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Can anyone identify this tree?

KJAKJA Posts: 16
Hi, I see this tree in a pot on my way to work each day. It’s stunning and would love to get one for my garden. Can anyone identify it from this photo? 

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Prunus lusitanica?

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    My neighbour has 2 Portuguese Laurels in their front garden.
    I can see the branches and Petioles are red.
    The leaves also look thicker.

    It looks rather like an ordinary bay to me - Laurus nobilis

    Billericay - Essex

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It looks like regular culinary bay to me as well. Lots of people have posted questions about them recently, mostly about winter damage, but that one looks fine and healthy. Maybe it's in a mild area or sheltered microclimate.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited March 2023


    Pic trimmed to show detail.

    I would describe that as a shrub.
    Trees usually have a single trunk.

    Definitely Sarcoccoca sp 
    It has had flowers earlier on.
    Look later to see the berries.

    Variegated shrub ..bottom right is Euonymus ...is a small leaved one / gives clue to leaf sizes.

    Laurus nobilis....leaf

    Prunus lusitanica..leaf
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Here's a pic of my Sarcococca confusa for comparison...



  • KJAKJA Posts: 16
    JennyJ said:
    It looks like regular culinary bay to me as well. Lots of people have posted questions about them recently, mostly about winter damage, but that one looks fine and healthy. Maybe it's in a mild area or sheltered microclimate.
    No a regular bay or laurus nobilis.  I have a few of these in pots and its leaf is much glossier and more like a Ficus.
  • KJAKJA Posts: 16
    Papi Jo said:
    Here's a pic of my Sarcococca confusa for comparison...


    No, I have a small one of these at the back door.  Definitely not a Sarcococca.
  • KJAKJA Posts: 16
    JennyJ said:
    It looks like regular culinary bay to me as well. Lots of people have posted questions about them recently, mostly about winter damage, but that one looks fine and healthy. Maybe it's in a mild area or sheltered microclimate.
    Not a regular Bay.  I have these already.  Not a mild climate either, I live in Edinburgh, and whilst not the coldest of climates, we did have a big cold snap in December and it has not suffered any damage, unlike my bay trees.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Leaves of  Sarcococca  are very different depending on which species it is.
    Below is Sarcococca confusa...showing the miniscule male and female flowers, leaves and berries.


    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • KJAKJA Posts: 16
    Papi Jo said:
    Prunus lusitanica?

    I think you are right.  I've just been looking at them online and that is exactly what it looks like.

    Thank you so much.
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