I share your joy nice to see it flowering here Usha di == On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> Saw this Cherry laurel two years back planted in famous Hazuri Bagh (now > Iqbal Garden) in heart of the city, but flowering had finished. Was lucky > to click it in flowering and with young fruits. Had seen plenty of it in > California. > > *Prunus laurocerasus* L., Sp. pl. 1:474. 1753 > syn: *Cerasus laurocerasus* (L.) Loisel.; *Laurocerasus vulgaris* Carriè > > Common names: Cherry laurel; English laurel > > Evergreen shrub or small tree; leaves ovate-lanceolate, shining, leathery, > serrate, 8-20 cm long, with almond like smell when crushed; flowers creamy > white, 8-10 mm across in erect up to 15 cm long racemes with up to 40 > flowers; stamens numerous, protruding with yellow anthers; fruits > cherry-like, 12-18 mm across, turning black when mature. > > Photographed from Hazuri Bagh (Iqbal Garden in Srinagar on May 7, 2012. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Usha di ===========
