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Best bay laurel plant

Updated: 21 October 2026

You already want a live starter, and six Carbeth pots on amazon.co.uk look almost the same until you match pot size, plant count, and the review file to one job. The best bay laurel plant in this set is not a single winner and not a doorway standard. It is the about £11.99 starter, the about £16.99 pair, or the most-reviewed 13 cm plant. The [bay laurel plant comparison](/hub/herb-seeds/bay-laurel-plant) holds the six rows, the prices in GBP, and the scores. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You already want a live starter, and six Carbeth pots on amazon.co.uk look almost the same until you match pot size, plant count, and the review file to one job.

Our top picks

Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants Laurus Nobilis Bay Tree in 13cm Pot

Best overall

Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants Laurus Nobilis Bay Tree in 13cm Pot
8.6/10about £15.99
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Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants 2 x Laurus Nobilis Bay Tree in 10cm Pot

Rank 2

Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants 2 x Laurus Nobilis Bay Tree in 10cm Pot
8.7/10about £16.99
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Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants Bay Laurel Plant Herb for Cooking in A 9cm Pot

Best value

Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants Bay Laurel Plant Herb for Cooking in A 9cm Pot
8.2/10about £11.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Three jobs, not one winner
  2. 2.The about £11.99 starters
  3. 3.Two plants, or the 13 cm pot
  4. 4.Check the offer before you trust the grid

Three jobs, not one winner

Shoppers who search for the best bay often land on a lollipop: a clear stem and a clipped head. On 19 October 2026, standards outside this set were about £39.99 for a 5 litre plant near 80 cm and £79.99 for a stated 85–95 cm plant. How to tell a culinary bay from a hedge or a silk tree is on the bay laurel plant buying guide.

The about £11.99 starters

Carbeth's 9 cm plant, titled as a bay laurel herb for cooking, is about £11.99 and 4.4 from 283 reviews. The Latin name is not in the title. The specification says outdoor and partial shade, not indoor. Several reviews describe more than one seedling, and dry brown leaves on arrival recur. Compost and the first move are on how to grow bay laurel. The other about £11.99 plant is one Laurus nobilis in a 10 cm pot, at 4.6 from 24 reviews. The Latin name is the advantage over the 9 cm pot. Indoor use is not on the specification lines. One reviewer found five plants in the pot. A separate review described a young plant of about 20 cm that arrived with mealybug and lasted about a week. That is one review, not a rate.
Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants Laurus Nobilis Bay Tree in 13cm Pot

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Carbeth Plants Carbeth Plants Laurus Nobilis Bay Tree in 13cm Pot
8.6/10about £15.99
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Two plants, or the 13 cm pot

The pair is two Laurus nobilis, each in a 10 cm pot, at about £16.99, which is £8.50 a plant, and 4.5 from 66 reviews. The bullet says indoors or outdoors, including a kitchen windowsill. Pruning into a standard is described as possible, not supplied. One review counted about 30 plantlets, and some reviews say one plant later looked dead. The product data uses the same image URL as the single 10 cm listing. The 13 cm plant is one Laurus nobilis at about £15.99, with 4.5 from 1,018 reviews, for indoor and outdoor use. Several reviewers found many stems, about eight or about twenty small plants. The expected height is 13 cm, the pot. Both 12 cm plants are about £15.99 and stay off those jobs. One is 4.1 from 119 reviews, without the Latin name. The other is 4.7 from 20, and the reviews mention a tight rootball.

Check the offer before you trust the grid

A grid can freeze a price the live page no longer shows. The comparison lists the 13 cm plant at about £15.99 and 1,018 reviews. On 19 October 2026 a search showed no featured offer, and a later look showed 4.5 from 987 reviews, size complaints, and a warning that it could not be dispatched to the selected location. Use the live amazon.co.uk page to see whether you can buy it. The container or the border is on bay tree pot or ground. Peter F. read the amazon.co.uk listings. Nobody ran a growing trial.

Common questions

Which of these six should I buy first?
Buy the 9 cm cooking herb at about £11.99 for a starter with 283 reviews. Buy the 10 cm Laurus nobilis at the same price when the Latin name matters more than the sample. Buy the pair at about £16.99 for two pots. Buy the 13 cm plant for 1,018 reviews on one named plant, if the live page still offers it. Leave both 12 cm pots at about £15.99.
Is the 13 cm pot the one to buy because it has the most reviews?
It has the largest file, 4.5 from 1,018 reviews, and the title names Laurus nobilis. That is a reason to read it when you care about review volume. It is not a finished tree, and the expected height is still 13 cm. On 19 October 2026 that listing had no featured offer in the search used here, so check the live page.
Is the about £11.99 plant too small to use?
It is a 9 or 10 cm nursery pot, not a shrub you can strip for a large batch of leaves this week. You pot it on and pick a few leaves once it has grown. The 9 cm specification says outdoor, and dry brown leaves on arrival show up in that review file. Small is the point of the lower price, if you have a season to wait.
When is the pair better than two separate orders?
The pair is £8.50 a plant against about £11.99 for one 9 cm or one 10 cm pot, and both plants are titled Laurus nobilis. Choose it when you want two pots in one parcel and you accept that reviewers divide clumps, and that one of the two sometimes fails later. Two separate 9 cm orders give you a longer review file. Read the title, not the shared photo with the single 10 cm listing.
Which title actually names Laurus nobilis?
Three do: the 10 cm culinary herb at about £11.99, the 13 cm plant at about £15.99, and the pair of 10 cm plants at about £16.99. The 9 cm herb and both 12 cm plants say bay laurel for cooking or culinary use without the Latin name. That is still a culinary title, and a weaker label if you are screening out cherry laurel from the words alone.

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Sources

Public UK sources named below. amazon.co.uk prices, stars and review counts on these six listings are the figures kept for this comparison. A search on 19 October 2026 showed no featured offer on B07B6NWPXL. Page updated 21 October 2026.

  1. RHS, How to grow bay (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  2. RHS, Bay tree care (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  3. RHS, Laurus nobilis (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  4. RHS, Bay sucker (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  5. GOV.UK plant passports (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  6. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  7. GOV.UK returns and refunds (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  8. Demasi and others, Toxins (2022), cherry laurel (retrieved 19 October 2026)