The issue of being rootbound will likely be the overriding factor of how well they establish and begin to put out new growth. Ideally, removing as much of the soil as possible from the container planting and gently teasing out the roots should have been done before planting. It might even have been necessary to remove some larger circling roots to encourage outward growth. If this wasn't done, the establishment of the shrubs could be compromised and they could possibly decline and eventually die. Since they were so newly planted, this is something that can still be corrected.

And its been well-established that trees and shrubs establish faster and fare better if planted in unamended soil. Laurus nobilis is not very fussy about soil conditions other than needing good drainage. It would have been preferable to have amended the entire planting area (ideally, the expected mature root spread) rather than individual planting holes. If you do dig them up to attend to the roots, make sure the amended planting holes are expanded as well to distribute the amendments over the largest possible area.

Other than attending to any root issues, I wouldn't do anything else at this time. Stressed plants (being rootbound, the hail damage) do not benefit from being fertilized, so just keep them properly watered. If the chlorosis continues, you could apply some chelated iron according to product directions. When the plants start pushing some healthy new growth, you can prune them to shape and to encourage new growth - bay laurels are often grown as container plants and topiaries and respond well to pruning by generating a dense form and lots of foliage.

If you mulch with compost (preferable to incorporating into the planting hole), these plants may require no further fertilizing. Or apply an appropriate amount of an organic all-purpose fertilizer in late summer or early fall - I recommend organic because it is less likely to be over-applied, won't leach into groundwater and will encourage a healthy soil.

Oy. Color me depressed. And embarrassed that I was foolish enough to not ask first. Redoing it now won't work, as my labor can't return till next Saturday. And rain is due between now and then. What's that about penny wise and pound foolish and haste makes waste? Oy.

That said, thank you for your typically thorough answer. If GardenWeb gave out those lifetime achievement awards like they do at the Academy Awards for tireless, gracious generosity of spirit, you'd get one ;~)

Waiting until Saturday to re-do the planting is perfectly acceptable :-) That's still well within any time frame for the plants to start settling in and I'd easily risk any chance of transplant shock against the benefits of making sure both the root ball and the planting holes were properly addressed.

And thank YOU for your very nice thoughts! They are appreciated :-)

Just a small point. Apart from aesthetics it wasn't really necessary to remove hail damaged leaves. Even bashed up leaves can photosynthesis a bit as long as they are still green. The plant would discard the leaves by itself if they were no longer useful to it, meanwhile they could be helping it get established in its new home.

Bay is very tough and will take a lot of abuse so I wouldn't worry about its long term survival.