{"id":183,"date":"2010-05-30T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/05\/30\/hardy-rosemary\/"},"modified":"2010-05-30T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T22:52:00","slug":"hardy-rosemary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/05\/30\/hardy-rosemary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardy Rosemary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/TALtZ-hLdcI\/AAAAAAAAAPA\/LMH94aQ-ogk\/s1600\/Rosemarius+(1).jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477201127370618306\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/TALtZ-hLdcI\/AAAAAAAAAPA\/LMH94aQ-ogk\/s320\/Rosemarius+(1).jpg\" \/><\/a>Rosemary (<em>Rosmarinus officinalis<\/em>) \u2018Arp\u2019 is winter hardy in southern Appalachian (USDA hardiness zones 6-b and 7-a) gardens for two decades , including some very cold winters. Other rosemary cultivars which have succeeded include \u2018Athens Blue Spires\u2019, \u2018Hardy Hill\u2019, and \u2018Salem\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Locate a site with a \u201cmicro-climate&#8221; advantage such as next to a driveway or along the southside of a red brick home or a dark colored garage wall. Here winter temperatures vary by a few degrees warmer. Dark asphalt pavement absorbs and retains heat. Next to large bodies of water, such as a swimming pool and a water garden, may also be slightly warmer in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Plant rosemary in well-drained soil and in full direct sunlight. With rosemary and other semi-tender herbs, winter kill may also be caused by wet, soggy soil rather than cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Arp\u2019 matures a handsome woody shrub with fine textured foliage. It grows 3-4 feet tall and wide, and blooms in early spring. The blue flowers are small and attract lots of insect activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) \u2018Arp\u2019 is winter hardy in southern Appalachian (USDA hardiness zones 6-b and 7-a) gardens for two decades , including some very cold winters. Other rosemary cultivars which have succeeded include \u2018Athens Blue Spires\u2019, \u2018Hardy Hill\u2019, and \u2018Salem\u2019. Locate a site with a \u201cmicro-climate&#8221; advantage such as next to a driveway or along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}