is laurel poisonous
The second laurel that we all know â Portuguese laurel, Prunus lusitanica â is, I think, superior in every way. It has none of the poisonous, rampant invasiveness of the cherry laurel and yet is a tough, hardy evergreen shrub or small tree that will also make a hedge.It responds really well to clipping â unlike the cherry laurel, which resists it with all its might â so is excellent for rough topiary.omments. The bay (Laurus nobilis) is the only 'true' laurel grown widely in this country, although in other parts of the world there are more than 2,500 other species of tree and shrub laurel.