~15 english laurel bushes - around 2' tall, in ground vigorous growers, great hedging, 4 or 5 years old Haven't excelled as they're planted on the north side of a building and had chickens to contend with. Will thrive when replanted. English Laurel forms a tall, dense, spreading thicket-forming shrub or small tree, 10 to 30 feet tall (usually kept shorter by pruning), grows as either a single-trunk tree or a multi-stemmed shrub Evergreen leaves are dark green on top and pale underneath, thick, shiny, large (3 to 8 inches long) Small white flowers in upright clusters (racemes) resemble cherry flowers, cup-shaped with 5 petals and fragrant, many yellow stamens Produces small, purplish-black, cone-shaped, cherry-type fruits, that birds love $25 each