Rosemary~! what to do with plant over the winter?

[mrbigstuff]

I live in Zone 5b and can't seem to get my rosemary to survive inside. If you take your plant indoors, when do you do it?

[iaJim]

It should already be inside. Pretty hard to keep them alive without a greenhouse. You might be better off just getting a new one in the spring.

[blooz]

i have one I bought and never had outside. Just sits on a window sill, I've had it for two years. You have to remember to water them every couple-three days

[RgrF]

We plant external heaters over the backyard hammocks and lounges, the fire pit takes care of the rest.

[Black]

I have a bunch of these and like 'em a lot:
http://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-250..._lg_text_z

[Buck]

Black wrote:
I have a bunch of these and like 'em a lot:
http://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-250..._lg_text_z

Why blue? Wouldn't white be better?

[BobC]

Whatever you do, don't baby it.

[Phy]

I've lost several rosemary plants (big ones) during winters, yet my daughter-in-law only 40 miles away in Seattle has never lost hers. Not sure why.. except that she's close to the water and I am about a half-hour away.

[freeradical]

Rosemary seems to grow like a weed here in Sacramento. People prune them into hedges.

Temperatures get as low as the upper teens/low twenties, and yes we get frost.

So, I think that Rosemary is little bit more hardy than people think.

[Thrift Store Scott]

freeradical wrote:
Rosemary seems to grow like a weed here in Sacramento. People prune them into hedges.

Temperatures get as low as the upper teens/low twenties, and yes we get frost.

So, I think that Rosemary is little bit more hardy than people think.

Since you mentioned the Rosemary being pruned into hedges, can I assume these are planted in the ground rather than in pots? If that's the case, then root depth might play a part in their hardiness as well as the ground retaining heat better than a pot.