Cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus L.
- light
- Any light
- water
- —
- tall
- 4.6 m
- wide
- 2.7 m
Rosaceae
Also called Cherry Laurel, Cherry-laurel
Formerly Cerasus laurocerasus, Lauro-cerasus macrophylla, Lauro-cerasus officinalis, Lauro-cerasus otinii, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Europe to N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 2.4 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Lorbeerkirsche, Pontische Lorbeer-Kirsche
- Turkish
- Karayemiş
- Russian
- Лавровишня
- Asturian
- llorera
- Catalan
- Llorer-cirer
- Czech
- bobkovišeň lékařská
- Danish
- Laurbær-Kirsebær
- American English
- cherry laurel
- Finnish
- Laakerikirsikka
- French
- Laurier-cerise
- Italian
- Lauroceraso
- Georgian
- წყავი
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Prunus laurocerasus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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