Common Name:
Bay leaf
Benefits:
It is mostly used in cooking but also has medicinal properties.
Description:
Evergreen tree which may grow up to 12m. The tree or woody potted shrub bears dense, pointed, elliptical leaves, rather leathery in texture. Bright green when young and darker green when fully grown.
Light Requirements:
Full sun
Water Requirements:
Water regularly but sparingly during growing season. Do not overwater.
Frost Resistance:
The plant is frost hardy but frost and cold winter winds may damage the foliage.
Feeding:
Standard liquid feed every two weeks
Free State Stockists
Alma Kwekery – Welkom
Bruwer Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Greenside Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Urth Garden Centre – Bloemfontein
Gauteng Stockists
Colourful Splendour – Craighall Park
Garden Pavilion – Eckards
Garden Pavilion – Sunkist
Hecker Nursery – Boksburg
Lifestyle Home Garden – Randburg
Montrose Nursery – Morningside
Nicolas Plants – Northriding
Plant Paradise Garden Centre – Pretoria
Schaffler’s Nursery – Johannesburg
Limpopo Stockists
Mpumalanga Stockists
Garden Pavilion – White River
Ninfa Tuinsentrum – Middelburg
North West Stockists
Garden Pavilion – Geelhout
Sittig’s Nursery – Hartebeespoort
**Please note that not all stockists will have every plant featured**
