Cornwall,
United Kingdom 
the laurel has a nasty jelly like substance oozing from where branches have been cut in the past
7 Sep, 2010
Answers
Especially if the jelly is foamy and/or smells bad.
7 Sep, 2010
this could be a normal wound rsponse. but if it has started doing this after some period of time [months] then it may well be bacterial infection.
7 Sep, 2010