The cherry laurel is a hardy evergreen shrub with mid45green very shiny leaves prunus laurocerasus 39rotundifolia39 holds an rhs agm and has a bushy habit with broad leaves suitable for hedging it provides a sheltered home for birds in winter whilst racemes of small white fragrant flowers provide food for bees in april dark cherry45like fruits that are also loved by wildlife follow in summer turning from red to black as they ripen growing well in dry shade as well as ful