Description
Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' | Laurustinus
Eve Price laurustinus is a compact, bushy and upright evergreen shrub with a dense appearance. Known locally as Laurustinus, Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' has dark green foliage that keeps its colour through the year. Its main feature is a long flowering season, with white to pale pink flowers appearing from November to April. The flowers bring colour to the garden during the winter months and into spring. This cultivar grows to around 1.5 m tall at maturity; no mature width is specified. Its compact habit makes it a useful choice where an evergreen shrub is wanted without the scale of a larger plant. Blue-black berries may also form, adding another feature to its appearance. Laurustinus belongs to the viburnum genus, but this product is specifically the 'Eve Price' cultivar, offered as a shrub rather than a trained or shaped form. It can be considered for a border, an informal hedge, specimen planting or a container. Its evergreen foliage gives year-round structure, while its winter-to-spring flowers provide seasonal interest when many other plants are not in flower.
Key features of Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price')
- Flowers from November to April, with blooms in white to pale pink. This long winter-to-spring display is a key feature of Eve Price laurustinus and gives the shrub seasonal colour over several months.
- The foliage is dark green and evergreen, so the plant keeps its leafy appearance throughout the year. Its compact, bushy and upright habit creates a dense presence, with a mature height of around 1.5 m.
- Choose a sunny or partially shaded position, preferably one that is sheltered. These conditions suit UK gardens and give the shrub a setting for its winter flowering and evergreen foliage.
- Grow in humus-rich, well-drained soil that remains slightly moist. Good drainage is important, especially during wet UK winters; this shrub is not suited to waterlogged ground.
- Its evergreen foliage and long flowering period make it a suitable choice to consider among evergreen shrubs. No specific benefit to bees, butterflies or birds is claimed here.
Uses of Eve Price laurustinus in the garden
- The compact, bushy habit allows Laurustinus to be used in a border, as a specimen planting, in an informal hedge or in a container. Its mature height of around 1.5 m offers an evergreen presence without suggesting a tree or trained form.
- The plant has an approximate winter tolerance of -10 to -12°C. Severe frost can pose a risk, so it may be sensitive in very cold conditions; a sheltered position is appropriate for UK gardens.
- In a border, it can be combined with other suitable shrubs or border plants. Keep the selection general, as no particular companion species are specified, and consider how its dark green foliage will sit alongside the surrounding planting.
- Its ornamental value comes from the combination of evergreen, dark green foliage, white to pale pink flowers from November to April, and blue-black berries. Together, these features give the shrub interest across different parts of the year.
- Laurustinus offers a compact structure and several stated garden uses. It can provide a steady leafy presence as a border plant or hedge, or be used as a specimen shrub or in a container.
With evergreen structure and flowers through winter and spring, Laurustinus can bring lasting interest to a suitable border, informal hedge or container.
