In gardening columns that ask for comments, the poor cherry laurel receives more negatives than positives. It’s a bum rap in my book. Lots of trees and shrubs seed down – pecans, oaks, Chinese ...

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 ...

T he Carolina cherry tree (Prunus caroliniana), also known as the Carolina cherry laurel, is an evergreen shrub or small tree that hails from the southern United States. With glossy green leaves ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY AT one time a few decades ago, the cherry laurel was very popular as hedging. It was widely seen both in town and country, but more so in rural areas where it was a standard ...

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 ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY AS THE ubiquitous leyland cypress has begun to gain a bad reputation for being too vigorous, the evergreen that it largely supplanted has been making a comeback.

Many varieties of prunus, including flowering cherries and plums, are deciduous, but the evergreen types are excellent for screening and hedging, ...

Pruning cherry prinsepia: Thin wood to allow in more sun and air. Leave lots of last year's wood for fruit production. It's OK to allow shrub edges to merge for a hedge.

Great Plant Pick: Prunus laurocerasus ‘Mount Vernon,’ dwarf English laurel. Plant “Mount Vernon” as a low informal bed border or small hedge, or as a groundcover under trees and large shrubs.

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.