Prunus serotina, black cherry, is cherry laurel’s deciduous native cousin. While less attractive to tidy gardeners, it is equally valuable for wildlife.

While often planted as a hedge in the yard due to their dense growth habit, Carolina cherries can grow into a full-sized trees — sometimes reaching up to 40 feet in height. This height, and the ...

Q. We have always had cherry laurel trees in our yard but saw English laurel at a garden center. Do both of them grow here in the Delta? We need to grow a thick, tall hedge. A. As with many plants ...

Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is generally considered a tough evergreen but its leaves can be affected by diseases such as powdery mildew, leaf spot fungi and bacterial shothole making ...

All of the true cherry species belong to the genus Prunus. Cherry laurel," "Laurel cherry," Prunus caroliniana, our mystery plant, is an evergreen species (unlike sweet cherry, which is totally ...

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What: An exceptionally useful small shrub, Prunus laurocerasus “Mount Vernon” creates a dense, tidy evergreen mound in the garden. This dwarf form of the aggressive English laurel does not ...

Though only so-so ornamentally, cherry prinsepia's peeling bark and yellow-green fall color are appealing. Use it as a hedge for privacy, a thorny barrier, singly as a specimen or as a small grove.

Answer: The cherry laurel (Prunus caroliniana) is a lovely small, evergreen tree that produces quantities of dark purple fruit. Let the birds have them. They are not suitable for human consumption.

I planted a group of cherry laurels 3 years ago, and each year the leaves yellow in early summer. It involves the entire shrub despite fungicides and pesticides. They recover, and after trimming ...