Common
Name: Cherry laurel
Latin
Name: Prunus Laurocerasus
Type:
Deciduous/Evergreen
Location:
Plattfield Park
Ultimate
height: 8m
Ultimate
spread: 8m+
Located
Prunus Laurocerasus height: 2m
Overall
shape: Rounded/fan shaped
Leaf
Shape: Leathery at touch, oblong shaped with short pointed tip; tapered base.
Up to 20cm in length and 6cm in width
Bark:
Dark greyish/brown in colour, often pitted with various tentacles
Preferred
soil type: Moist but well-drained chalk, loam, sand or clay
Fruit/Flowers:
Fruits round shaped, green in colour gradually turning red to blackish/purple.
Fruit contents involve a smooth round shaped stone, slightly ridged margin.
Flowers white in colour, generally 13cm in length.
Distribution:
Native to the E Balkans
This particular Prunus Laurocerasus is
located in the rear gardens of Plattfield Park central to a semi large field of
turf. It stands amongst various other shrubs and trees in a mass of what seems
self seeded planting. Its condition was of the upmost and looked to have
sufficient nutrients for maximum growth regardless of the mass of various
specie planting surrounding. The ground conditions were moist and dense. I took
a sample of lower level soil and carried out soil pH tests which read to have a
pH of indicating the soil to be
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| My illustration of the Prunus Laurocerasus |
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