Otto Luyken is the only cherry laurel that I am growing in my yard. I like the fact that it forms a really nice, tight, totally evergreen hedge. This variety of cherry laurel does not get over three feet tall, so it was a very good choice for my front corner.

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This is not really a Laurel, nor is it quite from England. The mother species is native to southeast Europe and Asia Minor and it is a Common Cherrylaurel. This cultivar is the lower, bushier, often sort of rounded form of Cherrylaurel that is commonly planted in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. The other cultivar that is commonly sold is the Skip Cherrylaurel that is taller and upright. This broadleaf evergreen shrub is usually used as a foundation plant, but it also makes a good plant for forming a group away from the house. As it becomes an older plant, it does lose the rounded form and becomes more spreading. This is an expensive woody plant, so I normally see it at estates, professional landscapes, campuses, and well-to-do neighbourhoods.

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