Plant: Green Goblet - Laurel
Cherry Laurel · Prunus laurocerasus 'Green Goblet'
Size: 10 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Green Goblet is a selection of cherry laurel, an evergreen shrub or small tree in the rose family native to Europe. The species has a dense, erect to spreading habit and glossy dark green leaves, with fragrant white star shaped flowers under an inch across in dense cylindrical racemes up to four inches long in spring, followed by purple black drupes in summer that birds take. It grows rapidly in full sun through deep shade in clay, loam, sandy or organic soil with good drainage, and tolerates alkaline soils, dry and poor soils, pollution and heavy pruning. Cherry laurel is used as a screen for shaded areas, a tall hedge, a mass planting or a specimen.
- Full Shade
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 20 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-8
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Green Goblet is a selection of cherry laurel, an evergreen shrub or small tree in the rose family native to Europe. The species has a dense, erect to spreading habit and glossy dark green leaves, with fragrant white star shaped flowers under an inch across in dense cylindrical racemes up to four inches long in spring, followed by purple black drupes in summer that birds take. It grows rapidly in full sun through deep shade in clay, loam, sandy or organic soil with good drainage, and tolerates alkaline soils, dry and poor soils, pollution and heavy pruning. Cherry laurel is used as a screen for shaded areas, a tall hedge, a mass planting or a specimen.
- Flowers
- White, star shaped flowers with 4 to 5 petals and about 20 stamens, under an inch across, carried in dense cylindrical axillary racemes up to 4 inches long.
- Fruit
- Fruits are globose-ovoid drupes that are purple-black and less than an inch in size.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light, Deep Shade
- Native range
- Europe
