Help,is my bay dead!

If it's green under the bark I would keep it. Maybe it would do better in the ground - more protection for the roots in extreme temps.

sorry for clicking like :-(.
id go with what Hywel says , esp as there is still some green when you scraped the bark

thanks, will give him some tlc.

I agree with Hywel

I've heard somewhere that it's bad luck to have a Bay tree die on you, so I think I'd suggest doing your best to bring it back to life. :-))

This happened to my friends bay tree, she cut it back and it's starting to green up again! Good luck

thanks for the info Lulu.