Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis

LATIN NAME: Salvia rosmarinus

COMMON NAME: Rosemary

The rosemary is the needle-green scent of the dry slope, and the small, blue flowers open among the narrow leaves. The evergreen, upright, bushy shrub carries the narrow, needle-like, aromatic, dark-green leaves, white beneath, and the small, blue-violet, two-lipped flowers in the small clusters through the spring and the early summer, one of the fine, quiet sights of the dry garden. The leaves have a very long record as the fine, fragrant herb of the warm tables, and the shrub is a fine, historic presence of the herb garden. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, sharp-draining ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The rosemary is a historic subject of the plant science, and the needle-green leaves keep showing up in the work on the aromatic shrubs. The chemistry of the leaves, which carry the fine, fragrant oils of the old gardens, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the aromatic shrubs, the culinary herbs and the members of the mint family. The narrow, needle-like leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the rosemary is a regular subject of the work on the blue flowers of the dry world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The rosemary is a fine, historic shrub of the herb garden and the dry slope. The narrow, needle-like, aromatic, dark-green leaves have a very long record as the fine, fragrant herb of the warm tables, the fresh sprigs added to the roasts, the breads and the oils of the old kitchens, and the small, blue-violet, two-lipped flowers open through the spring and the early summer, drawing the bees. The shrub stands the heat, the drought, the wind and the poor ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the herb garden, the dry bank and the clipped hedge. It has been written up in the culinary and the botanical papers for the needle-green scent and the very long history, and it is a fine, historic shrub of the open, sunny, sharp-draining garden.

Give the young shrub the sharp-draining soil and the open, sunny spot, and it will take the dry season in the stride.

To grow the rosemary from seed, sow the small, round seeds across the surface of a tray of fine, gritty soil, without covering them, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on slowly at first. With the sun and the sharp-draining ground, the needle-green scent will hold through the years.

Upright bush habit .This fragrant herb is used to season meats & sauces. It has pine needle like leaves and a ‘piney’ mint taste. Rosemary has evergreen leaves, and can easily be grown in containers. It attracts bees, butterflies, and birds.