Re: Laurus nobilis, was Tall, thin screen
- To: t*@xtra.co.nz, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Laurus nobilis, was Tall, thin screen
- From: J* M*
- Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 19:56:49 -0700
> My experience of Lauris nobilis is that it suckers fearfully (I grow
> one only as a container plant for this reason). Do you perhaps have a
> non-suckering form
Moira,
This is the first I have ever heard of Laurus nobilis suckering. I have
grown it for 30 years in Southern California, as single plants and as hedge,
in several different gardens, including in the Shakespeare Garden at the
Huntington Botanical Gardens where I used to be chief horticulturist.
Occasionally a branch lies on the ground and layers itself, but nary a
sucker. Are you sure we are talking about the same plant? California Bay,
Umbellularia californica, has been known to sucker.
John MacGregor
jonivy@earthlink.net
