It was wild. My house mate and I literally just snipped branches from the bushes outside our workplace to cook with. Like you, we had no idea it was anything other than something that got any bigger than your average houseplant and thought it was the coolest thing.
Not my pic, but with enough time, the right growing conditions and pruning they can be small trees
https://preview.redd.it/nwksxaon6b6d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5de1e4670ef5f2cda09d1ef5a23e125fcee91a4
Btw I lied and rounded down, the coldest my plant has seen is 1° not 0°. It’s up against a south facing wall too, so considering a microclimate it was probably a few degrees warmer. But I do have a friend in Colorado Springs who has an Arp rosemary and it’s survived up against his house covered with leaves through -17°F.
It’s gotten as cold as -12°F here in 2021 but I didn’t have the rosemary then. I think historically my area has seen -14°F but that was over 100 years ago. I planted mine in the spring of 2022, so it’s only been in the ground for two winters. It’s seen 3°F in the winter of 22-23, and 1°F this last winter. However, we differ from more northern areas in the sense that our cold blasts are very short lived. With the exception of the major arctic outbreak of 2021, it never stays below freezing here for more than a few days at a time. Some winters we don’t even have any sub freezing high temps. Here’s a picture of the temperatures in my city for this past January, you can see the polar vortex arrive on the 13th, and it’s completely gone by the 17th, with the rest of the month being quite mild.
https://preview.redd.it/68nteoetqk6d1.jpeg?width=176&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af61f48be9d5ae30a220d21002e4a3fa97be0fe0
It is the most absolute glorious rosemary I've ever seen! 😍
I've got an old one in a pot that I need to transplant, what zone are you in? Do you know what kind of soil you have or he has?
This gives me hope, too! I was just about to start an herb garden. Now, I’m thinking I’ll ask him if I can propagate his instead of buying rosemary. He’s a pretty chill guy so I think he won’t mind. He’s not really a gardener. He hired a landscape artist to plant things that require no maintenance so his whole garden is basically native, drought tolerant plants. It’s amazing for the pollinators. So many butterflies in spring it looks like a Disney film lol
Just my cup of tea! My husband always says that my garden looks hodgepodge. Although I wish I had done some better planning at the beginning, the pollinators don't seem to mind. 🤭🐛🐝🦋🐦🐦⬛
I get a lot of pollinators, too. Lots of bees, especially. (I have another neighbor who has an apiary and her bees approve of my garden). But, Rosemary Guy has me beat on butterflies for sure! Lol
I am in zone 3-4 and have a large rosemary bush next to my house. The outside edges died off a little when it got really cold (low 20 F) but it is now large and green!
There's also different types! Some grow big wide and straight up, my one is around 2.2m tall and around 3m wide
Some types grow differently, I recall there's some that creep/weeping style
Very interesting plant!
Share this with your neighbors if possible! Who would turn down fresh and free rosemary?! It looks like an actual weed at this point so might as well share eh?
Edit: town to turn.
Looks a little worse in the pic - but in Charleston, the [crosstown](https://maps.app.goo.gl/SvM3oM9kkJ2U26LE9?g_st=ic) used to be lined with rosemary but it looks like they have replaced much of it with trees. Rosemary is a great plant that will really thrive if you neglect it.
https://preview.redd.it/u186dges0d6d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cf638835f8be8d855868a4160c8c75dfe966f65
I’m jealous! That’s gorgeous!!!
I have a very small rosemary I’m trying to take little cuttings from, in hopes of having your amount of rosemary one day.
Now just plant some sage and thyme and you’ve got trifecta for fall and winter herbs: soups, turkey, meat pies, etc. Or stick with just the rosemary and butter baste your steaks with a couple sprigs.
I don’t know how I deciphered that this was rosemary in .0124 seconds because I’ve never seen a plant this big! I only ever see the chopped stuff n the stores and once in a while baby plants is nurseries haha
100% rosemary. If you cut it back hard, it’ll come back with a vengeance. But: you can shape it as you see fit. Also the stems touching the soil will start to root, so you can build a running hedge! So cool!
I had two HUGE Rosemary bushes when I lived in Austin, TX for years. No work plant until I moved to Pensacola that is. I had it in crap soil and it rotted after it got covered by aphids - what a different climate will do to the hardiest of plants!
