My bay tree needed cutting back – what a delicious scent!
The voluptuous large jug on the left is Victorian, bought at auction in the 1970’s as part of a washstand set, the one on the right a modern little cousin.
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Wild Daffodil 
Lovely, I bet it smells wonderful and then you can use it to cook with. I had a golden bay tree that seeded itself in the garden. Alas I moved on and didn’t’ bring them with me.
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Beautiful composition. Imagine the smell is luscious.
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Thank you Susie – the smell is luscious and quite heady!
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Simplicity at its best. Beautiful foliage and containers. I grow Bay here in Florida – my eating nearly outpaces the Bay Leaf production, yours look much better.
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Really! You eat that many Bay leaves?! I only use about two a year – we live in a topsy-turvy world!!
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The plants have about 6-8 leaves each! Yours must be a lot bigger.
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Mine is about 10 feet tall and very bushy – if you lived nearby you’d be welcome to pop round and grab a branch. 😉
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I definitely could not eat that many!
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Ha! 😀
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Those jugs make excellent vases, Daffy and I love the ‘voluptuous’ one! The green of the leaves is striking against the white, very pretty 🙂
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Thanks Eddie – I love her too, she has been with me through thick and thin!
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She is very precious indeed then Daffy 🙂
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That beautiful clump of green looks wonderful against its stark white surround. And you get scent too! I have a bay laurel hedge but it doesn’t produce cuttings nearly as attractive.
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I do like green and white together. This bay was already in the garden when I bought the house, it does seem to be a really nice one with longer-narrower leaves than some I have seen.
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What a treat! I’d be drying them for culinary purposes. They look really healthy leaves too.
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I have absolutely masses! I only use about 2 leaves a year, and those I pick straight from the tree.
If you would like some I can send some in the post. xx
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That must smell wonderful – bay makes a nice dried wreath, too.
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Thank you for the tip Eliza – I might try that.
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Glorious green!
And with that lovely aroma, too ~ a wonderful week of loveliness.
Thank you for sharing!
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My pleasure Del! 😉
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Wow – it must be a really healthy bay tree Sandra! I have been thinking about having one in a pot but am not sure yet where I could put it so am still undecided 😉
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It really is very vigorous! I chopped it so far back when I removed the leylandii hedge it was growing in, I wondered if it would survive – but survive it did – and how!!!! Mine has many flower buds at the moment – I wonder if I could get one to grow from seed – do you think it would come true?
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I have no idea about how viable the seed might be – shrubby plants are always harder to grow form seeds but bay seeds are available so people must propogate them that way
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Thank you Cathy. I might give it a go just to see what happens.
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Reminds me I must buy some more bay leaves. Fancy having them just there ready to pick!
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If you send me an email with your address, I will be happy to post some to you. 🙂
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… and you’ll have some bay leaves nice and close to hand when you need them to cook with!
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Yeah!
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