Southern Living® Chef's Choice® Rosemary Plant

Fragrant Evergreen Rosemary Plant Add beauty to your garden and flavor to your kitchen with Chef’s Choice® Rosemary! This robust plant is renowned for its incredible aromatics, a fresh and clean scent with a slightly spicy profile. Chef’s Choice® has a higher oil content than other varieties of rosemary, making it the perfect accompaniment for any culinary endeavor, from cooking to cocktails.  Chef’s Choice® Rosemary is an outstanding choice for adding to gardens, herb beds, and containers. Low-maintenance and versatile, it allows you to enjoy fresh rosemary year round. It’s also resistant to heat and drought, and has a compact, moulding growth habit that fits well in smaller spaces. Fragrant, edible, and easy-growing, Chef’s Choice® Rosemary is truly delightful. Spring brings a bloom of charming, violet-blue flowers that attract pollinators. It also features slender, needle-like leaves that transition from rich green to silvery hues, creating lovely visual interest. Grow your own rosemary today with the Chef's Choice® Rosemary! Planting & Care 1. Planting: Choose a spot for your Chef’s Choice® Rosemary with well-draining, sandy, or loamy soil where it will receive six to eight hours of direct sunlight each day. This mimics the natural Mediterranean environment where rosemary thrives, promoting robust growth and flavorful foliage. If you live in a very hot region, you can give your rosemary some afternoon shade. If planting in a container, use a potting soil that is designed to drain well, as well as a container with drainage holes. 2. Watering: Deeply water your Chef’s Choice® Rosemary immediately after planting so that the top few inches of soil is moist. You will only need to water when the first 2 inches of soil are dry - simply check for dryness with your finger. 3. Fertilizing: For a more abundant bloom, you can fertilize your rosemary with a 10-10-10 fertilizer each spring. Water immediately after any fertilizer application. 4. Pruning: None needed, but you can prune if desired after spring bloom.