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A beautiful carpet of deep blue flowers backed by fragrant foliage forming a small attractive spreading ground cover, useful in erosion control. Good shrub for cascading from planters. Evergreen. Full sun. Fast grower to 1 to 2 feet tall, 8 feet wide. Cutting grown.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Full sun

Watering Needs: Once established, needs only occasional watering.

Pruning Time: Spring

Growth Rate: Fast Growing

Growth Habit: Spreading

Design Information

Companion Plants

JERUSALEM SAGE
Phlomis lanata

GRAHAM`S SAGE
Salvia grahamii (S. microphylla)

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Design Styles: This is an excellent ground cover for sunny banks or along paths. It is also a fine addition to containers, where it will spill over the edges.

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a ground cover, space plants 5 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.

Background Information

History: Rosemary is a valuable Old World aromatic shrub from Europe through Asia Minor. It is native to much of the Mediterranean region and most specifically in the south of France. It was classified by Linnaeus into the mint family and he named its genus from the Latin for sea-dew because it is commonly found on the chalk hills along the seacoast. There are only two species grown, and this one was the primary plant used “officially” in the herbal pharmacoepia. It remains today a valuable culinary herb and dryland garden plant. This cultivar behaves much like the traditional ground-hugging mat, R. o. ‘Prostratus’ but with improved habit and flower color.

Botanical Pronunciation: rohs-ma-RY-nus o-fis-i-NAY-lis

Catalog Description: A beautiful carpet of deep blue flowers backed by fragrant foliage forming a small attractive spreading ground cover, useful in erosion control. Good shrub for cascading from planters. Evergreen. Full sun. Fast grower to 1 to 2 feet tall, 8 feet wide. Cutting grown.