Is my bay finally going to flower?

TheGreenMan

Hi,

Almost 5 years since I bought this tree and it looks like it might finally be thinking of flowering. 

Have I got this right? It’s not just something it does every year and I’ve got some kind of lockdown/Covid addled brain/memory thing going on! 

Your input, as always, appreciated, loved, required! 

J. 

B3

Looks like it's about to flower. They are very subtle, you might say, and I don't think there's much you can do with the berries either.

TheGreenMan

Thanks @B3

It still feels like a big moment in our lives together

B3

Yes. You must be doing well by  her!

Uff

How exciting Greenman. Just been out to check mine, see below, but nothing showing. Mine is only about a metre high though. Will you show up please when they open?

Silver surfer

The flowers are rather tiny.
Laurus nobilis...common name Bay

Uff

Do they have a perfume Silver surfer?

Lyn

Mine doesn’t flower every year.  This was a couple of years ago.  About February I think, the Hellebores are out underneath it. 

TheGreenMan

Awwwwwww! I love it.

Yes I will post pics when it flowers

TheGreenMan

Any excuse to show its 2017 pic compared to now.....

(I moved it here when we had the nasty winds at the end of 2021 and haven't moved it back "home" yet)

philippasmith2

Keep an eye on it @TheGreenMan.....the Blackbirds and Wood Pigeons love the berries and happily distribute them everywhere.  Either thru their droppings or just being very casual and knocking off what they didn't manage to scoff.  My garden is full of Bay seedlings