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Re: unusual holiday plants?


Nancy, 

You have inspired me to give it one more try. We have given these
rosemary trees as gifts and bought them for ourselves, but were never
able to keep any of them alive.

Regards,
Lois de Vries
Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:06:39 -0400 Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>
writes:
> The secret to growing Rosemary indoors is keep it in a cold area and  
> 
> keep the soil moderately moist. That is totally contrary to the  
> advice given in every herb book I have read. They always say let the 
>  
> soil dry before watering.  Guess what, a dry Rosemary is a dead  
> Rosemary. To combat powdery mildew I give it a cold shower and power 
>  
> wash every two or three weeks in winter  My little Christmas tree  
> Rosemary is now over 3 feet tall.
> 
> Nancy Szerlag
> The Detroit News
> On Oct 12, 2007, at 3:08 PM, mbyrnew@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > One garden center in the Chicagoland area sells rosemary topiaries 
>  
> > in pots decorated in red and green foil. The rosemary (Rosmarinus  
> 
> > officinalis) is clipped into cone shapes to look like small  
> > Christmas trees. I like to give them dressed up with ribbons and  
> 
> > floral picks. Rosemary can be hard to grow on as a houseplant, but 
>  
> > before it declines, you can dry sprigs and leaves for cooking.
> >
> > Michelle Byrne Walsh
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