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what's this herb?
I have a herb growing in my garden and I haven't a clue what it is
(but it smells lovely!) Could someone identify it, please? http://www.flickr.com/photos/85947342@N00/1391956438/ Many thanks! Derek |
what's this herb?
It's been there for years but has never flowered, unfortunately.
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what's this herb?
But yes, it looks exactly like that (without the flowers).
Many thanks! Derek |
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what's this herb?
It's been there for years but has never flowered, unfortunately.
Probably too shady (as far as I can tell from the photo). I wouldn't try to "fix" this by doing anything to your existing plant. Rosemary can be kind of finicky about where it deigns to grow (and overwinter), so I'd just put up with a non-flowering plant (and start from a cutting if you want to try putting one in a sunnier spot - read up on how to root Rosemary cuttings). There isn't any especially compelling reason why you need your rosemary to flower; it is an attractive plant with or without the flowers. |
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On Sep 16, 8:45?am, wrote:
I have a herb growing in my garden and I haven't a clue what it is (but it smells lovely!) Could someone identify it, please? http://www.flickr.com/photos/85947342@N00/1391956438/ If you don't know what it is how can you say it's an herb, and I wouldn't assume a culinary herb unless you can describe how it smells better than "lovely". Have you tasted it, you'd know rosemary right away. At first glance those long narrow leaves look needlelike so they somehat resemble rosemary needles but I think not. Rosemary is bushier and dosen't branch like that and would have bark, nor are their needles on its primary branches. And then again there are other plants in that picture, perhaps I'm focusing on the wrong one... there's one there that sure looks like thyme at first glance but now I'm leaning more torwards pyrocantha, but perhaps not. Your photo is kind of crowded and doesn't depict detail very well... you need to also include a tight close up of whichever plant your talking about. It would also help to know what planting zone you're in. |
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On Sep 16, 8:52?am, wrote:
It's been there for years but has never flowered, unfortunately. That's difficult to believe, doesn't look like any fern to me, I'm sure that plant must flower, you just haven't noticed. |
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Sheldon expounded:
On Sep 16, 8:52?am, wrote: It's been there for years but has never flowered, unfortunately. That's difficult to believe, doesn't look like any fern to me, I'm sure that plant must flower, you just haven't noticed. No, it isn't difficult to believe, it may be just cold enough to kill the flower buds, as can happen with many woody plants. -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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Sheldon wrote in news:1189959368.246740.36340
@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: On Sep 16, 8:45?am, wrote: I have a herb growing in my garden and I haven't a clue what it is (but it smells lovely!) Could someone identify it, please? http://www.flickr.com/photos/85947342@N00/1391956438/ If you don't know what it is how can you say it's an herb, and I wouldn't assume a culinary herb unless you can describe how it smells better than "lovely". Have you tasted it, you'd know rosemary right away. At first glance those long narrow leaves look needlelike so they somehat resemble rosemary needles but I think not. Rosemary is bushier and dosen't branch like that and would have bark, nor are their needles on its primary branches. And then again there are other plants in that picture, perhaps I'm focusing on the wrong one... there's one there that sure looks like thyme at first glance but now I'm leaning more torwards pyrocantha, but perhaps not. Your photo is kind of crowded and doesn't depict detail very well... you need to also include a tight close up of whichever plant your talking about. It would also help to know what planting zone you're in. The simple answer, of course, was: Rosemary. |
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On Sep 16, 7:18?pm, FragileWarrior
wrote: Sheldon wrote in news:1189959368.246740.36340 @g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: On Sep 16, 8:45?am, wrote: I have a herb growing in my garden and I haven't a clue what it is (but it smells lovely!) Could someone identify it, please? http://www.flickr.com/photos/85947342@N00/1391956438/ If you don't know what it is how can you say it's an herb, and I wouldn't assume a culinary herb unless you can describe how it smells better than "lovely". Have you tasted it, you'd know rosemary right away. At first glance those long narrow leaves look needlelike so they somehat resemble rosemary needles but I think not. Rosemary is bushier and dosen't branch like that and would have bark, nor are their needles on its primary branches. And then again there are other plants in that picture, perhaps I'm focusing on the wrong one... there's one there that sure looks like thyme at first glance but now I'm leaning more torwards pyrocantha, but perhaps not. Your photo is kind of crowded and doesn't depict detail very well... you need to also include a tight close up of whichever plant your talking about. It would also help to know what planting zone you're in. The simple answer, of course, was: Rosemary. What's with the commas and colon? Do you stutter. That plant is not rosemary, simple. |
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"Sheldon" wrote in message
That plant is not rosemary, simple. Do keep posting Sheldon. The egg on your face is a joy to behold! It IS rosemary. |
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FarmI wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote in message That plant is not rosemary, simple. Do keep posting Sheldon. The egg on your face is a joy to behold! It IS rosemary. It *would* help to have a better staged picture with something in it to define scale. There are many plants in view. The tall rosemary-like plant seems to be fronted by a similar looking plant but with somewhat broader leaves. The tall rosemary plant also appears *very* tall and more rangey than a rosemary would usually be. Yup, a better picture with something for scale would have been helpful. If it is a rosemary, it's not like a rosemary I've seen. |
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Sheldon wrote in news:1190082725.675644.321460
@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com: On Sep 16, 7:18?pm, FragileWarrior wrote: Sheldon wrote in news:1189959368.246740.36340 @g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: On Sep 16, 8:45?am, wrote: I have a herb growing in my garden and I haven't a clue what it is (but it smells lovely!) Could someone identify it, please? http://www.flickr.com/photos/85947342@N00/1391956438/ If you don't know what it is how can you say it's an herb, and I wouldn't assume a culinary herb unless you can describe how it smells better than "lovely". Have you tasted it, you'd know rosemary right away. At first glance those long narrow leaves look needlelike so they somehat resemble rosemary needles but I think not. Rosemary is bushier and dosen't branch like that and would have bark, nor are their needles on its primary branches. And then again there are other plants in that picture, perhaps I'm focusing on the wrong one... there's one there that sure looks like thyme at first glance but now I'm leaning more torwards pyrocantha, but perhaps not. Your photo is kind of crowded and doesn't depict detail very well... you need to also include a tight close up of whichever plant your talking about. It would also help to know what planting zone you're in. The simple answer, of course, was: Rosemary. What's with the commas and colon? Do you stutter. No, I did it to annoy anal-punctuation-retentives. Thanks for letting me know it worked. That plant is not rosemary, simple. The owner of the plant says it IS -- even simpler. |
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