"Same price as they sold them 3 years ago"
So are these 9 years old now? :man:

So much knowledge, Alan Titchmarsh gtf outta the way!!!

Oh, well all they do is strip back all the growth before winter kicks in and snip off the stems and basically just leave a plain stalk with no growth on it. The plant might look dead but it's sort of in a hibernation period as long as you leave it in a warm place and water it once or twice a month. Then eventually when spring/summer comes around it starts blooming again. They sell pear trees, apple trees etc like this because it's cheaper to transport. Also the reason why fully blossoming and in-season plants cost a lot more than overwintered plants. Places like Home Bargains, Lidl, Aldi all sell overwintered pear trees, plum trees, apple trees etc.

Looks great!

Very middle class darling!

"Same price as they sold them 3 years ago"
So are these 9 years old now? :man:

???

Do they actually come like that or are they overwintered plants that need re-potting with root stimulator feed?

I do always put store bought plants into bigger pots to promote more root growth but most of the store bought ones are usually overwintered with nothing on the plant itself unless you buy fully in season plants. I'd prefer to grow my own stuff from seed but seeing as I'm busy with my chilli and fruit plants this year I really don't have the time to start something like this from seed especially if it's a mature dwarf bay tree. I will pop in to Aldi and have a look anyway so thanks for the post. Would be nice to add a Bay tree to my collection.

What does 'overwintered' mean? I'm not really much of a gardener :man:

So much knowledge, Alan Titchmarsh gtf outta the way!!!

I know what you mean now. These won't be like that. They will like the ones in the photo's with leaves etc.

I've bought some of the 'overwintered' roses, red currant, rasberry bushes etc from Home bargains, poundland in the past. Not sure a bay tree would survive cutting back that much due to how slow they actually grow.

It's a herb plant and usually lasts 20 years in a container or longer if potted in the ground. Only problem with potting straight into the ground is the ground itself. Might be contaminated, might not be free draining and also the biggest problem is freeze. It's best to put them into bigger pots so you can bring them home or put them into a greenhouse when winter comes around. They don't need much sunlight so yes they should still grow in shaded areas. They don't need much looking after aswell. Stuff like pruning, feed etc is pretty pointless unless you want to shape it a certain way or force it to grow a certain way. Just re-pot into a bigger pot. Feed it once with root stimulator. Then watering with just plain water should be enough. If you fancy giving it a health boost you could try a balanced nutrient mixed in with your water but I don't think something like this needs much looking after.

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How often do they need watering?

Two things with these trees, firstly good luck getting one as every store will have limited stock. The annoying for my colleague and I was there was one left about three years ago, which he bought, albeit it bit withered. On our way out we noticed that one of the members of staff who came out to his car had 4 of these lay down on his back seat. To make things worse my friend got his home, read the small print on the attached tag and noticed that they were for ornamental use only and not for cooking with.

I've got 2 'normal bay trees' the straight ones not these spiral type. I've had them about 3-4 years now. They just sit out side in pots, in summer i water them twice a week just so the soil doesn't dry out too much other than that i just let the rain do the work.

Cold because Morrisons recently had 5ft ones much bigger than these and they were 30 quid for 2. Another nothing special Aldi deal.

As long as it is a bay tree with the distinctive bay smell when crushed it is fine for cooking. (This comment was taken from here):

http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/t/25819.aspx

Crushed, I've been cooking for years and have never crushed a bayleaf.

Nice bush

No way!
I bought some Bonsai trees but threw them out after 4 years. They wouldn't grow.

Surely you have torn them in half?

very tempted to go get these. thanks op.

FAO me Mum

The only answer you will need so pay close attention :wink:

Yes you will need a time machine to get the taller,bigger,cheaper morrisons ones.

But never mind you can buy these much smaller,younger,more expensive ones instead because the Aldi website is telling you these are a great deal so they must be right?

Good deal

Do I run the risk of getting done for winding up a tree? :disappointed:(

I'm usually a big fan of Aldi but I'm not convinced that this is a bargain, sorry.

I got a couple of pear and plum trees about a year ago from Lidls for 2.99 each when they were selling them off and all 4 have blossom on them this year. I wasn't optimistic but replanted them using the suggested compost and it seems to have worked so far.

1. In the picture, these trees are as high as a garden bench, so they are quite small if that's a true size.
2. That deal was posted about a month ago, so probably.

Another 12 years and it can Special Brew.

The Morrison's bay trees were also the standard straight version (correct me if I'm wrong?) I've never seen any deals at Morrison's selling the spiral version.... so this deal can't really be compared

Are these suitable as indoor plants?

Wife is thinking of having one near to the patio window but not by a radiator.

Did anyone actually manage to get hold of any of these? I wasn't lucky enough :disappointed:

Wouldn't mind seeing a photo of the actual thing in case they do them again in the future :smiley:

Managed to get 2. They had 28 in stock and we struggled to get a pair - some were small, didn't have much leafage, double spiral ones had one of the stems snapped etc. Ended up going for a single spiral in the end as the plants looked healthier. Not 100% convinced it was that great of a deal when you compare it to some clearance offers you get on much more substantial plants at Homebase etc (I.e. 70% off)
Our pair aren't the same height but it's as good as we could get. I could upload a pic...

I wouldn't recommend using these for cooking unless you know for certain they are safe.

Quite a few of the Laurel species of trees are poisonous and these include the Cherry Laurel and the Portuguese Laurel which are widely used as hedging plants. The variety which I would recommend and is widely used in cooking is the Mediterranean Laurel (Laurus Nobilis) and is obtainable at all Garden Centres. Source: BBC

They don't look too bad. Thanks for the photo :smiley:

No worries, the label says they are Laurus Nobilis which is the edible kind - bonus :smiley:

Why does the label say ''not suitable for human consumption'