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Woody, perennial herb, Rosmarinus officinalis. Use this tag with questions about caring, propagating and identifying rosemary varieties.

Rosemary, species Rosmarinus officinalis, is a member of genus Rosmarinus, Family Lamiaceae. It is a woody, perennial , noted for fragrant, evergreen needle-like foliage. It is native to the Mediterranean region, and typically grows with white, pink, purple, or blue flowers.

As well as being used as a culinary herb, rosemary is used for decoration, and has also been used for medicinal applications due to high levels of various bioactive acids. Historically it has a reputation for improving memory. In Australia and New Zealand, rosemary is used as a symbol of remembrance on ANZAC Day.

Use this tag for all questions about growing rosemary.

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What are the proper conditions and watering habits for rosemary?

I have tried twice now to start Rosemary from seed and failed both times. Last year I planted them in a self watering window box with a number of other herbs. It never really came up well and never thrived, then we went on vacation and it died. This…
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What light cycle should I use to grow herbs indoors?

I would like to have a small container herb garden indoors this winter, but I want to make sure my herbs do not try to flower. Currently, it's a couple of different basil plants and some rosemary, but we may add some others before it's all said…
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Restoring overwatered rosemary

I have several rosemary bushes in the backyard; I live in San Francisco and rosemary thrives here. However, the landlord overwatered one of the bushes for several months. It's now got some kind of fungus or root-rot which causes it to look…
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How to grow Rosemary indoors over the winter?

I live in northern Colorado on the plains and the rosemary that thrives in the summer never makes it through the winter in a pot. It slowly dries up and dies even though I water it and keep it in a sunny place. What should I do to keep it alive?
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What is this yellow mold or fungus in my container?

I found this yellow looking patch underneath the branches of my rosemary plant. I did not see it near either of the other 2 plants in the container. I dug the yellow stuff up, it seemed surface level, but the soil underneath where it was seemed very…
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How should I prune a half-dead bush of rosemary?

I have inherited a garden in a hot and arid climate with a half-dead bush of rosemary. As you can see in the photo below, a part of the plant is dead, but another is doing okay. How should I deal with the plant to ensure the live part makes it?…
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Rosemary leaves yellowing at tips

I took cuttings of this rosemary plant, and put them into a aquaponic bath. It took several months but they rooted and then a month ago I transplanted then into potting mix. However a month later the transplants leaf tips are yellowing. What might…
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Is this young plant a rosemary?

Since the last rain, this plant has been making its way in our garden. It looks like a rosemary, it is growing a couple feet from an old rosemary bush, and its tender leaves kinda taste like one. We're not quite sure it is one, though. Is it a…
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What happens with rosemary if I don't let it hibernate over the winter?

I have a 1 year old rosemary. I read in several (non scientific) articles that I have to put it to 10°C in winter, so it can hibernate (I guess). (Outside it would freeze I think, we sometimes get -15°C during the winter.) Now my problem is that I…
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Best way to combat Rosemary Mites?

All of my rosemary plants are infected with rosemary mites, which are some kind of variety of spider mite. These invisibly tiny insects cause unsightly yellow mottling on the leaves of the rosemary, and (more importantly to me) are detrimental to…
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What illness/pest has this rosemary and what to do with it?

Recently 3 of my rosemary bushes seems to have some (multiple) illness and/or pest. I am an absolute amateur, so I just hopelessly see their day by day worsening condition. I know it is hard to diagnose by photo, I did my best when I was taking the…
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Was my rosemary burnt by nitrogen, or something else?

I am trying to grow rosemary from starters. I am based in In California, San Francisco Bay Area. I dug up an area about what people are recommending on the other rosemary answers here. 30cm x 30cm wide + 30cm down, and combined the area for 6 of…
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What plant is this? A kind of Thyme?

It's similar a bit to Summer savory, but definitely, it's not and it has a different shape, scent. It is grows crawling rather than standing up as Rosemary does. The leaves are rather small, Rosemary ones are twice as big. It is a thyme variaty? For…
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how can i save this rosemary plant?

this is my grandmothers rosemary plant. have had her for a few months now and 3 days ago i went on vacation and came back to it turning brown. the leaves are still flexible but i don't know how to save her! i cant loose her! shes got too much…
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rosemary indoors: wrong kind of sand?

I read that rosemary requires good drainage, so I tried sprouting it from seed in sand. It didn't work at all. Just looking at this sand, it doesn't look like it has good drainage to me. It gets totally waterlogged even with a small amount of added…
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