Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'
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A popular cultivar, 'Schipkaensis' is a spreading shrub or small tree that prefers well-drained high organic matter soil in the full sun to partial shade. It tolerates pruning and shade well. It would make an excellent specimen or plant in small groups or even mass plant for screen or privacy hedge.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Prunus
- Species:
- laurocerasus
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Stem Cutting
- Dimensions:
- Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 25 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Tree
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Rounded
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- High Organic Matter
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12-24 feet
- 24-60 feet
- Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Summer
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Black drupe .5" long that appears in early summer and matures mid-summer.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Racemes of white fragrant flowers 2"-5" long
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Obovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Dark green narrow leaves 2"-6" long alternate, simple, obovate, tiny serrations on the margins. At the leaf base there are 1 to 2 glands.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Design Feature:
- Hedge
- Mass Planting
- Screen/Privacy
- Small groups
- Specimen
- Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' is often confused with:
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Agarista populifolia
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Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
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Prunus laurocerasus 'Zabeliana'
- Plants that fill a similar niche:
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Cleyera japonica
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Ilex crenata
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Ilex vomitoria
