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Post by blueadzuki on Apr 4, 2011 15:59:02 GMT -5
I have to take my rosemary in each winter, but thats mostly because I happen to have a pine rosemary (Rosmarius agustifolius) rather than a conventional (R. offcionalis) and thats a much more tender plant (I just like the taste better and the texture (pine rosemary is a bit softer so you don't get that "mouthful of pine needles" feel you somtimes can get from dried regular.) Calamint can be an easy one too. As an added bounus, unlike a lot of other mint family members, calamint seems to not have a specific day length requirement to set flowers or at least it does not have one to stop. The year I brough it inside for the winter, it astonshed me by continuing to flower continuously the entire winter (of coruse inside, away from bugs there were no addional seeds, but it kept right on flowering.)
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Post by steev on Apr 4, 2011 20:50:31 GMT -5
I think rosemary resents wet roots more than cold. It's a pretty common plant in commercial planters and parking lots In the Bay Area, where it may get zip water all Summer. Well, nearly zip; not a good idea to pick from below waist height, unless it's well washed before use.
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