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Plant height 80-100cm
Classic pyramid shape
Laurus nobilis - Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis is a remnant of the vast laurel forests of ancient times, that originally covered much of the Mediterranean Basin until around ten thousand years ago. The iconic wreaths used as a status symbol in ancient Greece were made of laurel. An evergreen, large shrub or small tree, Laurus nobilis is an aromatic plant with dark green leaves used around the world in cooking. The Bay Laurel has tight clusters of small, yellow-green flowers in Spring. These can then develop into dark black berries. It maintains a good, pyramidal shape. It can be grown as a topiary specimen in a medium to large garden, or kept in large patio containers in the kitchen garden. Useful for evergreen hedging.
Key Features:
- Flowers: Small, yellow flowers which are highly attractive to bees can cover the plant in spring. These can develop into a black berry
- Foliage: Aromatic green leaves providing year-round interest
- Height & Spread: up to 40ft (12m) Spread: up to 33ft (10m). Easily kept whichever size you like
- Growth Habit: Natural pyramid shape
- Best Placement: Perfect for outside a front door in a pot, to give structure to a garden bed, as a hedge, or as a large tree
- Care Requirements: Low maintenance; thrives in full sun with well-drained soil
Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavour and fragrance
Growing Guide
| Hardiness | Hardy down to -5°C; protect roots of container-grown trees during severe winter frost. |
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| Watering | Low water need; drought-tolerant when established in soil, water potted specimens regularly in summer. |
Growing & care
- Plant type
- shrub
- Position & light
- Full sun
- Watering
- low
- Soil & drainage
- Acid neutral· Neutral alkaline· Well drained
- Mature size
- 12.0m high· 10.0m wide
- Flowering
- Yellow· Green· Multicolour
- Foliage
- evergreen
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