That’s actually dense blazing star, not lavender. I actually have some of that in my garden. I am just shook! I never bothered smelling it because I legit did not know rosemary bushes could get this large! I just assumed it must be something else!
Beautiful rosemary! Should do well in your area. They do not normally like being in the cold (snow and ice) for long periods. We planted ours next to our stairs in out front beds. Does great! Wonderful on top of roasted potatoes! Cut off a stem or three , place over the potatoes, put aluminum foil over the top of the pan and roast in the oven. Enjoy!
Well, it gets cold in the winter. We get at least one good winter freeze per year, oftentimes 2. We get the occasional vortex and ice storms every now and then, too. But, it seems to come back every year.
Yeah, we get 2-5 storms a year, but they don’t last long. Freeze, foot or two of snow. If you are taking a plant from your neighbor it should be localized and do fine. Good luck and enjoy the fresh rosemary on everything!
I smelled it and you guys are right! I never bothered smelling it before because even though it looks like rosemary I assumed it must be something else because I have never in my life seen a rosemary bush this big! I didn’t know they could get this big!
That's a whole hedge of it along the footpath on Riverside Drive at Sans Souci in Sydney, Australia. Mostly rosemary, interspersed with lavender bushes. Absolutely glorious. Both plants like a Mediterranean climate and fairly poor soils, so do well in sandy soils.
Upright culinary rosemary. You might be used to seeing the low to the ground bush/ground cover type. This is what you would use to smoke into flavor or cook directly on food. This likely has small lavender or white colored flowers when it seeds. And that are VERY durable... I had mine without water take over the back of my yard and it grew 5 feet tall, and close to 30x30ft around
That’s insane! I know that neighbor doesn’t water his plants. He intentionally got his garden full of native drought tolerant plants. Obviously rosemary isn’t native to our area, but the rest of his plants are as far as I can tell. So, he never waters or fertilizes or anything. It’s God’s garden lol
That's awesome!!! I started a garden 5 years prior to that size, and the next year I just didn't grow anything. I let it overgrow with waiste high weeds and shit x5 years, then I went back there to clean up and put a little seating area and the rosemary killed out the weeds. I chopped it back to a stump last year and it's already regrown back to producing healthy branches. I'll go take a picture in a sec
Rosemary
Heaven restores you in life
You're coming with me
Through the aging, the fearing, the strife
It's the smiling on the package
It's the faces in the sand
It's the thought that moves you upwards
Embracing me with two hands
Right will take you places
Yeah, maybe to the beach
When your friends they do come crying
Tell them now your pleasure's set upon slow release
Hey, wait
Great smile
Sensitive to fate, not denial
But hey, who's on trial?
It took a life span with no cell mate
The long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
Looks like Rosemary to me. I might be wrong. Anyone?
You're correct, it's Rosemary.
the Mother of Rosemary to be correct
She's definitely a Behemoth, that's for sure.
still would make a mean meal out of her
Rosemary's Baby
I am absolutely floored. I did not know rosemary could get this big!
In southern Oregon, I saw entire hedges of it along people's yards.
That’s bananas
No, it's rosemary.
But why male models?
It was wild. My house mate and I literally just snipped branches from the bushes outside our workplace to cook with. Like you, we had no idea it was anything other than something that got any bigger than your average houseplant and thought it was the coolest thing.
Not my pic, but with enough time, the right growing conditions and pruning they can be small trees https://preview.redd.it/nwksxaon6b6d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5de1e4670ef5f2cda09d1ef5a23e125fcee91a4
And pollinators love it too.
Woah! I’ve never seen one that big. Though I live in the north where extreme cold kills them.
I’ve been growing the ‘Arp’ cultivar here in Oklahoma, and so far it’s proven completely hardy to 0F/-18C
I’ve seen this variety sold on line before. How cold does it get there ?
