Trailing Rosemary

Description:

A hardy, fast-growing evergreen shrub, creeping rosemary has a prostrate habit and attractive flowers and fragrance. Dark green leaves, to 2 inches long, are rich in aromatic oils and commonly used as a culinary herb.

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard on Belton Lake. The plants are trailing over a concrete retaining wall, which they hide very nicely.

Notes:

One of the best and toughest ground cover plants for arid regions, Trailing Rosemary does well in poor or shallow soils. It tolerates great heat and blazing sun as well as cold climates. Small, pale blue to white flowers appear along branches in winter and spring. The low-growing, trailing form is used as a ground cover. The upright form makes a nice shrub or hedge. The trailing form grows to 2 feet high and spreads to 5 feet or wider. The foliage of trailing rosemary is fragrant.