I have a sad rosemary, been carefully culturing it for 4 years and it has been a struggle. It is now blooming on one branch, but other branches have scale (blooming one does not)...how can I remove ALL the scale? I used a Qtip and alcohol to remove a lot but know there is more.....

Here's a link to an article with a list of pests and some suggestions for control:
http://garden.org/ideas/view/p...

That's a good article, but I notice it doesn't include any of the new line of organic approved insecticides containing Spinosad.

Since your plant is an edible houseplant, you don't want to use any noxious chemicals on it. You need a method that is safe for your consumption (I assume you use the rosemary leaves for cooking?)

I'd try a home made oil spray consisting of two tsp. of cooking oil plus a couple of drops of dish soap mixed in a quart of water in a spray bottle. Shake it up so the oil distributes, and keep shaking it as you spray. Cover the whole plant, including stems and undersides of the leaves with a spray of the oil and leave it on for an hour or so. Then rinse the whole plant off with water (or a spray with a tiny bit of just dish soap) to remove the oil.

Repeat this treatment in 5 days to a week, then again in another week. The oil smothers the insects, but you must repeat the treatment in case there are eggs that will hatch after the first treatment. Repeating kills off the succeeding generations.

Oh, good suggestions! Heh, I don't eat rosemary, so I didn't think of that.

Good luck. Scale is a tough one to kill. My experience with it on many different types of plants is it is one tough cookie.
For ornamentals and non-edibles, I start with insecticidal soap. When that doesn't work, move to Neem oil. When that doesn't work, move to bigger guns. Scale has killed far too many of my expensive plants.