[Sca-cooks] killing Rosemary

[Huette von Ahrens]

Well, here in the Barony of the Angels [aka Central Caid], I planted two rosemary twigs 
and four lavendar twigs in my iris bed because I was having gopher problems and I was 
told that gophers hate aromatic roots.  Well they not only keep the gophers away, they 
overwhelmed my iris, so that I had to re-do the entire bed.  I now have a
lavendar/rosemary/lavendar bush so fused together that it is hard to tell which bush 
begins where.  It is hard to trim it because it is so full of bees.  But when I do,
it give off such delightful scents...

Huette
ps I was given a cedar twig for Christmas about 8 years ago and I planted it in another
iris bed.  It is doing is duty in warding off gophers, but it is growing much, much
slower.  It has gone from a 4" twig to a 18" shrublet during the 8 years, so I probably
will no longer be alive by the time it gets to be a full grown tree... 

--- Fairy Tale Designs <avrealtor at prodigy.net> wrote:

> Hmmm, I live in the high desert of caid (Palmdale, just north of Los Angeles) We have tons of
> rosemary growing wild here.  It is used for landscaping on city property alot.  
>    
>   We have very dry weather (humidity wise). Hot summers with mild to cold winters (average
> nights range around 30 degrees with dats around 50-60)
>    
>   it is very nice to visit a city building complex in the spring when the bushes have little
> flowers and smell so good
>    
>   -Muiriath
> 
> Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> 
> > Our sage has pretty well taken over the narrow bed next to the 
> > driveway, and we never have to buy sage for holiday baking!
> >
> > But the rosemary?...
> >
> > The rosemary bush is now approaching the size of a VW Bug. We call it 
> > the Horta. There's some morning glory trying to sneak through and 
> > strangle it, but the Horta just laughs it off. We have no idea why it 
> > is flourishing so- it's planted next to the garage, in ratty soil with 
> > various bits of neighborhood history in it (I understand from Regina 
> > that when she had the backyard dug up and new grass planted, there was 
> > all kings of misc bits of broken glass, etc- typical stuff you dig up 
> > on a city lot). But the Horta likes it there, apparently. If I didn't 
> > know better, I'd say Hagrid had been back there with his pink 
> > umbrella, giving the Horta some 'encouragement'... ;-D)
> >
> > 'Lainie
> 
> That's what my friend's rosemary bush is like. The only thing that 
> finally killed it was when they dug it up after they had their house 
> fumigated...the plant had absorbed nasties from the fumigation making it 
> unsafe for human consumption. Even after that, a sprout returned from 
> some root stock they missed! It is one of the most determined plants 
> I've ever encountered...short of the lemon mint I accidentally planted 
> in the yard of our old house.
> 
> Wish I could get one to grow. Sigh. I'll probably try again this 
> summer. I figure that one of these days, it'll be my turn.
> 
> Kiri
> 
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