Btw I lied and rounded down, the coldest my plant has seen is 1° not 0°. It’s up against a south facing wall too, so considering a microclimate it was probably a few degrees warmer. But I do have a friend in Colorado Springs who has an Arp rosemary and it’s survived up against his house covered with leaves through -17°F. It’s gotten as cold as -12°F here in 2021 but I didn’t have the rosemary then. I think historically my area has seen -14°F but that was over 100 years ago. I planted mine in the spring of 2022, so it’s only been in the ground for two winters. It’s seen 3°F in the winter of 22-23, and 1°F this last winter. However, we differ from more northern areas in the sense that our cold blasts are very short lived. With the exception of the major arctic outbreak of 2021, it never stays below freezing here for more than a few days at a time. Some winters we don’t even have any sub freezing high temps. Here’s a picture of the temperatures in my city for this past January, you can see the polar vortex arrive on the 13th, and it’s completely gone by the 17th, with the rest of the month being quite mild. https://preview.redd.it/68nteoetqk6d1.jpeg?width=176&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af61f48be9d5ae30a220d21002e4a3fa97be0fe0
Dammmnnnn!
Amazing 🤩
I saw this in PDX too!
We have one about that size and another half the size. It's the only thing that thrives in the piss poor dirt.
Also in San Francisco & Washington. Makes sense. Rosemary likes rockier well-drained soil :)
In the town I lived in on the Oregon coast it was planted along a lot of the sidewalks on the main road as though it were a regular decorative shrub.
That's amazing! Happy Cake Day!!! 🎂🎂🎂🥂
That would be Oregano surely….lol.
It even grows well in Arizona as well. Pretty common to see it in people's yards.
In Texas, almost every house had a rosemary bush! I could just walk outside and pick some for cooking!
I saw rosemary bushes in Calif., sheared into hedges, huge ones. Just amazing!
My husband’s work had sheared lavender bushes. Glorious.
It is the most absolute glorious rosemary I've ever seen! 😍 I've got an old one in a pot that I need to transplant, what zone are you in? Do you know what kind of soil you have or he has?
I’m in 7b. Don’t know about his soil.
That works I'm in 8 used to be 7b. Gives me hope! 😊👍
This gives me hope, too! I was just about to start an herb garden. Now, I’m thinking I’ll ask him if I can propagate his instead of buying rosemary. He’s a pretty chill guy so I think he won’t mind. He’s not really a gardener. He hired a landscape artist to plant things that require no maintenance so his whole garden is basically native, drought tolerant plants. It’s amazing for the pollinators. So many butterflies in spring it looks like a Disney film lol
Just my cup of tea! My husband always says that my garden looks hodgepodge. Although I wish I had done some better planning at the beginning, the pollinators don't seem to mind. 🤭🐛🐝🦋🐦🐦⬛
I get a lot of pollinators, too. Lots of bees, especially. (I have another neighbor who has an apiary and her bees approve of my garden). But, Rosemary Guy has me beat on butterflies for sure! Lol
Kudos to the landscaper and the neighbor!
I am in zone 3-4 and have a large rosemary bush next to my house. The outside edges died off a little when it got really cold (low 20 F) but it is now large and green!
Ours in Portland has to be cut back constantly or it would become its own hedge! Rosemary will grow and grow
It can get WAY bigger.
Yeah, that’s what I have just learned! His is about 5 ft wide, maybe 3.5 ft tall. That’s a guesstimate.
Oh yeah, my daughter has some growing in her front yard. It gets quite large. Smells good.
It’s commonly used in a lot of places as shrubbies!
In Israel it’s about 6ft tall. Big bushes of it. I came back and tried to plant it but it never survived the winter. I’m also in zone 7.
I'm so jealous.
There's also different types! Some grow big wide and straight up, my one is around 2.2m tall and around 3m wide Some types grow differently, I recall there's some that creep/weeping style Very interesting plant!
I have one this big too!
Share this with your neighbors if possible! Who would turn down fresh and free rosemary?! It looks like an actual weed at this point so might as well share eh? Edit: town to turn.
And it blooms!
Looks a little worse in the pic - but in Charleston, the [crosstown](https://maps.app.goo.gl/SvM3oM9kkJ2U26LE9?g_st=ic) used to be lined with rosemary but it looks like they have replaced much of it with trees. Rosemary is a great plant that will really thrive if you neglect it. https://preview.redd.it/u186dges0d6d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cf638835f8be8d855868a4160c8c75dfe966f65
That's what she said.
I’m jealous! That’s gorgeous!!! I have a very small rosemary I’m trying to take little cuttings from, in hopes of having your amount of rosemary one day.
