Rosemary in bloom

[NYCorchidman]

I have bought rosemary so many times but never had flowers under my care.
Well, I mostly buy small ones under 8 inch tall and use them up before they get any bigger.

I love their scent both in cooking and in my hand by touching the leaves, so I decided to keep this one from last spring.
It suffered some drought but I managed "well" that the leaves drop were to the minimum.
It is still only around 8inch tall but already bloomed last month, which surprised me, and I see pretty much all the remaining shoot tips are making flower buds. small, but cute I have to say.

I wonder if this is a stress respond due to my poor care.

Anyways, thought I would share my little windowsill happening.

[Leafmite]

Mine blooms every year...or did. I just bought a new one as the last went to my parents as I needed the room for my other plants this past winter and their Rosemary hadn't survived. The flowers are lovely. I also love the flowers of lemon verbena.

[NYCorchidman]

I notice that mine is bluish purple. I've seen lots of pinkish purple on large rosemary.

Lemon Verbana! I love the scent of their leaves! Everytime I see them at a market, I can't stop myself from touching and smelling the leaves.
they can grow quite big and nice, but the thing is they are like red spider mite magnets for me. so I don't buy them.

I should get some basil. relatively broad leaves are easy to clean in case I spot any mites under the leaves.

[orchidsarefun]

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I noticed a whole range of mints available - so I potted them up into a barrel........its best to grow mint in a confined space. Smaller plants are parsley. Granules are fertiliser.
Spearmint, sweet, chocolate, grapefruit and orange !
The grapefruit mint is particularly tasty. We've already used them in drinks and meals, delicious.
I wonder if these are GM to add in the flavour ? I hope not.

[Leafmite]

There are different rosemary's. I can't remember which color I had.
If you don't use the lemon verbena leaves for consumption you can add a capful of granular rose systemic every eight weeks. Usually, I just add it once in September and once in January and I don't have any trouble.

I wish I had planted my mint in a pot!
My grapefruit mint really attracts the bees and butterflies. I have that and spearmint (and lemon balm which spreads very well by seed).

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

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I noticed a whole range of mints available - so I potted them up into a barrel........its best to grow mint in a confined space. Smaller plants are parsley. Granules are fertiliser.
Spearmint, sweet, chocolate, grapefruit and orange !
The grapefruit mint is particularly tasty. We've already used them in drinks and meals, delicious.
I wonder if these are GM to add in the flavour ? I hope not.

Oh, it looks so fresh and good!
I had them too but all succumbed to bugs and I ate them all.

love touching them and smelling them.

Mints are great because they grow very wild. You should try some in the garden, not in the pot, you will have so much in no time!

Then again, they tend to take over the whole garden in no time too, so some may consider them weed.

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Originally Posted by Leafmite

There are different rosemary's. I can't remember which color I had.
If you don't use the lemon verbena leaves for consumption you can add a capful of granular rose systemic every eight weeks. Usually, I just add it once in September and once in January and I don't have any trouble.

I wish I had planted my mint in a pot!
My grapefruit mint really attracts the bees and butterflies. I have that and spearmint (and lemon balm which spreads very well by seed).

I think it's mostly my growing condition. indoor is not the ideal place for them. too hot and dry, which is perfect for red spider mites to thrive.

I don't have them on my orchids, but I always get them on tender leaves like annuals and most herbs.

Can you give the name of the product you use? I would love to try that. also, have you used it on orchids??
I have some catts that I suspect might have scales hiding on them somewhere, but I can't get to them.

Yeah, I normally eat my herbs, but lemon verbena, I would love to have it just to touch and smell them. Same with Pineapple sage. They grow nicely and make deep red flowers, but sooner or later, red spider mites take over.

[Discus]

No, the flavoured mints are not genetically modified; I think they are selected strains/hybrids.

There is an amazing variety of scented pelargoniums too, which are worth seeking out.

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by Discus

No, the flavoured mints are not genetically modified; I think they are selected strains/hybrids.

There is an amazing variety of scented pelargoniums too, which are worth seeking out.

thanks, that's good to know.
Yep - I had some scented perlagoniums. Problem is that in this climate I couldn't get them to bloom, they just grew big and bushy.
I wonder why parsley doesn't come in different flavours?

[Leafmite]

NY, I use Bayer 3-in-one granular systemic. It won't work for orchids if the medium is chunky. I read that for camellias (mine reacted badly to the systemic) that they use 'horticultural oil' which is, maybe, neem oil?
If you like scented leaves, try an allspice.
I grow Italian and curled parsley but I haven't seen other types. Basil and thyme have a great deal of variety, though.

[tuvoc]

This is the one herb that HAS to be fresh, as far as I'm concerned. Good thing my bush likes it in my yard.

Kim