Standard Bay Tree

I used three of them as the end of a raised bed in a previous garden and they made such a lovely display and were useful for cooking @Jacquiscrap within two years they were about 30cm high from a tiny £4 plant from B&Q. Thinking of doing something similar in the next garden or go with some upright rosemary for a veg growing area that I want to be more of a pottager.

 

Sorry, but I find bay trees downright boring.
I mean, what do they do.

 

I disagree @pete love using bay leaves in my cooking so great to grow them for that. Plus the ones with a double stem that is woven together can look very smart.

 

Just how many bay leaves can someone use, most recipes seem to state, Add one bay leaf.

 

The leaves taste good in stews and curries. The big one in the ground stops passers-by looking in my window and provides a place for next door's sparrows to have a dump. It also provides hours of entertainment keeping it pruned
The container one is fat and round and healthy and rather elegant. The sparrows don't 'use' it_so that's the one we pick the leaves off.

 

Bay leaves I use 3 or 4 when the recipe says 1.
Bay trees take a while to get going, but then you are glad you can prune hard.
I did see 30 ft tall on the Isle of Wight.
Mines stuck down near the compost heap so I can do something useful when I go to get a bay leaf or four.

 

Nigella Lawson has great recipe for lamb with lots of fresh bay leaves.