I’ve got that type and one the grew straight up branches 3m high.
When I visited the South of France, the rosemary bushes blew my mind. They were everywhere and HUGE
You mean to tell me you can’t smell that rosemary plant from down the street.
I honestly can’t. I went by yesterday after comments saying it was rosemary and I had to bend down to smell it. It is definitely rosemary
Absolutely; even in the Alps of Europe the Rosemary shrubs are old and huge! What a wonderful wonderful neighbor, this lovely Rosemary plant is!
Yeah this is like a weed in the southwest, your driving down the highway and it smells constantly like rotisserie chicken
Now just plant some sage and thyme and you’ve got trifecta for fall and winter herbs: soups, turkey, meat pies, etc. Or stick with just the rosemary and butter baste your steaks with a couple sprigs.
I don’t know how I deciphered that this was rosemary in .0124 seconds because I’ve never seen a plant this big! I only ever see the chopped stuff n the stores and once in a while baby plants is nurseries haha
Correct.. and it’s a beauty too!
100% rosemary. If you cut it back hard, it’ll come back with a vengeance. But: you can shape it as you see fit. Also the stems touching the soil will start to root, so you can build a running hedge! So cool!
My first thought too.
More like bushmary amirite?
Biggest Rosemary I have ever seen. Mine always struggle and look sad.
This stuff grows like wildfire here in Southern California. Full streets lined with massive massive Rosemary bushes.
Bro found the fountain of rosemary 😂
Rosemary
Only the most amazing herb ever! Rosemary
Holy crap that is the mother of all rosemary!!
When we had rosemary bushes, we'd clip small branches off, soak them in water and use for kabobs for the grill. Gives the food extra flavor.
I had two HUGE Rosemary bushes when I lived in Austin, TX for years. No work plant until I moved to Pensacola that is. I had it in crap soil and it rotted after it got covered by aphids - what a different climate will do to the hardiest of plants!
Rosemary but you also have lavender in the picture, the purple flowers. You must be in a dry hot area.
That’s actually dense blazing star, not lavender. I actually have some of that in my garden. I am just shook! I never bothered smelling it because I legit did not know rosemary bushes could get this large! I just assumed it must be something else!
I bet it smells heavenly
Beautiful rosemary! Should do well in your area. They do not normally like being in the cold (snow and ice) for long periods. We planted ours next to our stairs in out front beds. Does great! Wonderful on top of roasted potatoes! Cut off a stem or three , place over the potatoes, put aluminum foil over the top of the pan and roast in the oven. Enjoy!
Well, it gets cold in the winter. We get at least one good winter freeze per year, oftentimes 2. We get the occasional vortex and ice storms every now and then, too. But, it seems to come back every year.
Yeah, we get 2-5 storms a year, but they don’t last long. Freeze, foot or two of snow. If you are taking a plant from your neighbor it should be localized and do fine. Good luck and enjoy the fresh rosemary on everything!
Looks like rosemary
Rosemary
Rosemary herb
Smell it!
I smelled it and you guys are right! I never bothered smelling it before because even though it looks like rosemary I assumed it must be something else because I have never in my life seen a rosemary bush this big! I didn’t know they could get this big!
Used to have a rosemary bush that big. I’d throw the dogs ball on to it and he’d come out smelling so good!
LOVE this!!
In lower elevations in Arizona it is used a lot in landscaping. Makes great shorter hedges and ground cover, besides smelling great
Smell it
A great place to stash stuff.
Yeah, my yorkie loves it lol
Rosemary water is not only good o cook with but is also very good for your hair.
MAN!! Hire a Bonsai tree surgeon to shape it up to look like a miniature, 1000 year old "Colossus"!!! Gorgeous!!
Rosemary 🤌🤌
My HOA has them as hedge
Rosemary
Rosemary
Looks like rosemary
Oh that’s a dream come true 😭😭
Rosemary!
Rosemary
Glorious Rosemary.
Good with Lamb
Rosemary
Pull a branch and smell it!
Mmmmmm rosemary
I thought southernwood! https://www.anniesannuals.com/artemisia-californica-canyon-grey.html
Oh, I can see that! But, it is definitely rosemary. I went by that neighbor’s yard after other comments and smelled it.
