This year we decided to forgo the evergreen. Our holiday season has been particularly busy, and the added stress of buying and decorating a tree just didn't seem worth it. But we couldn't live without some sort of nod to our favorite holiday decoration, so picked up a rosemary "tree" at our local Trader Joe's for $8.49.
A quick transplant into a terracotta pot and a polka dotted ribbon tied around the rim got us in the holiday spirit. The scent, while certainly not that Christmasy pine, is pretty darn good and wafts through the house nicely.
Of course, the extra special bonus will be having fresh rosemary all year. We're also hoping this tree will be reusable for next year with some careful pruning to get it back into its holiday shape.
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ooooo, you know what would be pretty? getting a row of them and dressing them up with mini lights and putting them on your window sill.... but then you might as well have a tree :-(
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I've got one. Its attractive and last Sunday it stuffed a boneless leg of lamb quite nicely.
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Lovely! Question: does anyone else have trouble with "buggy" Trader Joes plants?
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I heard an interesting segment on NPR about how root-bound these Christmas rosemary bushes generally are - if it's worth the hassle to you, you might want to repot in something bigger to help it last indoors.
Or if not, SeanG's sure does the trick!
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zg,
not with their plants but with broccoli.
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zg: I had to abandon my huge TJ basil plant b/c of bugs, but I have this rosemary tree too and it's been fine.
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How much sunlight does this plant need? I've been dying for some indoor plants, and I love rosemary, but I need something that doesn't need much light.
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I think it needs some access to light. I.e. moderate light.
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