Herb
Prostratus
B tier
Prostratus is trailing rosemary that cascades over walls and pots—needle leaves with full culinary resin, habit made for groundcover and hanging baskets rather than upright hedges. Flavour matches kitchen rosemary. Harvest long trailing stems for grill brushes and strip for cooking. Slightly less cold-hardy than Arp in many climates; protect or pot-move in hard freezes.
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Preparations
FreshGrill BrushRoastTrailing Harvest
Traits
CascadingCulinaryFull FlavourGroundcoverLandscape CulinaryTrailing
History
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Trailing Mediterranean rosemaries were grown over walls in coastal gardens.
Prostratus-type names entered nursery lists for cascading rosemary.
Landscape designers used prostrate rosemary as fragrant groundcover.
Chefs harvested trailing rosemary for both garnish form and flavour.