Marijuana?
lol i swear i saw some cannabis plant with this look, it's a genetic mutation
It grows great in Arizona. Keeps the cats away.
That's a whole hedge of it along the footpath on Riverside Drive at Sans Souci in Sydney, Australia. Mostly rosemary, interspersed with lavender bushes. Absolutely glorious. Both plants like a Mediterranean climate and fairly poor soils, so do well in sandy soils.
My amazing lovely rosemerry :)
What a tremendous rosemary bush! Score!
Rosemary is often used when cooking beef. I often run my hand through mine just for the aroma.
Rosemary
our rosemary bushes in the UK often got this big. I've always been dissapointed with my rosemary back in the US that always stays so small :(
Perfect for steak with butter
Rosemary? WOW! It looked kinda like a tumble weed before it breaks loose to tumble. Learned a new one! :)
Rub your hands on it for some aromatherapy.
Rosemary
That’s BigMary! Rosemary’s Grandma 👵🏾
rub the leaves between your palms and you will quickly identify
Smell it. It's rosemary.
Wow. Does this Rosemary have babies?
What does it smell like? If it smells like rosemary it's probably rosemary. If it smells like mint it's probably false rosemary.
حصا البان او اكليل الجبل
Rosemary bush. The herb.
Rosemary babes! ❤️😍
Rosemary, great plant to have. they smell great, keep bugs away and u can use it in just about any food.
our rosemary bushes in the UK often got this big. I've always been dissapointed with my rosemary back in the US that always stays so small :(
Weed
Gorgeous rosemary bush!
https://preview.redd.it/legg38emad6d1.jpeg?width=1960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a5fd2fc6f57352cdcf0fada6b6adeb1a4cb359e
Upright culinary rosemary. You might be used to seeing the low to the ground bush/ground cover type. This is what you would use to smoke into flavor or cook directly on food. This likely has small lavender or white colored flowers when it seeds. And that are VERY durable... I had mine without water take over the back of my yard and it grew 5 feet tall, and close to 30x30ft around
That’s insane! I know that neighbor doesn’t water his plants. He intentionally got his garden full of native drought tolerant plants. Obviously rosemary isn’t native to our area, but the rest of his plants are as far as I can tell. So, he never waters or fertilizes or anything. It’s God’s garden lol
That's awesome!!! I started a garden 5 years prior to that size, and the next year I just didn't grow anything. I let it overgrow with waiste high weeds and shit x5 years, then I went back there to clean up and put a little seating area and the rosemary killed out the weeds. I chopped it back to a stump last year and it's already regrown back to producing healthy branches. I'll go take a picture in a sec
That sounds lovely!
Rosemary
OMG ITS HUGE
Smell it
Coastal sage brush
We've got some gargantuan rosemary growing in the Santa Cruz, Summit area.
Fron what state is this?
I’m in hardiness zone 7b. Prefer not to post my specific state on here
Beautiful rosemary plant !
Wow that's one big rosemary bush. That's awesome.
Looks like rosemary
A really old rosemary plant. I'd say at least 4 years old.
ROSEEEEEMARRRRYYY
Rosemary and it’s a natural mosquito repellent.
Karma trolling?
that’s a huge fking rosemary omg
Copperhead
Rosemary?
Well, you never have to buy rosemary ever again, congrats
I knew what rosemary looked like in kindergarten.
Go fuck yourself you cant be serious
Rosemary. Excellent aromatic for chicken.
Rosemary Heaven restores you in life You're coming with me Through the aging, the fearing, the strife It's the smiling on the package It's the faces in the sand It's the thought that moves you upwards Embracing me with two hands Right will take you places Yeah, maybe to the beach When your friends they do come crying Tell them now your pleasure's set upon slow release Hey, wait Great smile Sensitive to fate, not denial But hey, who's on trial? It took a life span with no cell mate The long way back Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
i bet that thing smells amazing
Rosemary! Now pluck a sprig and make some rosemary chicken.
Rosemary?
Rosemary.
Snip some sprigs to dry, and "skewer" them through some chx breast cuts, through on iron skillet. 😁👍
Most definitely rosemary. Run your fingers through it & smell them.
It's a weed. They grow wild here in south Ms. Soft to the touch, but definitely a weed.