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My bay tree is now around 10 years old and has lived all its life outside in a big pot - first in Cheshire and now in South Bucks - and it's perfectly fine and happy.
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Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance
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They are more hardy if in the ground - its in pots that the cold CAN do real damage. I agree that wind could be the problem as mine is sheltered but very cold and is doing fine, but I didn't plant it out until about 3 years old. I'd been cropping the odd leaf (lets face it you only need 1 or 2 fresh ones for a stew) from the beginning, but you have to be more selctive about WHERE to pick when they only have a few leaves!!
Its another of these plants, like Rosemary, that once its settled it'll survive anything and grow like the clappers.
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