Laurel Bushes

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Cherry Laurel has been used worldwide since the Middle Ages. Colonialists in the fledgling United States also used these shrubs to edge property borders! Many of which are native to the US or hardy new cultivars that handle USDA planting zones 5 to 10. There are currently eighty known varieties of Laurel bushes, and they sport glossy deep green foliage of Laurel hedges that show off spectacular contrast to the profuse white or pink blooms in the summer months. These flowers are often extremely sweetly scented and bring in pollinators, even flowering very well in the shade! These are gorgeous broadleaf evergreen shrubs with elegant, dark green lance-shaped leaves that look great all year long ! Cherry Laurels are tolerant of alkaline soils, dry and poor soils, and pollution, and handle heavy pruning. Deer even seldom bothers these shrubs! Check Out These Great Laurel Varieties Cherry Laurel, also known as English Laurel (Prunus) are very sweet panicles of white flowers, these members of the fruiting shrub and tree family Prunus, like Plums, Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots, Cherry Laurel has small cherry-like black fruit when a pollinator is nearby in the autumn. These fruits are very astringent for humans to eat, but birds snap them up readily! Chestnut Hill - A four-foot tall and wide shrub with panicles of creamy white blooms Otto Luyken Laurel - A small yet wide-spreading evergreen with polished green foliage Compact Carolina Cherry Laurel - grows into a 10-foot-tall dense shrub Zimmerman Cherry Laurel - a tiny petite dwarf Cherry Laurel that is hardy to zone 5! Cherry Laurel - the largest Laurel shrub available 10 - 12 feet tall! How To Use Laurel Bushes In Your Garden Laurel are an excellent addition to any landscape and looks best in its natural woodland settings and as an understory shrub in the dappled shade. They are used by rural and urban gardeners alike! A Laurel hedge can make wonderful backdrop plants and provide interest year-round and are