General Information

  • Category- Flower
  • Binomial Name- Salvia rosmarinus
  • Common Names- Rosemary
  • Spread- 18 inches**
  • Height- 24 inches**
  • Average Production- 40-50 flowers per plant
  • Days to Maturity- 90-180 days*

Environmental Requirements

  • Soil- Loamy
  • Soil moisture- 15%
  • Soil pH- 6.0-7.0
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun
  • Best Time to Plant- Spring (February-March)
  • Temperature range- 18-32 Celsius

Tips to Grow Rosemary

  1. Arrange good quality rosemary seeds/cuttings.
  2. The soil should be well draining but nor wet or soggy. Rosemary prefers a drier soil.
  3. Before planting the rosemary, strip the leaves off of the lower section of the cutting (about an inch from the end of the stem). This part of the plant will go into the soil.
  4. After you have stripped the leaves, put each cutting into a small pot of soil filled with two-thirds coarse sand and one-third peat moss. Once roots have formed, you can plant the rosemary either in pots or outdoors in your garden. 
  5. Pick sprigs of rosemary leaves as needed. The bush will just keep on happily growing. Since rosemary is evergreen, you can harvest it all year round.

Other Uses of Rosemary

Rosemary is a wonderful compliment to both sweet and savory dishes. Use it to add depth to meat and chicken, bread, butter, and even ice cream. These delicious recipes make use of rosemary:

  • Herb bread.
  • Marinated pork.
  • Rosemary syrup.
  • Lemon sorbet with rosemary.

Rosemary can be dried and made into scented drawer sachets, used as in ingredient in homemade soap, turned into a fragranced water that makes your hair shiny and soft, and more. You can also simply brush against your rosemary plant to experience a fresh burst of its uplifting scent.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

*To get flowers quickly, the users can buy plants from nursery.

Flowers, Herbs