Cherry
laurel is often planted in parks and gardens. Cherry laurel is a robust
evergreen which large leaves which thick and glossy in texture.
The
flowers grown in erect clusters and its fruit is in the form of blast berries.
Leaves are hairless and oval in shape, which the leaves
being 5-20cm long with a few secreted teeth. Flowers are 7-9mm across, 5 petals
on each flower with long stamens and numerous fruits around 10-12mm across.
This Cherry laurel was found in my Grandmother’s Garden in
France, it has been pruned into hedging along the edge of the lawn and gravel. Cherry laurel is known
to produce large amounts of pollen, and I noticed large amount of insects
living the hedge with numbers of spiders creating webs. The local feral cats often
sleep or shelter in the Cherry Laurel. Cherry Laurel is often seen as an
invasive plant, but with proper management like in this case can work perfectly
well.
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