Buy Prunus laurocerasus 'Castlewellan'

Showily marbled with creamy-white (as the name says!), the large grey-green and green leaves of this dense rounded 8-12' shrub make it a stand-out in the shrub border. S-PSh/M/GDr/acid

avail 4/15 Everyone wants this rare variegated English Laurel! We can't keep up with the demand for this wonderful evergreen shrub from Heronswood. 10-15'h x 6-8'w - Sun to shade, most soils, best with some summer water – slower growing than species.

All right, so I've resorted to growing cherry laurel. The thing about cherry laurel is that it's all the boring cultivars that are being widely produced (does the world really need another 'Otto Luyken' laurel?), while there are actually a number of cool ones out there that remain quite rare. And this is but one of them. Instead of the usual annoying green, the leaves are variegated with white and really do look something like green marble. Thankfully, it is a less vigorous grower than the species, but may still eventually reach 15' tall. I'm curious to find out how this would look trained as a standard. By golly, I may just have to try that myself. This may be the same thing as 'Castlewellan' but I don't know these plants well enough to be sure, so for now I'll go with the name under which I received it. Hardy to at least 0 °F.