| 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) |
| Plant Height: | 2 - 6 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 2 - 4 feet |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Fragrant |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Blue Lavender Pink White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Provides winter interest Erosion control Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Suitable as Annual |
| Edible Parts: | Leaves |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Start indoors Other info: Can take Up to 3 months to germ. Place in light soil or sand, lightly cover, place in baggie, place on heat mat or other heat source. Keep damp. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip Layering |
| Pollinators: | Bees |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| vbprog | On November 1, 2014 | Winterized Trimming back and bringing in |
| Georgegrowstomatoes | On April 5, 2020 | Seeds sown Potted into pots of 2 and 3 seeds to see if there was a difference in how successfully they germinated depending on more or fewer seeds. |
| dnrevel | On June 24, 2024 | Transplanted Transplanted 3 rooted rosemary cuttings into terracotta pots place in a long planter. |
| dnrevel | On June 24, 2024 | Cuttings took Took 6 cuttings from main plant. |
| dnrevel | On April 10, 2024 | Maintenance performed Two cuttings overwintered well. The large plant is alive and flowering in the greenhouse, but will use for cuttings only, as it is partially dried out. |
| dnrevel | On May 14, 2023 | Transplanted Transplanted 5 rosemary cuttings grown in the greenhouse. The large rosemary plant overwintered in the greenhouse from last year is doing fine as well. Will transplant it in late May. |
| dnrevel | On February 2, 2023 | Cuttings stuck Cuttings from rosemary in the greenhouse, still fresh and growing, even though the water froze. It's above zero in the greenhouse. |
| dnrevel | On November 9, 2022 | Potted up Grew large from a small plant from spring. Did VERY well in the front garden 2022 |
| dnrevel | On May 30, 2022 | Obtained plant Planted this plant, as well as several types of lavender and other herbs from local nursery. |
| SuperHappyCamper | On May 12, 2023 | Obtained plant Cuttings rooted from Kat. |
| SuperHappyCamper | On May 12, 2023 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Did not survive winter. |
| SuperHappyCamper | On August 10, 2022 | Obtained plant Purchased from Pike's (Clearance $3). |
| antsinmypants | On May 25, 2022 | Transplanted Into larger container. |
| antsinmypants | On March 3, 2022 | Plant emerged 1 seedling emerged. |
| antsinmypants | On February 24, 2022 | Seeds sown Indoors under lights on heat mat. 1 cup |
| WebTucker | On March 12, 2022 | Bloomed |
| tabbycat | On May 1, 2022 | Miscellaneous Event In a hanging basket a year & doing well on porch where I put Hummingbird feeder & move it to crepe myrtle by gate. |
| tabbycat | On February 26, 2021 | Potted up Put in a gal. pot on patio |
| tabbycat | On January 29, 2021 | Maintenance performed Plant is 12"x 12" so I trimmed back to dry cuttings hoping plant rebounds thicker & larger. |
| tabbycat | On May 19, 2020 | Transplanted Moved to a gal. pot |
| tabbycat | On May 19, 2020 | Obtained plant Nice plant with several stems |
| Trish | On February 5, 2015 | Seeds germinated germinated, moved to greenhouse. |
| Trish | On January 10, 2015 | Seeds sown paper towel. Sowed all seeds. Primed seeds from Swallowtail. |
| thepurplebug | On June 3, 2019 | Seeds sown Seeds planted in a container in front of the house. |
| LizDTM | On September 25, 2017 | Seeds sown |
| 3AmigosGarden | On September 1, 2017 | Seeds sown |
| 3AmigosGarden | On August 30, 2017 | Obtained plant Pima County Seed Library |
| joannmorford | On May 11, 2017 | Obtained plant |
| lovesblooms | On March 1, 2020 | Seeds sown winter sow |
| lovesblooms | On February 9, 2017 | Seeds sown w/s |
| dragonfetti | On April 5, 2015 | Seeds germinated |
| dragonfetti | On March 26, 2015 | Seeds sown CL container |
| dragonfetti | On March 22, 2015 | Obtained plant Ferry-Morse $1.59 |
| Retro67 | On January 30, 2024 | Potted up As of this date, I have 2 salvia growing in containers. I will up pot them in spring and put them out for summer, bringing them in for winter. Life time potted plants. Save seeds for starting new plants. |
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