Prunus lusitanica 25/1 Restock tolerating shearing well for a

tolerating shearing well for a hedge

Cooks prize the Eustis for marmalade and preserves

Recent word suggests we are propagating the clone 'Tensaw'

in the ground through zones 8 to 11 or in a large container farther north

The foliage is the signature: short

Prunus lusitanica 25/1 Restock tolerating shearing well for aPortugal laurel is the evergreen that quiet, well run gardens lean on, a dense, glossy, dark leaved shrub that Hillier's manual once flatly called indispensable. The oval leaves are a deep lustrous green, carried on wine red petioles and reddish young stems that give the whole plant a warm undertone, and in early summer slender racemes of small, fragrant, creamy white flowers stand out against the dark foliage before ripening to little cherries that