Plant Overview
Our favourite Rosemary. Prostratus is smaller than most, with a sprawling form and it is excellent for tumbling over a rockery, container, or edge of a raised bed. It also works well in a gravel garden.
Grow in full sun, in well-drained soil, in a border or large container.
Rosemary has many uses in the kitchen.
The herb's cultivation and use by man goes back to prehistory, and it has been known in Britain since the 13th century. The ancient Greeks believed it had the power to strengthen memory and thus it became a symbol of remembrance and has been used throughout the centuries as an adornment at weddings, religious festivals and other gatherings. It has also been used to ward off black magic and was put under pillows to prevent nightmares.
It is traditional to plant rosemary outside cottage windows and it was widely used as topiary in Elizabethan times. Rosemary wood was used to make lutes.
Height and spread: 30cm x 45cm
Common name(s): Rosemary
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