Rosmarinus Huntington Carpet

Cascading spreading groundcover version of this popular aromatic mediterranean plant.

Rosmarinus huntington carpet.

Description there are now many exciting cultivars of the mediterranean rosemary to be found in nurseries and garden centers. As a groundcover it makes a good mass planting or can be grown over banks walls and terraces. With fragrant green foliage on low trailing stems rosmarinus officinalis huntington carpet is one of our most popular shrubs. Rosmarinus officinalis huntington carpet trailing rosemary.

Prostratus has been in the trade for many decades and has proven to be tough and reliable under many landscape conditions. A beautiful carpet of deep blue flowers backed by green needle like foliage that forms an attractive spreading groundcover. It can mound to 24 in. Choosing plants that grow and thrive in your particular climate is the very first step toward having a beautiful garden.

In late winter through spring small pale blue flowers bloom along the stems. After trying various ground covers that couldn t handle the high heat on a west sloping full sun area we are going with this rosemary. Tall and spread 5 6 ft. It prefers poor rocky soils and little or no water.

Rockeries and sea side plantings plant to cascade over a wall or terrace. There are very few rules in gardening but perhaps the most important one is to work within your zone. Rosmarinus officinalis huntington carpet item 7032. Learn more usda zone.

Rosmarinus officinalis huntington carpet description. Excellent groundcover for sunny areas. Quite drought and deer resistant a very. Pale lavender blue flowers in spring sometimes again in fall.

It will hang down from a large tub and makes an interesting underplanting for standard roses. Usda z7 cold hardy to 0 to 10 f sun. Mulch and water well prune after flowering and to. Huntington carpet grows 1 2 high and spreads 4 8 wide making it a good choice for large scale groundcovers slopes erosion control or trailing over walls.

Huntington carpet rosemary rosmarinus officinalis huntington carpet sku 7032. Rosmarinus huntingdon carpet is one of the many rosemaries from the united states to be released during the late nineties. Plus it s edible. Full sun to partly shaded position in well drained soil.

Huntington carpet rosemary is a good choice for the edible garden but it is also well suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. Rosmarinus officinalis huntington carpet this aromatic shrub is a prostrate selection that touts green needle like foliage. Summer blooms are brighter blue than most trailing types. Plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot.

Full sun fire retardant if given some water. This cultivar is a low growing evergreen shrub with a dense foliage habit. Grows 18 inches tall and 4 to 6 feet wide. Evergreen shrub growing 1 to 2 feet tall spreading or trailing 4 to 8 feet.