Common Name: Cherry Laurel
Our Royal Horticultural Society Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is an evergreen hedge, growing to 5-15 m tall, rarely to 18m tall, with a trunk up to 60cm diameter. The leaves are dark green, leathery, shiny,10–25cm long and 4-10cm broad, with a finely serrated margin.
The flower buds appear in early spring and open in early summer in erect 7-15cm racemes of 30–40 flowers, each flower 1cm diameter, with five creamy-white petals and numerous yellowish stamens. The fruit is a small cherry 1-2cm diameter, turning black when ripe in early autumn.
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