tree/bush ID please
 

hi
can anyone name this bush/tree please.

Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus. Has very attractive but poisonous purple berries. I spent a happy childhood playing in a large laurel tree, so I've always had a soft spot for them, although they are rather large and hard to control.

tree/bush ID please
 

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hi
can anyone name this bush/tree please.


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Cherry laurel. I think it may be one of the cultivated variants, and
I've never discovered their taxonomic status.

[Cherry laurel in the narrow sense is Prunus laurocerasus.
Portugal laurel is Prunus lusitanica.]
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tree/bush ID please
 

On 14/04/2012 23:22, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
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hi
can anyone name this bush/tree please.


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Cherry laurel. I think it may be one of the cultivated variants, and
I've never discovered their taxonomic status.

[Cherry laurel in the narrow sense is Prunus laurocerasus.
Portugal laurel is Prunus lusitanica.]
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drbush




I agree. It may be the variety P.l. 'Otto Luyken'.

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