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Why'd my rosemary die?

I'm a gardener of convenience: I put things outside, and if they take, great, and if they don't, oh well. I planted a bunch of herbs over the summer. Several grew nicely and then disappeared in the winter, which was expected for things like basil and parsley. Others I thought would stick around. The thyme is still hanging in there, the oregano seems fine, but the rosemary, which was doing okay in the fall, is now all white and brown and dead. Doesn't rosemary grow like the dickens around here? What's the deal?

pickled ginger asked in Edibles & Herbs about 1 year ago | Report

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    It might have been a temperature thing. Rosemary is normally a hardy perennial that weathers our winters fine, but the harsh winter in 2008 killed all of ours...absolutely crispy brown. The ones that died were all a trailing Mediterranean variety that might have been more fragile than other types.

    Hang onto it until springtime, just in case. You can break a few of the stems and see if there's still life. Bendy and green, still alive. Brown and crunchy, time to toss it in the compost.

    Your parsley might resprout, by the way.

    Sacrelicious answered in Edibles & Herbs about 1 year ago | Report
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