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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 3 to 8 feet
Plant Spread: 3 to 8 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Needled
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Small fleshy yellow-green drupe containing two seeds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Brown
Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 6 to 12 months
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious

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Common names
  • Florida Rosemary
  • Sand Heath
  • Sandhill Rosemary

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Location: East gulf coastal plains of Alabama 
Date: Late January
Location: Easy gulf coastal plains in south alabama
Date: Late January

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