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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height: To 40 feet
Plant Spread: To 30 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Other: Used in cooking.
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Culinary Herb
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Sweet Bay

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Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 17, 2011
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 18, 2011 8:36 PM concerning plant:
    Name, assigned by Barry R. Yinger. Yinger, Collection No. 1890.

    A slower-growing cultivar of sweet bay

    Some of the leaves of this plant are entirely yellow, but most are green and generously
    mottled with pale yellow and small blotches of gray green. Occasionally, shoots
    are also entirely yellow.

    To preserve the beautiful variegation, diligently remove any branches that revert to green. Plant this bay in well-drained soil with shelter from frost and cold.

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