sf wrote:
> Cindy Fuller > wrote:
>
>>Our rosemary bush nearly took over our puny front yard. That was before
>>the snows of December 2008 weighted many of the branches to the breaking
>>point. Parts of it survived, and I fully expect it to go invasive this
>>year thanks to our very mild winter.
>
> Who is in charge, you or it?

That depends on what zone you are in. Here is Chicago metro zone 6B it
dies over almost any winter. I've had tarragon and thyme come back
after winters. In a while the tarragon fought a war with the thyme and
won. So then it started fighting a war with the nearby daylillies ...

> Don't let a bush intimidate you. You
> can prune rosemary severely and you won't kill it.

On the other hand when we lived in Los Angeles metro they would plant
rosemary on the slopes of the freeways. Every so often a car would veer
out of traffic and end up rosemary fertilizer. The stuff can seem like
the plants in "The Little Shop of Horrors", except for the music. You
can use nukes to prune rosemary and you won't kill it. I do advise
against using kudzu in a war against rosemary, though.

Now I'm thinking of what other herbs to grow here in Chicago metro. One
year we planted something that smelled like celery but we never learned
what to use it in ...