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Rosemary Seeds - Description
- Rosemary Seeds
- Official Name: Rosmarinus Officinalis
- Packet Size: 100 Seeds
- Evergreen Shrub with Grey-Green Foliage
- Eventual Height & Spread: 60cm
Rosemary Seeds - Sowing Instructions
- Sowing time: Mid Spring or sow outdoors after last frost
- Sowing Location: In pots or direct into soil
- See our how to grow tab for full sowing instructions
Rosemary Seeds - Uses
- Compliments a wide variety of foods
- Rosemary leaves are known for relieving cold symptoms and headaches
- Can be made into a herbal tea to stimulate blood circulation
- Ornamental shrub
- Used in Italian style gardens
- Can be used to form a low hedgerow
- Used to create parterres in herb gardens
Rosemary Seeds - Advantages
- Extremely easy to propagate and care for
- A large herb
- Fragrant
- Great value
- Excellent quality
- Variety of uses
- Tastes great
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
Sowing Instructions
- Sowing time: Mid Spring
- Sowing location: Sow indoors in 9cm pots
- Use potting compost & perlite mix
- Soak well before sowing
- Sow three seeds per 9cm pot
- Requires light to germinate so do not cover with soil
- Germination rates can be low as 40%
How to Transplant
- Transplant seedlings after approx 8 weeks
- Transplant directly outdoors
- Be sure that frost has passed before planting out
- Young plants will die in the frost
- Harden off before transplanting to outdoors location
- Prefers a sunny location
- Soil: Must be free draining - rosemary can not sit in wet soils
- Moderate to low fertility is fine
Crop Maintenance
- Once established Rosemary is a hardy plant
- To maintain shape & vigour cut back after flowering
- Cut stems back to approx 1 inch above old wood each year
- Cut back hard each year to prevent plant from getting leggy
- For best results grow in a raised bed
How to Harvest
- Do not harvest plant too early
- To harvest, remove fresh stalks & use straight away
- Plant is a perennial & can be harvested over many years
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