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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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