Laurus nobilis - 'Bay Leaf Tree' - Bay Laurel or Sweet Bay - Live Plant

The "tree" I received was 2 leaves on approx. 3" stem. Very much not worth the price. I'm doubtful this will survive. The only plants I've ordered thru Amazon that are healthy, beautiful & a true representation of their photo came from Costa Farms in Miami FL. That will be my source of plants from Amazon from now on. I would like to support small businesses selling thru Amazon, but cannot waste the time & money to do so.Several months later, the "tree" is doing very well. It has grown about 4 inches & has added eight leaves. Still feel it was too expensive, but if it ever gets to be a true tree size, I'll be very happy!Soon after I bragged on its growth, it almost overnight dried up & was gone. Will now try seeds.

1.) My plant is infested with scale. 2.) The description is completely inaccurate. It does not have a solid 3 inch rootball. It is a cutting with barely any roots. The plant is not 7 inches. 3.) 9Greenbox used DHL which took 15 days to arrive and was a day outside of the expected delivery window. DHL is not the proper shipper for live plants. I had ordered this when our temperatures were still safe enough for apackaged plant to be shipped, but the temps have been in the teens in our area this past week. 4.) Soil was shipped soaking wet, no heat pack, and in styrofoam packing peanuts.

The plant certainly doesn't look like the photo. It's visible very small, hardly coming out of the soil. Shipping not very professional. Masking tape over the dirt. Not fully. Dirt came out and the plant was loosened. The plant, I think I can save, and I'm thrilled to have the plant again! I hope. My little stub looks okish. It's also not I the appropriate soil. I have however, in a very rich seen it growing wild in California in different soils. It was planted in a rich beginning soil instead of a more sandy one. The plant died.

DHL eCommerce shipped it to my local USPS. This caused me concern. A lot of concern. Our mail box is in a multi-box pod at the end of the street. Had I not been home & saw the postal carrier drive by, I would have had for sure dead trees. It is exceptionally HOT here right now. Feels like temps in the 110F's for weeks.So, the trees are now in a full spectrum climate controlled 75F tree ICU. About 3-4 weeks of obs before patio placement for this seasons acclimatization & green house overwintering. Looking for bugs, disease, dead/dying leave etc.The trees look really nice. As advertized height, & solid root ball (had to prop a canted tree). Each tree was in a clear vented bag. The dirt was secured by a bunch of paper tape, which removed easily.Due to our freakish late winter snowpococlypse and our above & below zero single digit temps with 12" snow for a week, we lost all our flower beds & a few trees. Starting over now. The local options for Laurus Nobilis were 8x in price. Due to HOA ankle-biting, had to take a chance on shipping trees.Looking forward to trellis train them for a hedge (as seen in Rome, It). Evergreen & edible. What’s not to love about that?How can the process improve? Add a DHL, FedEx, or UPS overnight option & put perishable on the box. For the solid 5th star.

It’s way too small. I thought I was getting a mature plant, like in the picture. Very deceitful. What I got was a cutting that they rooted. Dirt was too wet, it may be root rooted in a few days. Not worth the price, plus shipping.

I’ve grown bay leaf tree at another home in the area, with great success, and wanted to start another one in my current yard.When my bay leaf tree arrived, I thought, nice box (see photo), and went on to think, I guess it was worth spending $8.01 with $5.99 shipping. But the plant inside was not quite 4” tall (see photo). Yes, they advertise something about four inches, but that is supposedly the pot size. Otherwise, the only other portion of the post which gives a hint at the size of the plant is the one image they posted with the listing (see attached photo). The photo shows a similar plant which looks far more full of leaves, and therefore, from my experience the plant or plants in the image, would have to be much taller than the little plant I received which has just 7 leaves.For that matter, now that I look at it all again: as to the maturity of the plant, its stem is no where near 4” tall, more like 2.5”. So much for hopes of a nice yard plant. : (

So far so good, delivery was a small healthy plant that I've already transferred to a larger container with well fertilized soil and sands... I'm posting 3 stars so far since many other reviews stated it only lasted 4 months on average, I will post again if it survives that long and actually, if it does or not... I'll update the star rating and the written review.UPDATE....Ok... it's been several months since the plant arrived.... it's now December and temperature outside is averaging a high of 3*C.....and it's still alive! Brought it indoors for the winter... greenhouse is a bit too cheap and flimsy to take the chance.... anyway...upgraded review to 4 stars. Will update again when it's actually grown more and has more leavesOk, Another UpdateIt’s almost June 2023. Bought this in August 2022, posting an updated photo that shows the little tree has not only survived the winter indoors by the kitchen window and is now “awakening” with several more leaves sprouting from the center stem . Hopefully it will continue to thrive! Very excited to see how well it does!

After a tense 3 weeks bay tree arrived. I had given up hope. Well packed. Moist. Dirt intact. No complaints.And a follow up 10 months later.All good. Summer, fall, winter you could see it very very slowly expanding on its buds. I do mean slow. But nice green color in the cracks. Lost 1 of 3 leaves shortly after arrival. the other 2 held good. Gentle watering. not too much, the whole time. I transplanted it this week. The roots were very full and healthy. It is now budding 10X what it was. My new baby. I will add picture maybe june.