It’s fun just to brush against rosemary in the garden. When
you pick up its fragrance
on your clothes and skin, you’ll reminisce about the good foods
associated with the herb.

Rosemary is wonderful for cooking, especially with potatoes,
chicken and lamb. You can
use the stems for skewers, giving flavor to kebobs.

Decorative in
Landscape

This versatile herb is also used in medicines, cosmetics and
perfumes. But it’s more
than useful. It’s one of the multi-use herbs that can add
interest in your landscape, too.

Perhaps the noblest of herbs, Rosmarinus (“dew
of the sea”) officinalis
is a decorative, hardy, evergreen shrub.

The lustrous, dark-green, slender leaves and upright stems
make Rosemary an attractive
4- to 5-foot-high hedge at the end of a stone wall.

Great for Birds and
Bees

Cultivated to 18 inches high, it’s beautiful in planter
boxes on decks or kitchen
windows. A creeping variety can also be trailed from hanging
baskets or cascaded over
walls.

Tiny blossoms, from bright blue to lavender-pink to white,
attract hummingbirds and
bees. The oily seeds appeal to other birds.

Rosemary is essentially carefree. It requires moderate to
little water. It adapts to most soils and is usually pest-free.
It just needs well-drained soils and light fertilization.
Rosemary loves full sun and rarely freezes in most of
Georgia.