The most important thing is to not cut back too far. Like its Mediterranean cousin lavender, rosemary does not regrow from old wood. Either buy a new plant, or raise your own from cuttings. Find more great herb growing advice and plenty of other popular varieties to grow at our herb hub page. All rights reserved. A division of Branded Garden Products Limited. Hard Pruning. Since rosemary is a perennial,if it is grown freely in the garden can get to heights of feet!
Any plant this size will get woody and unkempt looking if not pruned. Photo credit Flickr. With old wood, a good rule of thumb is one branch out of three. Then, weeks later, as the new growth is growing vigorously, you can cut back another woody branch and so on. Rosemary is a perennial herb , so it will continue growing year after year in containers. This can result in pot bound plants. A pot bound rosemary plant will produce less and less new growth and get quite woody.
Re-pot the plant into a larger pot, if you can. If not, remove the plant from the container and carefully prune the roots back and bit and add a fresh layer of soil. Rosemary can be easily dried for use in recipes during the winter and, l ike most herbs, can be preserved many other ways. Rosemary oil and rosemary herb butter are just a few ideas.
You can also root the cuttings of newer shoots of rosemary to get more plants for free. Either place the springs in water to grow roots and plant them in soil, or use a root powder on the tips and plant them directly into soil.
Rosemary makes a great indoor plant to grow on your kitchen counter near a sunny window. These tips for pruning rosemary bushes are easy to do but important in the overall look and health of the plant. Knowing how to prune rosemary plants will make for a happy plant that gives you sprigs of lovely flavor for cooking. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page.
Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hi Carol, my rosemary plant which is about 6 years old,is about 5 feet around and ft. If necessary, you can repeat this process again after another weeks. Hold off on cutting each next set of branches until the previous sections have returned to their original size. Otherwise, your rosemary will end up smaller than it was before you started.
This step will only be necessary if you've chosen to remove every third branch from an outdoor rosemary plant in order to preserve its size.
Tidy up criss-crossing branches. Inspect the interior of the plant for woody shafts that are entwined or growing in opposing directions. When you find them, do away with 1 of the 2 branches. This will prevent bigger branches from competing for space or potentially choking each other out. Part 3. Replant the clippings to grow new plants. Rather than throwing out the nice green bits leftover from pruning, float them in a cup of fresh water until they begin to sprout roots.
Then, place them in a small container filled with equal parts peat moss and perlite. Transfer the plants to a larger container or move them into your garden once the roots get too large for the original container. By propagating your rosemary clippings , you can multiply the number of healthy, productive plants in your home or garden for no cost. Add fresh rosemary leaves to your favorite dishes. The most common use for rosemary, of course, is as a seasoning.
Throw a few whole sprigs into a rich sauce or marinade, or sprinkle the leaves directly onto meats, vegetables, and baked goods for an extra touch of aromatic flavor. You can also dry unused leaves to preserve them for future use. The bold, piney notes of fresh rosemary tend to go best with savory offerings. Use rosemary as a natural air freshener. Simmer sprigs of rosemary with sliced lemons in a small saucepan of water over low-medium heat.
As the mixture warms up, the heat will unlock the essence of each individual component to fill your home with a fresh, earthy scent. Steve Masley. Cut away dead shoots first. If you see areas that are dying, with brown leaves or wilted seeds, go ahead and cut those areas out. It's common to see that in the middle of the bush, especially in older rosemary plants. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 4. Yes you can! Rosemary is a pretty hardy plant and you only need to water every weeks. Repeat that light cut for each one of the stems to shape and get even more side branches.
Within a few months, your plant will become bushy, with numerous tips for blossoms and clips to harvest. Well established plant in a pot — Once your rosemary is well established, do light and hard pruning the same way as explained above. These two kinds of pruning will help it to thrive even in small pots. If you have to deal with rosemary that is very woody, or mostly woody inside, the best option is to replace it with the young plant as it is very unlikely that you can encourage the growth from the woody parts.
You can try pruning it very hard up to the last two sets of leaves above the woody part and see if it recovers. I never succeeded with my plants so I usually just replace them with young plants that I grow from cuttings.
The basic tool for light pruning is garden scissors or pruning shears. Good tools for this heavier pruning job are clean sharp pruners loppers, preferably, more efficient, bypass loppers, as well as a pruning saw.
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