Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
About it
- Kind
- Herbs · Perennial
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Mature size
- to 4 ft × 3 ft
- Hardiness zones
- Zones 7–11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Spacing
- 24 in apart, rows 36 in
- Soil depth in a pot
- At least 12 in
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Water
- About every 7 days
When to plant
- Start indoors
- 12 weeks before planting out
- Plant out
- Plant out around the last frost
- Ready
- About 180 days from planting out
Based on your last frost date. Outside the US, check local advice.
Planting partners
No cited companion planting notes for Rosemary yet.
Safety for pets and children
- Cats Listed as non-toxic to cats (NC State Extension)
- Dogs Listed as non-toxic to dogs (NC State Extension)
- Horses Listed as non-toxic to horses (NC State Extension)
- Children No information in our sources
Read from NC State Extension ↗.
"No information" means our sources do not say, not that the plant is harmless. A non-toxic listing is not a reason to let anyone eat a plant.
Pests and diseases
No pest or disease notes for Rosemary yet.
Check the label and your local extension service before using any product.
Where this comes from
Source: The Old Farmer's Almanac ↗
- beginner friendly Clemson HGIC ↗ RHS: "drought tolerant and easy to grow"; Clemson ranks rosemary Easy; Georgia lists it as a herb to start with
- beginner friendly site.extension.uga.edu ↗ RHS: "drought tolerant and easy to grow"; Clemson ranks rosemary Easy; Georgia lists it as a herb to start with
- beginner friendly rhs.org.uk ↗ RHS: "drought tolerant and easy to grow"; Clemson ranks rosemary Easy; Georgia lists it as a herb to start with
- family npgsweb.ars-grin.gov ↗ GRIN page: Rosmarinus officinalis L., which GRIN accepts; it lists the catalogue's Salvia rosmarinus as a homotypic synonym. Lamiaceae under either name.
- maturity counted from The Old Farmer's Almanac ↗
- Most facts The Old Farmer's Almanac ↗ Backfilled by 0041. Pre-0041 rows recorded one source for the whole row; per-field attribution was never captured and is not invented here.
- toxicity NC State Extension ↗ non_toxic for cat, dog, horse from its "non-toxic for" tags. Page matched to this row by its recorded species; not cited by the row before this batch.
- transplant weeks rel last frost The Old Farmer's Almanac ↗ Almanac: "Plant rosemary in spring well after the frosts have passed"; no number given, so 0 with no window