it has twice been drought (my fault)that has killed my bay trees , cold may shrivel young leaves but mine have survived winter only to die when i was off for my hols the best and biggest bays i have met were outside planted in clay /loam one in bromley kent and one in new malden . both are huge and seem to have no maintainance . i have seen some good ones in pots outside london eateries but i reckon if those die they get a new one . plant in earth good /pots bad maybe ? the one in bromley was thriving at minus ten when we were building the new science block on the school , (unlike david who stuck to the scaffolding ). it was huge and many years old , that bit of kent is a frost patch so maybe it is not just temperature that matters .roots in the floor may be the way forward , i'm going to try it with my next one . our allotmement chair has an inherited one in her garden , planted out for maybe 30 years or so , that must have been frosted . it thrives and fills many herb jars each year in w yorks . microclimate .
marigold
Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 12458 Location: West Sussex
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 6:39 pm Post subject:
Potted bay is fine outside here too, but then a frost is a welcome novelty on the south coast. It's been noticeably colder here the last few days. Tonight's sunset over the sea was STUNNING - I'd forgotten about winter sunsets.... (but did have my camera with me??? )
The sunset here was amazing too, so much so that when I turned into a road and was suddenly driving directly towards it, having been unaware of it up till then, I said "Oh wow" out loud. Beautiful
My Bay is fine outside
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