species
Prunus lusitanica
Portuguese laurel
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Prunus lusitanica belongs to the family Rosaceae, also known as Portuguese laurel, introduced to the UK. It reaches 5 m tall and 4 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, part shade or shade, on loam, clay or chalk soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers in June and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 5 m tall × 4 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Chalk
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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