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Please help identify this mystery plant
Hi,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/raej0v1l9n7spsr/2015-05-15%2010.18.46.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6iv6lx72uh66ytz/2015-05-15%2010.18.33.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9yz023vnuqf8z9/2015-05-15%2010.19.02.jpg?dl=0
Two quick questions if you don't mind:
1) What is it!?!
2) If we bought new ones to put in the gap, will they grow to be the same size quickly or will they take many years?
Thanks in advance!
Rick
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A cherry laurel perhaps then?
Logan is right. It is also known as the cherry bay. It is the Portugal laurel (Prunus lusitanica). It is very easy to grow and should fill the gap fairly quickly.
I have a similar prunus laurocerasus that was sold as 'Zabeliana', allegedly growing to a mere 1 metre tall. It was finally destroyed (but came back again) when it reached about 2.5 metres. 'Otto Luyken' has similar leaves but is again reputedly a low growing variety,
It's Prunus laurocerasus and it's 'Otto Luyken' or similar cultivar. It might be Ceres' Zabeliana. It's not Prunus lusitanica.
I'd stick with the proper names for these. All the bay, bay laurel, cherry laurel business will end up with someone putting the wrong thing in the stew
In the sticks near Peterborough
The estate where I live has lots of Cherry Laurel 'Zabeliana': the leaves are less Laurel looking than 'Otto Luyken' and this is what it is in the picture. They look best in sheltered semi shade as they grow light. They grew reasonably fast.
The leaves are the wrong shape for laurocerasus.
laurocerasus has many forms Ladybird
In the sticks near Peterborough