Adaptable evergreen: Prunus lusitanica flowers in June and can be clipped into formal geometric shapes to provide winter structure Credit: Photo: Gap Photos; Mark Bolton A mixture of red and deep ...

There is laurel and then there is laurel; in this case, the ferociously hardy Portuguese form (Prunus lusitanica) which was once immensely popular, but now, like so many of those dark evergreens ...

GARDENERS AROUND the world envy us our climate, in large part because broadleaf evergreens flourish here. But if you’ve gardened in the Northwest for any length of time, you probably take these ...