Taxon

Prunus laurocerasus

 
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Prunus laurocerasus - cherry-laurel, laurel cherry, English-laurel
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Common name: cherry-laurel, laurel cherry, English-laurel
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Synonym: Cerasus laurocerasus, Laurocerasus officinalis, Prunus grandifolia
Distribution: s.e. Europe, Caucasus and w. Asia
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6
Life form: Evergreen shrub
Comments: A dense, evergreen shrub with large, lustrous, dark green leaves. This plant gets 10' tall or more in its native habitat; in central Ohio it probably won't get more than a few feet high and wide. Flowers are small, white, produced in 3-5" racemes in early May. Flowers are very fragrant! The fruit is a purple-black drupe, not ornamentally effective. It is suitable used in the shrub border or as a foundation plant.
Links: Flora Europaea • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: PKW: AS08 (AS08) • Accession: D1999-1680.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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