Prunus lusitanica 25/1 Restock The name is a small

The name is a small joke and a tribute at once: the little

Cooks prize the Eustis for marmalade and preserves

tolerating shearing well for a hedge

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

the shrub fruits on new wood

Prunus lusitanica 25/1 Restock The name is a smallPortugal 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