"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Susan wrote:
>
>> One of my rosemary plants is about 5 feet tall. There may be some low
>> growing varieties that you would have to get if you want ground cover.
>
> Thanks. Poking around online, I didn't see any rosemary plants which would
> be suitable for me to use where I was contemplating using it. But I still
> want to plant rosemary; I just won't use it for ground cover.
>
> Bob

It depends where you live and how cold it gets in the winter whether
rosemary will live through the winter. Be sure to check for varieties that
have a low temp tolerance (I think max is about 15-20 F). Rosemary doesn't
spread in the sense that I think you mean. It doesn't drop seeds that
become rosemary seedlings. (of course, I live in a zone where rosemary
doesn't last the winter) Rosemary plants will get very big. They can
become a sizeable hedge in time. There are low growing, creeping or draping
varieties of rosemary that might be nice rambling over a rock garden. If it
is an interest, reading seed catalogs in the winter is educational, if
you're not interested, it's a bore.
Janet