Bay tree

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Bay tree

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Kathy 05/04/2008, 17:38
I would like a bay tree on a stem of about 1  metre to put in a pot by my front door. These are abundant in England but wondered if they were available in France.

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5-element 05/04/2008, 18:06
There are lots of them growing big and wild around where I am. I was given a cutting about 5 years ago, and now have 3 bay trees in my garden, also warned that they do get very invasive. So, yes, they are very common here.

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Cathy 05/04/2008, 20:15

They are everywhere here around Bordeaux.  Every other person in Arcachon has a bay hedge.

The only thing about pots here is the watering so they are better in the ground.

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Scooby 05/04/2008, 22:34
We have one in our front garden (SW France) and it's on a mission to take over.  Took the hacksaw to it last year to 'restrain' it.  Would concur with the 'in the ground' v 'in a pot' - no point creating work .

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sackville 05/04/2008, 23:42
Be aware that there are three types of bay. The bay laurel is the hedgeing  tree and is poisonous, the oleandear is also called bay -something or other - in France.The one you want if you are thinking of just taking a leaf or two for cooking is laurus nobilus - sweet bay. It can be tender in a pot depending on where you live. The latin names are the surest way to know what you are getting.

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Kathy 06/04/2008, 8:48
Thanks for the replies, it was the one for culinary purposes I wanted. We live down in 66 and I put a cover over my yukka in case of frost so would do the same with a bay. We have irrigated the garden and would do so with the bay in a pot.

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cassis 06/04/2008, 19:05
Sweet bay is hardy down to -5°C, even -10°C for short periods.  You don't need to protect it in dept 66 - that is its home territory.

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woolybanana'sbrother 06/04/2008, 19:23
can it be propagated from cuttings? when is the best time, what type of cutting please?

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cassis 06/04/2008, 19:30
I once took a cutting from the San Francisco Bay local paper but I can't remember the details now.

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