Rosemary was Re: [Sca-cooks] bananas are herbs?

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Olwen the Odd wrote:

>
> But rosemary is primarily started from a growth, not a seed.  I am not 
> sure I have ever seen rosemary seeds.  I've certainly never seen seeds 
> on the plants and the oldest rosemary hedge I have known was well over 
> 20 years old!  It was indeed very woody at it's core branches.  The 
> thing just sent out creepers and it kept sprawling until it was a 
> hedge that went the entire length of the yard.  Funny thing that.  
> When the owner of the house died, the rosemary did too, within weeks.
> Olwen

There's an old saying that where rosemary grows, a woman is the master 
of the house.  Was the owner a lady?

Selene C.