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Re: unusual holiday plants?


Nancy,

What about light conditions?  Where do you keep your rosemary while it's 
in the house...full sun, half sun, shade?

Thanks,

Betty

loisdan@juno.com wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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