On 5 Jul 2003 16:03:34 GMT, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Mike wrote:

This is what we have found. They almost grow like weeds, but when I
mentioned this before on this newsgroup, someone said that they were not
the edible/seasoning Bay but something else, even Laurel, but 'er
indoors, the cook' said no, they are the edible ones.

Boggle. I have never seen them set viable seeds in the UK, and they
haven't naturalised. Bean says that the sexes are on different trees,
so it is possible that most of the ones grown in the UK are of one
sex (like gingko).

Over here in the colonies, nurserymen seem to be growing bays
from seed and there are both males and females around. It's not a
common garden plant here, being slightly on the tender side, but
by no means a rarity, and it wouldn't surprise me if females in
sunny situations set seed.

I have no idea where the seed comes from.

So there is the answer, find someone with a mature tree and soldier on
with little seedlings.

No - a breeding pair :-)

Right.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada