"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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] and some large Rosemary plants.
]
] They should go on for a good few years but get straggly if you don't
] trim them. I usually prune after flowering. Again, unless your planning
] to be a commercial herb supplier, I don't think there's any need
] consciously to maximise crop.
]
] I find that I need to layer them once every 3-5 years, as they tend to
] drop dead in wet winters. That is about all the treatment they get :-)
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I find that Rosemary (along with Lavender) roots amazingly easy as a
cutting, from hard, semi hard or even softwood.
Just stick a piece of branch in the ground and stand back (well, perhaps not
quite that easy, but very easy to propogate).
So if layering takes up too much space, just shove some trimmings in the
ground and wait a bit.

Cheers
Dave R