Rosemary is one of those plants that not only smells good, it tastes good and looks good too. When I say taste, I mean as a flavoursome herb so don’t start chomping on a random stem and expect it to fill you with culinary delights – because it won’t!
Be that as it may, rosemary plants are fantastically popular and are often found in gardens as a specimen shrub or informal hedging.Evergreen - and tolerant of most soils so long as the drainage is good, they will even put up with most of the weather that Britain can throw at it despite is warmer origins of the Mediterranean and Asia .
Its Latin name, Rosmarinus officinalis, means "dew of the sea", and while rosemary is most closely associated with Mediterranean cooking you don't need perfect sunshine, or a sea mist to grow it successfully.
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Poor soils are no obstacle and it will even survive periods of drought.
If you are using it as a specimen plant then you can prune after flowering. Otherwise, August to September will be the best month.
The most popular and hardiest species is Rosmarinus officinalis which can reach a height of up to 7 ft tall and spread of between 5-6 ft. Of course they can be grown it as a formal hedge then it can be clipped throughout the growing season to whatever size you require. Be aware though that if you do this you will be removing the flower buds and so it won't produce flowers for you.
When left to its own devises, mauve flowers appear in March or April and will continue to appear sporadically until September.
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Based on an article by http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetablepatch/a/Rosemary.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary
Photo care of http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/rosemary-cuttings/ and http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_july_3_rosemary.asp and http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?attachment_id=16455 and http://www.edible-landscape-design.com/garden-hedges.html
