Description
Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' Screen | Laurustinus
The Laurustinus screen form offers an evergreen feature with a distinct presence in a UK garden or container. This is Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price', presented in a screen form while retaining a compact, bushy and upright habit. Its dark green leaves remain on the plant throughout the year, and fragrant white and pink flowers appear from winter into early spring. At maturity, the supplied height is around 150 cm; no mature width is specified. The screen-form presentation gives Laurustinus a defined visual role, without changing its character as a compact, bushy shrub. It can be considered where an evergreen feature and seasonal flowers are wanted, provided the position is sheltered. Laurustinus is also known as Laurustinus viburnum. The flowers are a notable part of its appeal during the cooler part of the year, while the evergreen foliage offers a continuing dark green presence. This particular product combines those features with its supplied screen form, rather than being offered as a standard or pleached plant. Its mature height gives a useful guide to its eventual vertical presence, but the plant’s width is not stated. Choose it for the form and flowering described here, and consider whether your garden can provide the sheltered conditions it needs.
Key features of Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price') in screen form
- Winter and early-spring flowers: Fragrant white and pink flowers appear from January to April. This extended season makes flowering a notable feature of the screen-form plant when many garden plants are not in flower.
- Evergreen foliage: The leaves are dark green and evergreen, so they remain part of the garden display through the year. No particular leaf shape or size is specified.
- Position and shelter: Laurustinus grows in sun or partial shade. In UK gardens, choose a sheltered position, as cold easterly winds can be problematic and the plant has limited hardiness.
- Soil: It suits humus-rich soil that stays slightly moist but is well drained. Good drainage is important; avoid assuming that it will suit poorly drained ground.
- Form and garden setting: This item is supplied in a screen form and has a compact, bushy, upright habit. Its evergreen character also makes it relevant to a selection of evergreen shrubs.
Uses of the Laurustinus screen form in the garden
- Border or specimen planting: The screen-form presentation gives this Laurustinus a distinct visual role in a border or as a specimen. Its dark green evergreen leaves and fragrant winter flowers provide the main ornamental interest described for this plant.
- Container use: Laurustinus is also listed as suitable for a container. Its mature height is around 150 cm, but no width or container dimensions are supplied, so allow for the plant’s eventual size when considering a position.
- Hedging: Hedging is a stated use for this plant. The product described here remains specifically a screen form; it should not be confused with another trained form. Its compact, bushy, upright habit is part of its supplied growth description.
- Hardiness and shelter: The supplied hardiness range is -10°C to -5°C, with USDA zone 8 also given. It has limited hardiness and is sensitive to cold easterly winds, so a sheltered site is important in a UK garden.
- Plant combinations: Choose other shrubs or garden plants that suit sun or partial shade and humus-rich, slightly moist, well-drained soil. No particular companion species are specified, so match plants by these shared growing conditions.
With evergreen dark green foliage, fragrant white and pink flowers from January to April, and a defined screen-form presentation, Laurustinus can suit a sheltered border, specimen position, hedge or container.
