HERB - Re: bay aka laurel

[khkeeler]

I was given a laurel in a pot at my laurellng.  It became a lesson (of
some sort):  for two years it sat there, it did not grow. It did not die
either.
Eventually someone at the Denver Botanic Garden told me laurels needs
root space to grow.  I put it in a much larger pot, and since then 
(2 1/2 years) it has about doubled (which isn't saying all that much).

It is still an object lesson to me when we say in the laurelling
ceremonies:  "the laurel is a humble plant that does not seek to tower
over others..." 
clearly a laurel is also patient! 

And I haven't yet given a laurel plant to a new laurel--rather a scary
thing to be a new laurel with a laurel plant and have the plant not
thrive.
You don't have to be Medieval to take that as a bad sign.

I of course am now devoted to that plant, but I can't say I yet know how
to make it happy.  Outdoors is a bad risk in Nebraska winters.

Agnes

Agnes deLanvallei, O.L., Mag Mor, Calontir
Dedicated to the study and safe re-creation of Medieval uses of plants. 
If I can be of assistance in your endeavors, I'd be honored.

kkeeler1 at unl.edu
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