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Ornamental, medicinal and culinary shrub for rockery, edges and low hedges. It has multiple uses in cooking recipes to flavour roast, stews and sauces. In cosmetics it is used to make products such as relaxing baths, revitalising facemasks and hair tonic. The leaves are used in perfumery and also to produce eyewash. It helps cure rheumatic pains, muscle fatigue, injuries and wounds.
Evergreen shrub growing up to 1.5m. Blue to light purple flowers. Abundant, scented, dark-green or whitish needle-shaped leaves.
It grows better on sandy soils but it adapts to poor soils except limestone ones.
Direct sowing with temperatures 20ºC night/25ºC day.
Use
Essential Oil, Balcony & Courtyard, Edging, Cosmetic, Culinary, Spices, Low maintenance garden, Herbs garden, Wild garden, City garden, Coastal garden, Clump, Medicinal, Honey producing plant, Rock garden
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Description
Ornamental : clumps, rockery, borders along pathways. Medicinal, cosmetic : contains essential oils. Fragrant : potpourri, dried sachets. Culinary. Honey production.
Flowering
| Flower colour | Blue |
|---|---|
| Flowering period | All year |
| Fragrant | Foliage |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Evergreen |
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Botanical information
| Botanical name | Rosmarinus officinalis |
|---|---|
| Wildlife | Bees |
When to plant?
| Sowing period | Spring |
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| Harvest period | All year |
| Germination (days) | 20-40 |
| Average germination (%) | 40 |
| Seeds per gram | 590 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Essential Oil, Balcony & Courtyard, Edging, Cosmetic, Culinary, Spices, Low maintenance garden, Herbs garden, Wild garden, City garden, Coastal garden, Clump, Medicinal, Honey producing plant, Rock garden |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | Alkaline |
| Soil type | Loam |
| Soil moisture | Dry |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -5ºC) |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
Care
| Watering | Moderate |
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