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Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Rosemary is a woody Mediterranean shrub grown for its resinous, needle-like leaves, used fresh or dried as a strong culinary herb and distilled into an essential oil for perfumery and soap. Its early, long-blooming blue flowers make it one of the better food sources for bees and butterflies at the start of the season, and it takes clipping well enough to double as a low evergreen hedge. It wants a hot, sunny, sharply drained spot - heavy clay and wet winters rot the roots faster than cold ever kills the plant outright. Large medicinal doses are unsafe in pregnancy, though ordinary culinary use is not a concern.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 8–10
- Soil
- Sand · Loam
- Moisture
- Dry · Well-Drained
Vertical layer
Shrub- Soil pH
- 5.5–6
- Plant type
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 4–5 ft
- Mature spread
- 3–4 ft
- Plant spacing
- 3–6 ft
- Root type
- Fibrous-shallow
- Spread pattern
- None
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