Herbs · Perennial
Rosemary
Lamiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 60 cm
- USDA zones
- 7a–11b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 14 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- sandyAlso okay:loamyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- very free-draining
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Rosemary wants sun, poor soil, and especially no winter moisture. In a well-drained raised bed, 5-7 years; in clay ground, dead in two winters. Mediterranean herbs only get aromatic in August — May-rosemary tastes of water.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
JFMAMJJASOND
Harvest
JFMAMJJASOND
Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage