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
Harrismith Kwekery – Harrismith
Plants@Preller – Bloemfontein
Platberg Nursery – Harrismith
Pretty Garden Tuinsentrum – Bloemfontein
Urth Garden Centre – Bloemfontein
Gauteng Stockists
4 Seasons Nursery – Heidelberg
Colourful Splendour – Craighall Park
Garden Pavilion – Brandmullers
Garden Pavilion – Eckards
Garden Pavilion – Sunkist
Garden World – Krugersdorp
Hecker Nursery – Boksburg
Lifestyle Home Gardenย – Randburg
Montrose Nursery – Morningside
Nicolas Plants – Northriding
Plant Paradise Garden Centre – Pretoria
Plant Ranch – Centurion
Plant Ranch – Germiston
Schaffler’s Nursery – Johannesburg
Limpopo Stockists
Garden Pavilion – Sterkloop
Greener Tidings – Polokwane
Hardekoolskroon Kwekery – Phalaborwa
Mpumalanga Stockists
Garden Pavilion – Montana
Garden Pavilion – White River
Imbali Garden Centre – Lydenburg
Ninfa Tuinsentrum – Middelburg
North West Stockists
Clarks Tuinsentrum – Lichtenburg
Garden Pavilion – Geelhout
Garden Pavilion – Potchefstroom
Sittig’s Nursery – Hartebeespoort
**Please note that not all stockists will have every plant featured**