I planted two of the plants in the ground, and one in a 4 1/2 gal fabric pot, and the one in the pot took off! I figured that I would leave the ones in the ground in place, and when it got below 20º (the usual low limit for rosemary), I'd cover one with a trash can, and a brick or two, to weight it down, and leave the other uncovered, to see how resistant they really are.
Naturally, I forgot to cover one Sunday night, when it got down to 11º (maybe lower - that thermometer, though away from the house a ways, is on a brick post, so it may hold some heat), and only up to 16º all of Monday, with winds up to 35 mph., and back down to 14º Monday night!
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Amazingly, both of the plants look fine! Not a hint of freeze damage, so this variety must really be cold resistant. I will still try to cover the one, if we have another cold spell like that. I did cover it on Thanksgiving - down to 16º , and the only other time this season that got in the teens.
The sage looks worse than the rosemary, but those can die back, and grow back, and I usually cut them down to the ground, once a cold snap does them in. I cut some of this off today, for a dish I just saw a recipe for.
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Here is the one in the pot, which I even brought in from my back porch, wondering if it would get below 20 there (only got to 24º, turned out). Not a great photo, due to intense sun outside, but it shows the size of it, with a 5 gal pot next to it, for a reference size. And I have probably cut off at least as much as you see there, before I brought it into the porch, and since.
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