| Hi, Is ETNA ENGLISH LAUREL Prunus laurocerasus 'Anbri', as featured on your website, resistant to Honey Fungus please? Regards, Jules. |
| Honey fungus, or Armillaria, spreads from infected plants by direct contact with the roots of neighboring healthy plants and also through the soil by means of the bootlace structures, which can attack the roots of neighboring healthy plants. Plants under stress, due to poor growing conditions, tend to be more vulnerable but certain genera are more susceptible than others. Members of the Prunus family tend to be vulnerable so I would not recommend planting it. Plants that show resistance to Armillaria include Acer negundo (but not other Acer species) Actinida Abutilon Bamboos Carpenteria Catalpa (Indian bean tree) Celastrus Ceratostigma Cercis Chaenomeles (Japanese quince) Choisya Clematis Cotinus (smoke bush) Elaeagnus Fagus (beech) Fothergilla Hebe Juglans nigra (but not Juglans regia) Kerria Passiflora (passion flower) Phlomis Photinia Pieris Pittosporum Quercus (oak) Rhus (sumach) Romneya Sarcococca Tamarix Taxus (yew) I hope these suggestions are helpful. |
