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Cherry Laurel As Hedges
Cherry laurel or English laurel are technically labeled as Prunus laurocerasus belonging to the Genus Prunus of the shrub kingdom. It can be present in several countries stretching from Albania, Bulgaria, Southwest Asia, Europe, Turkey to so far as Iran.
The leaves or foliage looks like the real laurel plants which belong to the genus Laurel nobilis from the Lauraceae family. Nevertheless, this is where the likeness ends. Laurel nobilis possess leaves which emit an aromatic fragrance and are widely used as fragrance or cuisine herbs. The leaves of the Cherry laurel do not produce a similar fragrance or share the same uses in the kitchen.
Cherry laurels are widely used as decorative crops or bushes. It is often used to generate hedges or ground covers in backyard landscape because of the vibrant color radiated from the leaves and because of its success rate in backyard landscape designs. Laurel crops tend to be strong to withstand severe growing situations for example varied soil pH, low water supply and amount of sunshine. Fortunately they are amenable to being clipped or pruned; enabling the hedge to assume many different shapes and forms. The foliage is great to be used as highlight in floral preparations or in floristry.
The body of the laurel evergreen bush can mature as tall as 5 meters to 15 meters high at its full height. Its trunk area may get to a girth of up to 60 centimeters broad if full grown.
The foliage are a vibrant dark green color. The texture of the leaves feel leathery to the touch and is highly polished or shiny if viewed under a full light. The surface of the leaves measures ten to 30 centimeters wide as well as four to ten centimeters wide, which has a finely serrated margin.
The fruits are tiny cherries, about 1 to 2 cm broad which turns black as it ripens in the early fall months. This is probably the cause of the “cherry laurel”. However, the cherries it produced are not recommended for eating, as the seeds are toxic just like the leaves and the bark.
The floral sprouts appear during early spring and open during the early summer. It can produce a 7 cm to 15 cm racemes of thirty to forty flowers, with each flower measuring about 1 cm broad. It has 5 creamy white petals accented by numerous yellowish stamens.
There are lots of varieties related to the cherry laurel which are grown worldwide for use in landscaping and ornamentation. The Aureovariegata have leaves possessing differently colored spots or marks and a yellow margin. The Otto Luyken variety are dwarfed versions of the cherry laurels with miniature leaves of about 10 cm wide. The Zabeliana variety is widely preferred in cold countries because of its high tolerance for cold temperatures.
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