Cherry Laurel hedge - is it safe?

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  1. Palustris

    Palustris Total Gardener

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    Cyanide has no effect on creatures which lack the enzyme that makes it deadly. Blackbirds do not have this enzyme, we do.
    I cannot find any record of anyone dying from eating Cherry laurel berries, nor from normal dealing with the leaves.
     
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    There is no problem having the laurel as hedging and it is very common all over the country. We have laurel on our front border which has been there over 70 years. A vast amount of plants that are grown gardens can be classed as poisonous but almost nothing would do harm unless you tried very hard.

    Here's a link to a thread on here from 14 years ago.

    Poisonous Plants - A summary
     
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