Prunus lusitanica

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Prunus lusitanica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prunus lusitanica, Linn. (Padus lusitanica, Mill. Laurocerasus lusitanica, Roem.). Portugal Laurel. Tree, 20 ft. tall, but usually grown as a tub-plant and comparable with Laurus nobilis: lvs. thick and leathery, ovate-lanceolate to long-lanceolate, sharp-serrate: fls. white, in racemes that exceed the lvs., appearing in late spring or early summer: fr. round-oval, nearly black, small. Spain, Portugal, and Canary Isls.—It is a small tree in its native places, but becomes a bush farther north. It is sometimes planted in the open in our southern states, but in northern parts it is wintered inside. There is a form (var. angustifolia, Hort.) with narrow lvs., another (var. myrtifolia, Nichols.) with small lvs. and compact habit, and another (var. aureo-variegata, Hort.) with yellow-variegated lvs., and one (var. variegata, Nichols.) with lvs. variegated white. Var. azorica, Nichols., is a free grower with red sts.: lvs. more coriaceous and more coarsely serrate than the type: racemes short and densely fld.: shrubby. Azores. G. 30:123. Var. Hixa, DC. Lvs. narrower and more oblong than in the type, about 5 in. long: racemes 6-8 in. long, the fls. less crowded. Madeira and Canary Isls. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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