Q. We have always had cherry laurel trees in our yard but saw English laurel at a garden center. Do both of them grow here in the Delta? We need to grow a thick, tall hedge.

WHAT: The Mount Vernon variety of dwarf English laurel creates a dense, tidy evergreen mound, making it an ideal ground cover. WHY PLANT IT: Though it is a cousin of a larger, more aggressive ...

Great Plant Pick: Prunus laurocerasus ‘Mount Vernon,’ dwarf English laurel. Plant “Mount Vernon” as a low informal bed border or small hedge, or as a groundcover under trees and large shrubs.

English laurel, which is a great plant to use in the Piedmont, is an invasive plant in the Northwest, where it is listed as a noxious weed. I have never seen an English laurel escape cultivation ...

Laurel lost an icon Friday, a tree so loved it had its own Facebook page and was nicknamed “Laurel’s Big Christmas Tree,” or simply, “The big tree.” A stately white pine that attracted ...

English laurel is illegal to grow and sell in Oregon because of the way it is dominating the Northwest woodlands. However, east of the Mississippi, ... Cherry trees are beautiful, ...

There's a cherry laurel tree native to the U.S. that will look great in your backyard and attract robins. Here's why birds love this particular species.

The Alabama Forestry Commission says laurel wilt disease, which arrived in Mississippi, has shown up in samples collected in Marengo and Mobile counties. The disease can kill a tree in a few weeks.

The Laurel Christmas tree: For nearly 50 years, it's been its own shining beacon on a hill, a 65-foot white pine adorned with thousands of twinkling lights, ...