Carolina Cherry Laurel 'Centre Court'

Responding to NIceDavid’s comment: I believe he has confused this plant, Prunus caroliniana, with Prunus laurocerasus. Straight species...Read More P. laurocerasus grows to approximately the same height as this cultivar of P. caroliniana, but the straight species P. caroliniana can grow to 3x as tall.

Very curious as to why this plant has a cultivar name. What is distinctive about it from the wild plant? There seems to be nothing unique...Read More, and if not, this is an abuse of the cultivar system, which should be confined to plants with characteristics significantly different from those typical of wild specimens. It has not been patented, which is usual in this system of giving plants odd cultivar names and then trademarking a name to sell by. Is that name supposed to suggest this plant is good for hedges around tennis courts? All very second-rate marketing and not good nursery practice, unless someone can suggest its distinct characteristics.