Common, Rosemary Seed

Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun
Packet
Packet: 50 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 110
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Rosmarinus officinalis

Common, Rosemary Seed

Rosemary is a very popular herb for its many uses, such as in potpourris and aromatherapy as well as flavoring many dishes! Start the seeds early indoors for a better harvest. Rosemary should be set outside early and will tolerate light frost.
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Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun
Packet
Packet: 50 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 110
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Rosmarinus officinalis

Product Details

Weight

0.006

Depth

0.1

Height

4.5

Width

3.25

Plant Height

3-4'

Botanical Name

Rosmarinus officinalis

Seed Type

Seed

Seeds Per Gram

688

Seeds Per Pound

312,000

Packet

50 Seeds

Sow Depth

1/4"

Seeds Per Ounce

19,500

Breed

Open-pollinated

Sun

Full Sun

Life Cycle

Tender Perennial

Sow Method

TransplantDirect Sow

Categories

Herb

Germination

22,23,24,14,25,15,26,16,27,17,28,18,19,20,21

Days To Maturity (# Days)

110

Components

Growing Instructions

    Learning Download: How to Grow Rosemary

Rosemary is a bushy plant with aromatic leaves. It is most often used to flavor meats and vegetables, but it also can be used as a garnish or dried and made into aromatic potpourris. Rosemary is a perennial plant with a woody stem that is often recognized for its hardiness.

Before Planting: When beginning rosemary from seed, understand it is a slow-to-grow, woody perennial that will not be ready to harvest its first year. Soak seeds up to six hours in water to encourage the germination process.

Planting: Sow seeds indoors in mid-February to April and transplant or direct sow into the garden in May. When planting seeds, barely cover them with a seed starting mix and apply bottom heat. Keep rosemary in its own pot during its first year of growth, but you can transplant it to the garden the following spring.

Watering: Keep rosemary watered during hot weather and apply mulch around the plant once winter approaches.

Fertilizer: To correctly fertilize rosemary, fertilize with weekly applications of a high-nitrogen formula during the spring months but withhold fertilizer during the fall and winter. Sprinkle the organic matter around the base of the plant and cultivate it into the soil. Rosemary also can be harvested with a continuous release fertilizer.

Days to Maturity: Rosemary is a slow-to-grow perennial that may take up to a year to be ready to harvest. (See variety for days to harvest)

Harvesting: To harvest rosemary, pull individual leaves off the plant or cut entire stems. Rosemary is also often used dried. To dry rosemary, hang bunches of the plant upside down on a rack. Strip the leaves from the stems once the stems are dry.

Tips: Grow rosemary near beans, Brassicas or carrots.

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