Prunus laurocerasus Schipkaensis
Skip Laurel
Schipkaensis cherry laurel forms a tall, upright evergreen screen with a dense leafy canopy. White spring flower clusters add a seasonal display above the glossy foliage.
Its structure combines dense branching and a rounded outline. Growth is moderate. The foliage supplies a year-round framework.
Choose a site in full sun or partial shade. Provide humus-rich, well-drained soil and maintain even moisture. Water through hot, dry periods.
Size
• Height: 10-15 ft
• Width: 5-7 ft
Hardiness
• USDA Zones: 5b–9b
Best Uses
• Hedge
• Mass Planting
• Privacy Screen
• Specimen
• Woodland Gardens
- Plant type
- Evergreen Shrub, Flowering Shrub
- Height
- 10-15 ft
- Width
- 5-7 ft
- Hardiness zones
- 5b–9b
- Sunlight
- Full sun to part shade
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom time
- Spring
- Flower color
- White
- Leaf color
- Dark Green
- Fall color
- Dark Green
- Fruit color
- Black, Purple
- Attracts
- Songbirds
- Soil
- Alkaline, Clay, Humus rich, Loamy, Moist well-drained, Rocky, Sandy
- Landscape use
- Hedge, Mass Planting, Privacy Screen, Specimen, Woodland Gardens
- Shape
- Dense, Rounded, Spreading, Vase Shaped
- Fruit
- Yes
- Fragrant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Salt tolerant
- Yes
- Drought tolerant
- No
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