@shazza 3 -Sorry your thread got 'sidetracked' [to use a polite term!] but it didn't look like that was going to make it. Sometimes, even when two plants seem to be in the same conditions, and the same site, one can just be more vulnerable to everything. As @TheGreenMan says, the original cultivation/care may have had an influence, and it may even have been down to it's general health when you originally got it. Some plants just thrive less well. Perhaps you'll be able to get another one for your matching pot
@philippasmith2 - I also have a country residence in the north east....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just to add to the fun, we got down to -18 this year, and we had two weeks under -8 I had planted one bay tree out in the ground the previous year as a kind of throw away, I expected it to die when we got a cold year I didn't expect that to be it's first year. BUT it survived, all the leaves died but it regrew them in the spring. It does have shelter, it's about 3m away from a S/E facing wall and is right next to a large concrete path and is surrounded by gravel but still, they can survive. I lost a potted one in Aberdeen to about -2C so I think positioning, wind, damp etc has a huge effect on the kill temperature of Bay trees.
I hope it will be a few years before we get under -10 again and maybe my little tree can hang on for a while.
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Sometimes, even when two plants seem to be in the same conditions, and the same site, one can just be more vulnerable to everything. As @TheGreenMan says, the original cultivation/care may have had an influence, and it may even have been down to it's general health when you originally got it. Some plants just thrive less well. Perhaps you'll be able to get another one for your matching pot
@philippasmith2 - I also have a country residence in the north east....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I can find a 💩 stirrerer, though.
Although I would say there's definitely someone trolling
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...