Hardy between zones 7 and 10 , Cherry Laurel ( Prunus Caroliniana ) grows idle in many parting of the southern United States and is used as a versatile landscape gardening plant . leave behind alone , the plant get a mounding form between 10 to 20 feet tall . fleece it p.a. for a heavy , evergreen hedging , or prune to one strong trunk to modernize a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . The tree ’s ashen blossoms and glistening , unripe foliage make it an sympathetic choice . Grow the plant next to a patio , though , as hundreds of seedling sprout up in grassy areas due to the flora ’s tendency to drop seeds .

Step 1

Shear the tips off cerise laurel each give to a uniform height if you need to grow Cherry Laurel as a hedge . Maintain your hedge with frequent shearing throughout the spring up time of year .

Step 2

Cut out any idle Natalie Wood with your hand pruners in summer or former fall . cerise Stan Laurel is prone to pestilence , particularly if rationalize during wet winters and springs . Instead , prune mid- to tardy summer . Prune branch that are rubbing against each other or growing vertically . Cherry Stan Laurel , grow in its born , rounded form , requires small pruning .

Step 3

Cut back all branches except for one unattackable trunk if you need to grow Cherry Laurel as a tree diagram . set aside sidelong arm to grow from this trunk , but move out any mug ( small , vegetal growth that sprouts vertically from sidelong branches ) .

Cherry Laurel (prunus Caroliniana)

cherry tree laurel tree grow to 20 to 40 foot tall , with a 15- to 20 - foot counterpane . Their simple leaves are oval - shaped with pointed tips and smooth boundary , and may change in people of colour from inscrutable , dark green to a light yellowish green , depending on the soil type . It has a thick , dim crown and bombastic , vivid fleeceable leaves and grows in USDA zone 7 through 11 . Cherry laurel self - seed , so unwanted seedlings can get problems on lawn and in garden , and their yield can become a bedding material problem . fervour blight is a bacterial disease that causes the heyday and twigs to turn black and shrivel . Severe infections can obliterate cherry laurel trees . cherry tree bay wreath trees are also susceptible to verticillium wilting , a disease stimulate by a soil - stick out fungus that attack the water and alimentary rapture systems . A number of dissimilar fungi and bacteria cause canker infections that can damage the bark or kill the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , and foliage spot disease create untempting espy on the foliation .

Things Needed

Tip

Cut back dead limb to the ground or to healthy Natalie Wood ( green at heart ) . Always make cuts 1/4 column inch above an outward - look bud . bud are the small triangular growths on branches where fresh shoot will seem . Make the gash at a 30 - grade slant so moisture can drain off the baseball swing . cerise laurel fruit and leave are toxic . Watch pets and children around this plant .

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