General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Plant Spread: 4 - 8 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Needled
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Other: Pale blue
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Culinary Herb
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Prostrate Rosemary
  • Creeping Rosemary
  • Rosemary
  • Salvia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Salvia rosmarinus
  • Synonym: Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostratus
  • Synonym: Rosmarinus officinalis

'Prostratus' was a featured
Plant of the Day for August 11, 2018.
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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-12-03
Prostrate Rosemary and a Honeybee 001
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2022-12-12
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-02-24
looks good, smells good, tastes good!
Location: Sagrada Familia; a long time ago
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-01-15
in bloom, used as screening
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2017-03-29
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-12-03
Prostrate Rosemary 002
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2015-11-19
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-02-24
Used as a screen
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2019-01-18
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-06-06
Being grown as a hanging basket ornamental.  2 year plant.
Location: Barcelona, Spain |April, 2023 (uploaded. This image is much older)
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2019-01-18
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-12
Photo by Avedon
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19

Date: 2014-05-13
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Plant Events from our members
variegatagal On April 19, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
variegatagal On March 8, 2021 Maintenance performed
2 specimens, pruned.
variegatagal On September 21, 2020 Transplanted
variegatagal On September 14, 2020 Obtained plant
Shades of Green Frisco
pinetastic On May 13, 2023 Obtained plant
Mielikki On March 22, 2024 Potted up
Bought from Green n' Growing.
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