $4 trillion call on Governments to take urgent action to protect Nature. The Portuguese laurel is slower growing than cherry laurel and can be grown on chalk soil, unlike cherry laurel. The spheres, ovals and blocks are roughly cut with shears three times a year – in February, July and October. A slowing variegated evergreen shrub that can be readily pruned to shape, thus making it suitable for hedging and screening.
Even though this evergreen's leaves are large, they recover quickly from shearing, making this a fine choice for a formal, sheared hedge.
The Victorians, who loved the privacy of hedges, embraced both Portuguese and cherry laurel as avidly as lace curtains. logging into shop.monrovia.com.
Some of Brodsworth's specimens were planted more than 150 years ago and, prior to the garden restoration, had become neglected. The laurel comes from over 200 different species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs stretching from the Andes in South America to the mountains of South East Asia. It reproduces either sexually (the most successful method) or asexually by cloning from shoots. Cooperative Extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
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Stems, leaves, seeds contain cyanide, particularly toxic in the process of wilting: brick red mucous membranes, dilated pupils, difficulty breathing, panting, shock. Diseases- powdery mildew.
The Prunus lusitanica or Portuguese laurel is a dense, evergreen hedge with ovate to elliptic leaves.
The numerous narrow flower spikes rise up like elegant candles and they are often cut for vases. All rights reserved. 2.5 to 5 in.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. Red Beauty® Holly .
Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us! Protection and enrichment of the UK's biodiversity is so very, very important. Prunus caroliniana 'Monus' Item #6700 Attractive Evergreen Hedge . Pests: Leaves may be damaged by vine weevil and leaf-mining moths.
A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage.
Smaller, shiny-leaved evergreens like Sarcococca confusa, Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' and Helix hedera 'Ivalace' could also be planted nearby. Read our Commitment to Diversity | Read our Privacy Statement. This promotes new growth and these softly topiarised shapes contrast well with the more sharply clipped, smaller-leaved box and holly trees.
... Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sku #6717.
The original specimen grew at Oxford Botanic Garden until it was cut down in 1826. 'Myrtifolia' (1892) has darker leaves, forms a smaller, conical tree and is thought by some to be better for finely honed topiary. A large evergreen shrub with dense, erect branches and handsome rich green foliage. If topiarising, clip three times a year (February, June and October) to keep the shape crisp. Use this plant as a hedge or privacy screen or even as a topiary specimen. Whenever you connect with nature, connect with us!
Or plant a series of individuals to form a geometrically arranged group, or an avenue.
The Portuguese laurel is also a better looking plant, with smaller, neatly serrated, softer green leaves that resemble bay (Laurus nobilis). form a strategic partnership called N.C. Monrovia's Schipka Cherry Laurel details and information. Pointed red berries follow and turn purple with age.
Portuguese laurel is also used to great effect at English Heritage's Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. [10], Three subspecies are accepted:[5][dead link].
Both have since proved to be hardy, although P. lusitanica is the hardier of the two. Explore. The flowers are small (10–15 mm diameter) with five small white petals; they are produced on erect or spreading racemes 15–25 cm long in late spring.
View all the plants listed in Genus Prunus. This is a larval host plant to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
Simply prune, lightly trim or shape once a year. BUY ONLINE. Good companions for picking up the colour of the red stems could include hybrid plum-red hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus). Both have the AGM. This member of the cherry family is very hardy despite being a native of Portugal and Spain. [9] The bark is blackish-brown, The leaves are alternate, oval, 7–12 cm long and 3–5 cm broad, with an acute apex and a dentate margin, glossy dark green above, lighter below. Hardy, fast growing, frost and drought tolerant shrub with lovely sprays of lightly perfumed, creamy white flowers during Spring.
A popular choice for formally pruned hedges, group plantings or privacy screens. The hardy Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is the perfect pick-me-up, combining a winter-warming mixture of evergreen leaves and rhubarb-red stems.
Sep 18, 2014 - Find help & information on Prunus lusitanica Portugal laurel from the RHS. This thrice-yearly haircut would be far too savage for most plants, but Portuguese laurel is very adaptable.
Planted small it can tolerate dry shade. It is thought to have spread from cultivated areas into natural areas by birds who consume and defecate the fruits away from the source plant. However, left to its own devices, the Portuguese laurel will reach 60ft and produce hawthorn-scented white flowers in June.
Tendercare, Southlands Rd, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 4HDD (01895 835544; www.tendercare.co.uk). It grows 10-2- feet tall and wide, taller if pruned to a tree form.
Eventually it grows into a tree.
The leaves of Portuguese Laurel are dark glossy green and are smaller in size to the large leaves of Cherry Laurel. Cup-shaped, fragrant white flowers are borne in early summer, … Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Holly (Ilex); Lilyturf (Liriope); Euonymus (Euonymus).
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