Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Prunus laurocerasus:
- Ideal for fast growing screening
- Provides valuable winter interest
- Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
- Suitable for container growing
- Fruit / berry producing
- Attractive form or foliage for all year interest
- Tolerates cold exposed locations
- Suitable for hedging or topiary
- Tolerates heavy clay soils
Weaknesses of Prunus laurocerasus
- Does not produce showy attractive flowers
- Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils
Design & Plant Use for Prunus laurocerasus:
- Tall summer flowering shrub suitable for back of border planting
- Evergreen plant suitable for trimming to shape or topiary
- Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
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Common Missspellings: Pruneis, Prunas