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Rosemary Plant - Description
- Potted Rosemary Plant
- Rosmarinus Officinalis
- Woody Perennial
- Colour: Purple / Light Blue Flowers
- Evergreen Foliage
- Potted Plant
- Current Size: 10cm
- Pot Size: 3 Litre Pot
Rosemary Plant - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Woody sub shrub
- Habit: Mounded
- Will develop an open habit if not regularly pruned
- Evergreen herbaceous plant
- Linear, needle like leaves
- Deep green in colour
- Fully Grown Size: 150cm high x 100cm spread
- Can be maintained as a neat compact bush
- Fast growth rate
- Flower Colour: Purple / Blue
- Flowering Time: Mid Spring
- Foliage: Aromatic & evergreen foliage forms a soft & dense cushion
- Sow: All year round
- Hardiness: Fully hardy
Rosemary Plant - Uses
- Both ornamental & culinary uses
- Herbal plant: For culinary use
- Perfect in stuffing & sauces
- Use with chicken, lamb & fish
- Ideal in a Mediterranean style garden
- Suited to a rockery & alpine flower bed
- Can be grown as a low, informal hedge
- Some great companion plants include pink flowering Thyme, Lavenders, Rosemary & Saxifraga
Rosemary Plant - Planting Instructions
- Ensure soil is moist before planting
- These are Mediterranean plants & are suited to similar conditions
- Low fertility, dry soils, full sun & a sheltered spot
- Spacing: 50cm apart
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Firm in well
- Water again after planting
- Benefits from a hard prune every few years to prevent plants getting leggy
- Clumps can be divided to propagate new plants
