Rosemarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'   
Rosemary   
Labiatae Family     

Form: mounding medium to high ground cover or low shrub
Seasonality: evergreen
Size: 2-3ft, spread to 8ft
Leaves: succulent, needle-like, 1/2 to 1.5in long; pungent, resinous, top dark glossy green lighter underneath
Flowers: light lavender-blue, 1/2in across; bloom spring to early summer and sporadically
Fruit: seed, not significant

succulent leaves of Rosemarinus officinalis

Stems/Trunks: herbaceous, woody with age
Range/Origin: Mediterranean, Asia, North Africa, used throughout US
Hardiness: to well below 32°F

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

• attracts bees
• low growing shrub
• container plant
• rock gardens
• great cascaded down slopes

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Exposure: full sun, reflected head; gets leggy in shade and flowering is reduced
• Water: low; once per week
• Soil: adaptable, good drainage
• Propagation: vegetative cuttings, easy
• Maintenance: low when given space; will creep over walkways requiring pruning, old plants become unattractively woody

Rosemarinus officinalis "Prostratus" growing down an embankment

NOTES:

this is the culinary rosemary

other varieties of Rosemarinus officinalis grow larger, and flower color is more lavender than 'Prostratus'

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