Bay can cope with quite severe pruning. It is often used as topiary, but it needs to be well nourished to withstand this treatment if it is in a pot. Have you thought of planting it in the ground? Then you could just forget about it.

Yah... then it can be a tree 20' tall.

Hi;- I have just the opposite dilemma which new leaves are growing a bit large to suit my taste. Is it possible that the drainage is some how compromised? As you indicated yours is an older specimen, have you been cutting it back it in the past?

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