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Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostratus'

9x9 cm
€5,90
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Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostratus'

Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostratus'

€5,90
pda188-9
Organic
Sustainable
Locally grown
Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostratus' or 'Trailing Rosemary' is a drought tolerant, fragrant, cascading variation on the classic Mediterranean rosemary.

Also known as Prostrate Rosemary, this variety covers the ground in ripples and undulations but is at its best when cascading over a wall or a rocky slope.

The leaves are smaller than common Rosemary but smell just as delicious.
The flowers are small and blue, appearing in the spring in Central to Northern France.
If you are a lucky one and live in the South, the flowering can begin as early as February.

Learn more about gardening with Rosemary:
Flower Color: Light Blue

Sunlight: Full sun

Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: -17°C

Growth Habit: Spreading, Trailing

Origine: Mediterranean

🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU

🌱 Grown in our nursery
€5,90

☀️ Full sun
💧 Drought tolerant
🌿 Fragrant foliage
🪴 Grows well in pots or in the ground
❄️ Hardy perennial
Container Size
Gardening Tips

✂️ Shearing the top encourages the side branches to spread.
💦 Rosemary really despises sitting in soggy soil so ensure that your soil is sandy, poor, and very well draining.
The Botany

Commonly known as rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis is a small shrub from the Mediterranean basin belonging to the Lamiaceae family.

Beyond its many culinary and medicinal uses, it has long been believed to purify the air and ward off evil spirits, and in Mediterranean traditions it was often burned as incense.

Depending on the region and its natural habitat, Rosmarinus officinalis has developed local variations in terms of hardiness, growth habit, and flowering patterns.

The plant flowers in spring and summer in temperate climates, but the plants can be in constant bloom in warm climates; flowers are white, pink, purple or deep blue.

The branches are dotted with groups of 2 to 3 flowers down its length.

Rosmarinus officinalis also has a tendency to flower outside its normal flowering season; it has been known to flower as late as early December

The plant can live as long as 35 years - I've known one that was older than me today - it was 40!

Rosemary has a fibrous root system- an adaptation to poor or dry soils and rocky terrain.

Other names

Trailing Rosemary

Creeping Rosemary

Prostrate Rosemary
The Myth

The name Rosmarinus comes from the Latin ros maris or ‘dew of the sea’.

Elizabeth Kent noted in her Flora Domestica (1823), "The botanical name of this plant is compounded of two Latin words <ros marinus="">, signifying Sea-dew; and indeed Rosemary thrives best by the sea.

It was later called Rose of Mary or rosemary in honor of the Virgin Mary.

Rosemary water is often called 'Queen of Hungary Water' since it is said that Elizabeth of Poland, one of the Queens of Hungary, was the first to introduce perfume (hers a rosemary-infused alcoholate) to the 14th courts in Hungary.

And one can imagine that life was much more pleasant in the court thereafter.

The plant itself has historically been associated with remembrance, memory, and fidelity.

In Roman times, students wore springs of rosemary in their hair so that they would better remember the lessons that they learned at school.

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia says, :‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance, pray you love, remember.’

So if ever you want to offer the gift of memory, it is here!</ros>

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