Flowers of Laurus nobilis (Bay Tree)

I use my bay leaves a lot Janey , i'm not sure that I could wait to grow one from seed it would take years , you have a lot of patience .. :o)

Cool! : )

Lovely close-up, Janey.

Hadn't looked Amy on how to grow them....must be quite difficult?
Thanks Charlie and David...:o)

I don't think mine has any flowers yet. I will have to pop out to look :)

hi janny, just looked through your photo's and there amazing i couldnt get over the insect ones so detailed ! its a pleasing garden to visit!!!

Hi Zandra.......thanks for such a great comment........I'm pleased you liked me pics...:o) There are some wonderful gardens on here, good to visit on a cold and snowy last day of January....:o(

My bay tree is out the front in a pot. It's survived the cold spell undaunted and is covered in flower buds, but it's usually March before they flower here. Lovely flowers though aren't they and i love growing all my own herbs. My favourite is borage - can't beat it in a glass of pimms and the bees love the flowers too!

Hi Karen.....my Bay tree was a chrissy pres so I've kept it by the kitchen door as I didn't want the very low temps to get it,,,I was so surprised to see it in flower...:o) Like you I love herbs...we used to have borage growing wild all over the terraces in Spain...a beautiful herb, but very prickly...Lol! I love golden oregano which seems to seed itself in all the cracks in the pavement...:o)

Yes Janey, but gosh you get the proper aromas abroad! I remember being stopped dead in my tracks by the smell of some wild oregano growing around the toliet block of a campsite at Lake Garda in Italy! Here you have to touch them to get any perfume I find, it never gets warm enough for them to start perfuming the air!