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When to Plant Rosemary

Plant rosemary by your frost dates, not the calendar: start seeds indoors about 10 weeks before your last spring frost, then plant outdoors about 2 weeks after your last frost. Pick your USDA zone below for exact dates.

Rosemary planting calendar

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Start seeds indoors

Feb 4

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Transplant outdoors

Apr 29

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Projected first harvest

Jul 28

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 7a — approximate

Most rosemary mature in about 90 days. Dates above use zone 7 as a reference point. Pick your zone below, or set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

Varieties to grow

2 varieties of rosemary in the HomeSown library. Tap any for its full grow guide.

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