Tree for a pot in west facing windy garden?

[HollyBollyBooBoo]

Any recommendations please for a smallish shrub/tree to go in a pot on my front porch which faces west and is windy because we're in a valley. My bay tree hasn't done too well and needs replacing!

Have a look at small trees for roof terraces. There’s quite a few.

Can you plant a windbreak too?

Or put a tall grass in a pot or bamboo? Weight the pot down.

Bays in pots need feeding, and taking out root pruning and replacing compost every 2 to 3 years to look their best. My in laws look fantastic compared to mine. But I don’t think they love windy positions.

Olives are pretty hardy. Our problem has mainly been with potted trees getting blown over. The olive tree itself seems to have coped fine with our strong westerly wind

Sarcococcora - think that's the spelling - it forms an oval everygreen shrub with a pungent smell on tiny flowers in winter. Ours is years old and is only a metre and a half high.
Amelanchier are nice smallish trees - eventually would get too big for a tub. A multi stemmed one would look best.
A dwarf conifer ? Bit boring but some grow very slowly and are evergreen.

Is that shrub also named sweet box @Polyanthus2? Adding it to my list to buy this year, looks beautiful and smells nice.

I have 2 olives in that sort of position. They used to get blown over all the time. I replanted in big half barrels last year and they have been happy and stable ever since. So whatever you choose make sure it's in a big enough pot.

It could be called sweet box. I think it originates from NZ

I’d also recommend olive and you can keep it pruned easily to the size you wish.

Viburnum tinus Eve Price - (perhaps as a half standard).

Yes, sarcocca is aka sweet box. Just bought ourselves one called fragrant mountain or something like that. Scented the whole house just walking through to put it out back.

They don't cope well with sun, I tried one by the front door a few years back but that spot gets absolutely pounded with sun all morning. Hoping for better things in a less sunny spot out back.

Thanks all. Olive could work well there.