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

I purchased one of these and two arrived. Granted they are a bit small (about 4inches) but for $9.00 I am not going to complain about them being just a bit smallish. The cuttings look healthy so I am hopeful that with a little care I should have two nice plants.I have had them for a little while now, I covered them with a gallon plastic freezer bag and rubber band, for a little humidity, and they are both doing well, new foliage has sprouted and they are looking great. I think that all the complaints about the plants dying probably transplanted them too soon to larger pots.

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.

Plant was shipped via USPS, and once again took a ridiculously LONG time to work itself through the mail network. Once it arrived, was unpacked, and the masking tape removed from the pot, I could see this plant has only two leaves and the soil is completely soaked. It was not at all as the plant pictured. Am hoping the soil will dry out after placing it on an inside windowsill. Growers need to find a better way of shipping live plants. Way overpriced and disappointing.

I got the plant, thank you its alive not dry or dead. 4 inch don't mean 4 leaves. and very small twig. I have gone online followed how to plant it an a right pot and soil. you have a picture on the amazon website of 20 to 30 leaves. please for the love of havens tell the truth and have a picture that describes you plant. its false advertisement. I will give you 5 star for the plant came alive but -5 for no ethical business. its not only me but all the people that bought from you feels the same. so do yourself a favor have a plant with 2 to 4 leaves and price it 8.99 and the picture you have make it 20 or 30$ its fine. please don't take it negative but rather work on you presentation. If you change your picture and stop misleading customer i will give you 5 star

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.