| Scientific Name: | Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken' |
| Common Name: | Otto Luyken laurel |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Round, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblong, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Green, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact, evergreen shrub; leaves alternate, mostly elliptic, glossy, rubbery, dark green, point upwards on upward branches (vs. P. 'Zabeliana' which has horizontal orientation), petioles 5-15mm long; racemes of white flowers ~7mm wide, Apr-May; drupes maturing black, Aug. | |