I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.
Brian, in Cedar

Brian:

It survives to the teens here in NE GA. It is a woody shrub here. The
pots freezing would not be a good idea but frost, not a problem.

John!

"Brian Barnson" wrote in message
news:KW8sd.407283$Pl.401687@pd7tw1no...
I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.
Brian, in Cedar

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:04:26 GMT, "Brian Barnson"
wrote:

I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.
Brian, in Cedar

Where is Cedar?!?

Rosemary is generally listed as hardy in zones 8 through 10, which
means winter temperatures down to 30F. In my experience, they tend to
be hardier than that, and do fine here in 7b where it occasionally
drops into the teens. There are also cultivars available that are
hardy in zone 6.

I believe that plants in pots do not tolerate as low a temperature as
those in the ground, so would either bring in the pots or otherwise
protect them from temperatures of 32F or below.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:04:26 GMT, "Brian Barnson"
wrote:

I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.

I live in South Carolina, and I have rosemary plants in the
ground and in a whisky barrel planter. Frost won't touch
'em, and neither does a bit of freezing weather. We have
at least a few nights a year that get down to the teens, and
plenty in the twenties. I never worry about the rosemary. We
even have snow or sleet once, sometimes twice a winter, and
it's never hurt the rosemary.


Penelope


--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:04:26 GMT, "Brian Barnson"
wrote:

I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.

I live in South Carolina, and I have rosemary plants in the
ground and in a whisky barrel planter. Frost won't touch
'em, and neither does a bit of freezing weather. We have
at least a few nights a year that get down to the teens, and
plenty in the twenties. I never worry about the rosemary. We
even have snow or sleet once, sometimes twice a winter, and
it's never hurt the rosemary.


Penelope


--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

"Brian Barnson" wrote in message
news:KW8sd.407283$Pl.401687@pd7tw1no...
I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.
Brian, in Cedar

Thanks everyone, I'll get them through this winter by
bringing them inside for anything below an expected
-2C and next winter they will live in the ground, unless the deer
have a fondness for them. Cedar is on Vancouver Island, just
south of Nanaimo and is Zone 7 or 8. Some of the hardier
palms survive here.
Brian, in Cedar

"Brian Barnson" wrote in message
news:KW8sd.407283$Pl.401687@pd7tw1no...
I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.
Brian, in Cedar

Thanks everyone, I'll get them through this winter by
bringing them inside for anything below an expected
-2C and next winter they will live in the ground, unless the deer
have a fondness for them. Cedar is on Vancouver Island, just
south of Nanaimo and is Zone 7 or 8. Some of the hardier
palms survive here.
Brian, in Cedar

Penelope Periwinkle wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:04:26 GMT, "Brian Barnson"
wrote:

I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.

I live in South Carolina, and I have rosemary plants in the
ground and in a whisky barrel planter. Frost won't touch
'em, and neither does a bit of freezing weather. We have
at least a few nights a year that get down to the teens, and
plenty in the twenties. I never worry about the rosemary. We
even have snow or sleet once, sometimes twice a winter, and
it's never hurt the rosemary.


Penelope


I'm in zone 6b, so I decided to bring my rosemary inside for the
winter...we occasionally get below-zero temps in the winter, so I
decided to play it safe.

Mark

Penelope Periwinkle wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:04:26 GMT, "Brian Barnson"
wrote:

I've found references that suggest that Rosemary can tolerate
some frost, but how much is "some"? I have 2 plants in pots
on my porch that I've been bringing inside when there is a
chance of frost. So far we haven't had any frost, but it would
be nice to know when I have to bring them in and when I can
leave them outside.

I live in South Carolina, and I have rosemary plants in the
ground and in a whisky barrel planter. Frost won't touch
'em, and neither does a bit of freezing weather. We have
at least a few nights a year that get down to the teens, and
plenty in the twenties. I never worry about the rosemary. We
even have snow or sleet once, sometimes twice a winter, and
it's never hurt the rosemary.


Penelope


I'm in zone 6b, so I decided to bring my rosemary inside for the
winter...we occasionally get below-zero temps in the winter, so I
decided to play it safe.

Mark