Rosemary dies during the winter unless you live in a mild climate. (Think Rome, Italy) I used to have one that I treated as a shrub in CA, but they are annuals here. They would live indoors in a pot if you had a cool place for it, but the dry winter heat gets mine, so I never try. I just buy a new plant every spring.
One of my daughters was just appalled when she was about 4 and saw me break off a sprig, run it under the faucet and strip it directly into the spagghetti sauce simmering on the stove. It put her off of spagghetti for years. She told everyone that I put “sticks” in the sauce.
I always admire those rosemary plants trained as topiaries, but I never buy them because they would die in the winter here.
Ok. Thanks. I thought it was advertised as zone 5 plant. I harvested about 1/2 the plant in October, but had hoped it was something I could keep going during the winter. Oh well, I’ll think of something else to grow in its’ place. LOL.
There are some varieties that are supposed to be hardy up to zone 5. I’m planning to test one of those next year. I love rosemary.
Thank you for the info on rosemary. This is the first year I’ve had rosemary bushes and I didn’t know how they would fare. A couple of years ago I had a cilantro plant that survived almost the entire winter. It was about 4 ft. tall when it finally expired.