Bay Advice

[keepitgreen]

Someone has given me a bay tree from a garden centre. It is only in a small pot so `I am just about to pot it up. It has about 8-10 stalks growing out of the soil. Does this mean it is actually 8-10 smalltrees or is Bay a bush plant?

Not sure if i should bot them up seperatly or as one.

Thanks

[Peas'n'Kews]

My guess is that the bay is shooting from the bottom and that you will have lots of lovely healthy bay growth!

Good luck

[Two_Sheds]

a photo would help

[taff]

they're individual, if you got them from a wyevale gc or similar. I bought one at the weekend. I've separated it into three clumps, so one pot has three twigs, etc. I was lucky, and it didn't take me long to find the pot with the most twigs in it [I lie, it did]
They all seem to have healthy root growth but separating the roots was a job to not tear them too much.
I hope these ones will live, because I've killed every other bay I've bought.

[keepitgreen]

they're individual, if you got them from a wyevale gc or similar. I bought one at the weekend. I've separated it into three clumps, so one pot has three twigs, etc. I was lucky, and it didn't take me long to find the pot with the most twigs in it [I lie, it did]
They all seem to have healthy root growth but separating the roots was a job to not tear them too much.
I hope these ones will live, because I've killed every other bay I've bought.

this was what i thought. thanks for the advice guys.

[northepaul]

They can be pruned into a bush (obviously when bigger) or will become a tree eventually - however they are slow growing, so you are looking at 10+ years.