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Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder lists Laurus nobilis for USDA Zones 8 to 10, height 10-30 feet and spread 5-20 feet, full sun to part shade, medium water, blooming yellowish-green March to May; it gives the native range as northern Africa, western Asia, and southern Europe.
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Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder notes the plant is winter hardy only to Zone 8 and that north of Zone 8 it should be grown in containers as a houseplant, placed outdoors in part shade in summer and brought indoors before fall frost; size and shape are easily controlled by pruning.
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NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox lists USDA zones 8b-10b with resistance to deer, diseases, insect pests, and poor soil, and notes that the trees attract birds (songbirds).
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Not native to North America - Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder gives the native range as the Mediterranean (northern Africa, western Asia, southern Europe), so this is a cultivated exotic rather than a habitat plant for North American wildlife.