Salvia rosmarinus

€4,90

Salvia rosmarinus is a drought tolerant, aromatic, perennial evergreen shrub in the mint family.

Rosemary is a fantastic culinary herb and can be used to flavor and improve any fish - specifically poultry, fish, lamb, beef, tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese, eggs, potatoes, vinegars, and herbal butters.

Learn more about gardening with Rosemary:

- ENG: Pruning the Rosemary
- FR: Réussir la culture du Romarin

Learn more about cooking with Rosemary (and the ever wonderful Everyday French Chef , Miss Meg Bortin)

🍳 Both the flowers and leaves of rosemary can be used in cooking and for garnishes.

🧴 The leaves can be distilled to produce an essential oil which is often found in soaps and cosmetic products due to its natural astringent properties.

€4,90

Size: 9x9cm

Flowering	March, April, May, October, November
Exposure	Full Sun
Frost Tolerance	-10°C to -15°C
Size	1.2m H x 0.6m W
Soil	Dry, Sandy
Origin	Mediterranean

Gardening Tips:

✂️ Shearing the top encourages the side branches to spread.
💦 Rosemary really despises sitting in soggy soil and overwatering so ensure that your soil is sandy, poor, and very well draining.
🦉 In order to harvest from the plant, the bush should be matured 2–3 years to ensure it is large enough to withstand it.
The rule of thumb is - take 20% of the new growth. This will allow the plant to heal and bounce back without any trouble.

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.

Floral Morphology

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.

The Myths:

Myths and Legends

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.

Other names

Trailing Rosemary

Creeping Rosemary

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