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| Common Name: | Cherry Laurel |
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| Botanical Name: | Prunus laurocerasus "Rotundifolia" |
| Description: | This evergreen shrub quickly grows into a dense hedge with glossy dark green leaves which are half as broad as they are long. Has long spikes of small single white flowers from mid-late Spring followed by red/black fruits. Makes a very good screening hedge. |
| Native Hedge? | No |
| Formal or Informal Hedge? | Formal |
| Evergreen Hedge? | Yes |
| Ideal Height: | Medium-Tall 2- 6m |
| Average growth p.a. | Medium (up to 30cm p.a) |
| Suitable conditions | Does best in an acid soil but tolerates most types including dry and wet soil. |
| Unsuitable conditions | Coastal areas, exposed windy sites, chalky soil
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| Poisonous? | Yes |
| Responds to renovation? | Yes - cut back to 60cm stumps. |
| Planting Distance | 45-60cm |
| Maintenance: | Medium (prune with secateurs in early Spring or late Summer) |
| Common Name: | Cherry Laurel "Otto Luyken " |
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| Botanical Name: | Prunus laurocerasus "Otto Luyken " |
| Description: | This dwarf cherry laurel is a dense evergreen shrub. It has upright dark green glossy narrow leaves. It has spikes of white flowers in the Spring (and sometimes also in the Autumn) followed by cherry-like fruits. |
| Native Hedge? | No |
| Formal or Informal Hedge? | Formal |
| Evergreen Hedge? | Yes |
| Ideal Height: | Small - roughly 90cm |
| Average growth p.a. | Slow (up to 15 cm p.a) |
| Suitable conditions | Does best in an acid soil but tolerates most types including dry and wet soil. |
| Unsuitable conditions | Coastal areas, exposed windy sites, chalky soil
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| Poisonous? | Yes - all parts of this plant are poisonous |
| Responds to renovation? | Yes - cut back to 60cm stumps. |
| Planting Distance | 45cm |
| Maintenance: | Medium (prune with secateurs after flowering) |
| Common Name: | Portugul Laurel |
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| Botanical Name: | Prunus lusitanica |
| Description: | The Portugul laurel is a dense evergreen shrub with carmine red shoots. It has oval dark-green glossy leaves with spikes of fragrant white flowers in the early Summer followed by fleshy deep-purple fruits. |
| Native Hedge? | No |
| Formal or Informal Hedge? | Formal/Informal |
| Evergreen Hedge? | Yes |
| Ideal Height: | Medium-Tall (2m-6m) |
| Average growth p.a. | Slow-Medium (up to 25 cm p.a) |
| Suitable conditions | Tolerates most types of soil including chalk, dry and wet soils |
| Unsuitable conditions | Coastal areas, exposed windy sites, chalky soil
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| Poisonous? | Yes - the berries are toxic |
| Responds to renovation? | Yes |
| Planting Distance | 45cm |
| Maintenance: | Trim in June/July |
| Common Name: | Spotted Laurel |
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| Botanical Name: | Aucuba japonica "Crotonifolia" |
| Description: | This popular dense hedging plant is often used for brightening up dark corners. It has large glossy dark-green leaves mottled with yellow. They have small purple flowers in the Spring followed by small fruits. |
| Native Hedge? | No |
| Formal or Informal Hedge? | Informal |
| Evergreen Hedge? | Yes |
| Ideal Height: | Mediuml (2m-3m) |
| Average growth p.a. | Slow-Medium (15- 25 cm p.a) |
| Suitable conditions | Tolerates a wide range of conditions including coastal areas, atmospheric pollution, heavy shade and wet sites. |
| Unsuitable conditions | Chalky soil (although some sources claim it tolerates chalk)
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| Poisonous? | N/K |
| Responds to renovation? | N/K |
| Planting Distance | 45-60cm |
| Maintenance: | Medium - cut old shoots back hard in the Spring to restrict growth |
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