Herbs
Bay
Best grown as a potted tree by the back door and kept compact by regular pruning.
Laurus nobilis · Herbs · Perennial
Australian planting guide by climate zone
Sourced guidance by broad climate zone, shown as fixed months, timing relative to sowing or planting, or written growing advice. Your GrowCal calendar applies your regional growing profile, so its dates may sit earlier or later than the months below.
| Action | Cool | Temperate | Subtropical | Tropical | Arid |
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| Plant out | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Feed | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Prune | GuidanceDetailsPrune and harvest regularly to keep a potted bay compact. | GuidanceDetailsPrune and harvest regularly to keep a potted bay compact. | GuidanceDetailsPrune and harvest regularly to keep a potted bay compact. | GuidanceDetailsPrune and harvest regularly to keep a potted bay compact. | GuidanceDetailsPrune and harvest regularly to keep a potted bay compact. |
| Pest check | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Harvest | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
Only sourced growing and timing guidance is shown.
Care guidance
Sourced advice for Bay that isn't tied to a month.
- In the ground a bay tree reaches 8m; it makes an excellent potted plant kept compact by pruning and harvesting.
- Spring is one of the best times to pot up, while the plant is actively growing.
- Pot up into a container half a size larger, shaving the root ball before repotting.
- Hardy evergreen; the leaves are the harvest.
- No per-zone planting months are published by any source found, so no sowing or planting window is claimed for any zone.
About this data
This schedule is part of GrowCal's preview horticultural dataset — useful as general guidance, and still being validated. Conditions vary with your soil, aspect, frost and variety. Read more on the data & methodology page, or send us a correction.
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