Laurel is a well known hedging plant species and the cherry laurel in particular demonstrates the many reasons why they are so popular prunus laurocerasus 39rotundifolia39 is a worthy rhs agm winner awarded in part for it39s large glossy leaves and the elegant creamy white flower spikes that form in spring the fragrant blooms will draw pollinating insects to visit your garden and as the flowers fade glossy cherry45red berries take their place to provide food for birds too prunu