I f you cook regularly, you have probably come across a recipe that calls for a bay leaf and thought, "Do I need to spend $7 ...

Bay leaves come from the bay laurel tree, an evergreen tree native ... But North America is also home to the native California bay leaf (Umbellularia californica). While the two leaves are similar ...

Bay leaves, extracted from the bay laurel tree, have been used in various ... The leaf which generally grows in California or North America is referred to as Umbellularia Californica and it ...

I saw my first Bay plant (Laurus nobilis) 17 years ago while visiting the herb gardens at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska. It was a handsome plant about 5 feet tall in a large ...

Tanoaks, California black oaks ... Debbie Mendelson examines a bay laurel leaf showing symptoms of sudden oak death along Todo El Mundo in Woodside on Dec. 13, 2024. This is the kind of leaf ...