Both I and hubby are avid lovers of gardening. We have a small garden in our backyard. Before we had kids there were lots of roses, flowers and veggies planted in our garden. Nowadays with two kids who always enjoy taking out the potted plant rather than planting them the amount of gardening has reduced. Still we plant some veggies every year, especially black beans and kidney beans. I also have a rosemary bush in my garden and wanted to transfer it to the potted plant for long time.
After researching a lot, I found a way of propagating rosemary from the sprig. I did try that method and was successful.
So I decided to share with you as it might be helpful for everybody. I didn’t prune the rosemary so it is more like a bush and nowadays it is drying up in the bottom as the heat is around 100 ⁰F for entire week.
Cut the rosemary sprig like this.
Then remove the leaves from the bottom part.
Make sure to remove the skin in the bottom part of sprig.
Leave them in bottle filled with water, if you want you can add some root enhancing liquid.
Keep it aside for few weeks. Change the water when it changes the color. Within a week or two you will be able to see the root.
Once you see strong single root transfer them into a pot.
Let it grow in the pot for some days before transferring it into the soil. Rosemary grows better in the ground just like any other plant.
Give it try you will succeed for sure. If you already grown rosemary from the sprig, please share your ideas and tips I would love to know.
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Reeni says
I never knew you could do this with rosemary! Can't wait to try it!
Masterchefmom says
What a lovely post and an awesome blog Swathi! So happy to have stumbled upon your blog. It gets quite hot here in Delhi, but shall try planting this herb in winter. Thanks for sharing!
tigerfish says
We tried propagating rosemary before and it was mostly successful. However, we lost most of them due to the dry and hot weather here.
Subha says
Really useful tips and step by step procedure..so simple..
Suja Manoj says
Informative post Swathi
traditionallymodernfood says
Useful post Swathi...
Sona says
I got a bunch of rosemary and was wondering if I can use it to grow in a small pot. Thanks for sharing this useful post. Well explained with step by step pics.
amrita says
I remember in childhood my father used to do the same for rose and Hibiscus... Useful post
Nalini Somayaji says
beautifully explained and helpful tips to replant rosemary..thank you Swathi Iyer ...
Even we love gardening Swathi..we have put up some small plants like jasmin rose..hybiscus etc...
rebecca says
great tip
Deepa says
Very informative post about rosamary from sprig,
Deepa