🌿 True Bay Laurel: The Laurus nobilis is an evergreen aromatic plant whose fragrant leaves are used fresh or dried to season soups, stews, and meat dishes. ☀️ Sunny to partially shaded location: Ideal for containers, terraces, or herb gardens – loves sun, tolerates partial shade, and grows both in garden soil and pots. 🌸 Decorative & useful: From April to June, the laurel adorns itself with delicate, star-shaped green-yellow flowers, followed by blue-black berries in the fall. ❄️ Hardy & robust: With light winter protection, the laurel withstands cold temperatures effortlessly. Its evergreen foliage remains decorative and fragrant year-round. 🌳 Long-lasting growth: The bushy, spreading growth (up to 3–12 m in height) makes Laurus nobilis a stylish ornamental and useful plant for a Mediterranean flair in the garden. The bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) is a classic, evergreen plant that should not be missing from any herb garden. With its fragrant, aromatic leaves, it imparts a distinctive aroma to dishes like soups, stews, or braised dishes and has been valued in Mediterranean cuisine for centuries. However, this plant is not only convincing as a kitchen herb but also as an ornamental shrub. The laurel grows conically to bushy and reaches a height of 3 to 12 m, depending on the location. In spring, between April and June, small, star-shaped, green-yellow flowers appear, from which blue-black, pea-sized berries develop in late summer. The evergreen foliage is elongated, tapering, and glossy dark green on the upper side, matte and lighter on the underside. The leaves emit an intense, spicy fragrance, making them the ideal kitchen herb. Laurus nobilis prefers sunny to partially shaded locations and thrives best in normal garden soil or nutrient-rich potting soil. Regular watering is important – however, waterlogging should be avoided at all costs. It is hardy but should be protected in harsh locations or overwintered frost-free in containers.