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Rosemary (post #12810)

GrammyB on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 20:32
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We just bought a house and we have rosemary all over.  Is all rosemary edible or is some of these plants just ornamental?

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(post #12810, reply #1 of 1)

by Astrid in reply to GrammyB [original] on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 16:18

I don't personally know of any rosemary that isn't useful for cooking. I have two large bushes - they grow well here! I have pruned them a couple of times over the years.
They are slightly different, one has a small blue flower and longer stems, the other is more shrubby and doesn't have flowers. I like to use the leaves in cooking, the aroma and flavor is little different in each.
I sometimes give cooking friends bunches of rosemary on birthdays and at Christmas time, tied with a ribbon.

New Mexico home organic gardener

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Edited 9/25/2008 12:20 pm by Astrid

New Mexico home organic gardener Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience. Emerson