| Scientific Name: | Laurus nobilis |
| Common Name: | bay laurel |
| Family Name: | Lauraceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Medicinal plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Green-yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Black, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves 6-12cm long x 2-4cm wide, margin entire and may be wavy, shiny, dark green; flower pale yellow-green and off white, about 1cm wide, clustered at nodes, late spring; fruit a oval berry-like drupe about 1cm long, shiny black, single pit. | |