I have a bay tree that is 20+ years old. When my parents first got it they kept it in a pot untill it got too big to bring in. Then we planted it. I'm in 8b and it does fine outside. We have for years just used fresh leaves or if we pruned the bay laurel we would put the leaves in the freezer and use those. They have always seemed fine. We plan to dry some this year just to see how it would turn out. As others have said, you should be able to get one local for not much money.
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