Sweet Bay Tree, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf

Sweet Bay Tree, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf

Common name   Sweet Bay Tree, Bay Laurel, Bay Leaf
Date   July 15, 2013
Details   This is the true "Laurel" of the ancients now grown for its aromatic foliage - used in cooking - and, as it stands clipping well, for formal use outside hotel entrances and the like. Good hedging plant and hardy throughout the British Isles.
Family   Lauraceae
Botanical name   Laurus nobilis
Perennial