[Harmless Teddy Bear]

For the price of two bottles of bay leaf you can get a live tree. Do not get what is known as a California bay tree, (Umbellularia californica) they make the food taste like cough drops.

Raising a bay tree (Laurus nobilis) is very simple. Unless you leave in a warm climate you will need to keep it inside in the winter.

They don't grow very fast but you will have more bay then you will know what to do with.

[Jamestown1630]

I live in Maryland, and could keep it as a container plant outside for about six months during Spring and Summer. What would I do with it during Winter? We don’t have very sunny windows, in Winter.

Thanks,

JT

[Pelham]

“For the price of two bottles of bay leaf you can get a live tree.”

I just did this myself two weeks ago, although it was more than the price of two bottles of leaves. But I’ll recoup the cost soon enough.

I’ve got bay, basil and thyme growing. Now I need to find a Piper Nigrum vine.