Botanical Name: Prunus laurocerasus
Common Name: common laurel
Family: Rosaceae
Distribution/Origin: Europe, Asia
Leaf/Bud: evergreen, alternate, glossy, obovate, round apex, entire margin, 15cm in length
Flower/Inflorescence: small white flowers in erect racemes, spring bloom
Fruit/Seed: glossy red fruit, that soon turn black
Stem/Bark: green stems, woody base
Size: height 4 - 8m, spreading more than 8m
Habit: spreading
Form: mounding
Culture: full sun - partial shade, moist well-drained soil
Landscape Use: hedge, tree
Notes: INVASIVE, vigorous