submitted 1 month ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world

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So I had to pull up some huge rosemary plants in the front yard to have some plumbing work done. I noticed that the rosemary I’ve bought to replace it has completely different leaves. The old plant was more like an evergreen with oily needle-like leaves. The new plant has soft flat leaves but still smells like rosemary.

Are these two plants actually related? Are they both edible? The “evergreen” One was fairly hearty and grew quickly. Will the other variety act the same?

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[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

There are different types of rosemary, and as the other poster said there are differences within one sub-species that can make identification a hazy academic pursuit.

If you bought rosemary that was labeled as such, you know you have rosemary. The plant you took out, consider it a type of rosemary and leave it at that. If you like the rosemary you had better, you can clone it with a cutting and grow it anew.