Posted by Dan on November 14, 2004, 7:45 pm
Hi!
I am the proud keeper of a 5 ft tall sweet bay (laurus nobilis). It
was obtained five years ago at 4 inches tall, and to say it's
prospered is an understatement. The lemon/veneer smell of the leaves
is amazing, but the entire plant is kept in an 18" pot and brought in
over winter.
However, I was upset to notice the bay leaves in the kitchen have a
completely different odor from the tree. The leaves are also a
different shape at the tip, curling inward and making two
half-circles instead of ending at a sharp tip. Is this a different
form of bay? Could it be turkish bay?
Thanks very much,
Dan
nw NJ
Posted by Gardñ@Gardñ.info on November 14, 2004, 10:22 pm
> Hi!
>
> I am the proud keeper of a 5 ft tall sweet bay (laurus nobilis). It
> was obtained five years ago at 4 inches tall, and to say it's
> prospered is an understatement. The lemon/veneer smell of the leaves
> is amazing, but the entire plant is kept in an 18" pot and brought in
> over winter.
>
> However, I was upset to notice the bay leaves in the kitchen have a
> completely different odor from the tree. The leaves are also a
> different shape at the tip, curling inward
hmmm
>and making two
> half-circles
difficult to imagine a leaf like that.
> instead of ending at a sharp tip.
> Is this a different
> form of bay? Could it be turkish bay?
maybe
http://images.google.com/images?q=umbellularia&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi
> Thanks very much,
> Dan
> nw NJ
>
>
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> I am the proud keeper of a 5 ft tall sweet bay (laurus nobilis). It
> was obtained five years ago at 4 inches tall, and to say it's
> prospered is an understatement. The lemon/veneer smell of the leaves
> is amazing, but the entire plant is kept in an 18" pot and brought in
> over winter.
>
> However, I was upset to notice the bay leaves in the kitchen have a
> completely different odor from the tree. The leaves are also a
> different shape at the tip, curling inward
hmmm
>and making two
> half-circles