Plant · P-616
Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis
Dioecious and slow from seed with erratic germination so propagation is by half-ripe cuttings or air-layering. Stays where planted with no natural spread by root or self-sown seed.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 8–10
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moist
Vertical layer
Sub-Canopy- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Plant type
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature height
- 10–30 ft
- Mature spread
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