Bay leaves are best known for their use in cooking and have a unique and fragrant flavour that compliments most stews and casseroles the bay leaves from our superb small bay trees are excellent in asian and mediterranean cooking and would make a perfect gift for a foodie the bay laurel is a small tree native to the shores of the mediterranean but has been cultivated in britain since the 16th century it can be grown indoors in a pot or outside on the patio and is the perfect gift for food lo