| Scientific Name: | Prunus laurocerasus 'Zabeliana' |
| Common Name: | Zabel 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 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Hedge row |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Blue, Black, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low, evergreen shrub, up to 1.3m tall, horizontal branching; leaves alternate, most elliptic, 7-10cm long x 2-3cm wide, margin entire, held flat and perpendicular to the stem (compared to P. 'Otto Luyken' where the leaves point upwards), petioles 5-15mm long; racemes of white flowers ~7mm wide, Apr-May; drupes maturing black, Aug. | |