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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Partial Sun - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Shrubs, Trees, Edible, Herb, Houseplant, Shrub, Tree, Capable of becoming a much branched evergreen up to 18 m. tall (mostly 7-12) it is usually kept low if used for providing leaves for flavouring; it can, however, be a handsome ornamental tree.
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
Dioecious, meaning there are male and female trees., Green, white, or yellow flowers appear in the spring from March to May., Flowers unisexual, small, yellowish or yellow-green, in axillary umbel-like inflorescences supported by small involucres.
Fruit
Small black or purple berries 1/4"-1/2". Dried fruits can cause a litter problem., Fruits black, ovoid-ellipsoid, 1-1.8 cm. long, 0.8-1 cm. wide.
Benefits
Attracts
Songbirds
Taxonomy
Order
Laurales
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Laurus