Re: unusual holiday plants?

**N* S* <s*@earthlink.net>**

I put it in sunny location. But it's not growing so super bright  
light in not necessary. One year I grew one on the basement under a  
shop light. It was about four
inches from the bulbs.
On Oct 12, 2007, at 4:21 PM, B K Earl wrote:

> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Michelle Byrne Walsh
>>>> Master Gardener
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