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madhatter
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Advice for transplanting Rosemary
I live in Eastern North Carolina and have a Rosemary plant I recieved for Christmas. I need information about transplanting it now, in December, or should I keep it inside until spring. HELP PLEASE. I don't want to lose this one!!
Hi Madhatter,
What a lovely present. Most Rosemary varities aren't hardy beyond zone 8 or 9. You don't say what your hardiness zone is, but Eastern North Carolina has zones 7 and 8.
Even if it could survive winter in your zone, it's too late in the season to plant out now as it would need 4 to 6 weeks to establish it's roots. It has probably been grown in a greenhouse so the change in temps at this time of the year might shock it severely and it might not survive.
Newt
What a lovely present. Most Rosemary varities aren't hardy beyond zone 8 or 9. You don't say what your hardiness zone is, but Eastern North Carolina has zones 7 and 8.
Even if it could survive winter in your zone, it's too late in the season to plant out now as it would need 4 to 6 weeks to establish it's roots. It has probably been grown in a greenhouse so the change in temps at this time of the year might shock it severely and it might not survive.
Newt
