Rosemary
 

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tahiri wrote:
My Rosemary bush is dying and I don't know why. A few weeks back I realised
all the leaves at one side had died and I just cut out the bad bits and
hoped for the best because there were no clues. (When I say ''one side' I
suppose its the top really because it has always sprawled over to that side)
Examining the garden now the snow has cleared I see the rest of it has gone
very pale and hopeless looking.
Can they regrow from old wood? Suppose I cut it right back almost to the
trunk? I have always thought of Rosemary as a really tough plant and its
only about a dozen or so years old.

Rosemary is a short-lived plant in rich soils and wet conditions.
Some people can keep it going; with others it dies after 5-10-15
years. It is also not all that hardy.

I have lost all of the rosemaries that I planted last spring
around a drain cover, due to a combination of getting a bit
overgrown by a passion flower and the cold winter. A pity,
because they were a good blue. I shall have to repeat with a
hardier form.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.