Prunus lusitanica 25/1 Restock Cooks prize the Eustis for

Cooks prize the Eustis for marmalade and preserves

The name is a small joke and a tribute at once: the little

and the plant earns the name honestly on a warm evening

Recent word suggests we are propagating the clone 'Tensaw'

Grow Chinese pistache as a lawn specimen

Prunus lusitanica 25/1 Restock Cooks prize the Eustis forPortugal laurel is the evergreen that quiet, well run gardens lean on, a dense, glossy, dark leaved shrub that Hillier's manual once flatly called indispensable. The oval leaves are a deep lustrous green, carried on wine red petioles and reddish young stems that give the whole plant a warm undertone, and in early summer slender racemes of small, fragrant, creamy white flowers stand out against the dark foliage before ripening to little cherries that