Rosemary is a perennial herb that I use all the time in cooking.

Aug 08, If you are doing rosemary pruning simply to create a busier plant, you can remove the end one to two inches ( to 5 cm.) of the branches. This will force the branch to split and will create a bushier plant. This technique is particularly helpful if you are growing rosemary for cooking, as this creates more foliage in a more compact space.

You may also find that your rosemary plant is in need. Aug 11, Rosemary needs to be pruned! It can become invasive and over run your garden! In the first video, I showed you how to take simply take and root cuttings from. If you are up to pruning your rosemary bush, consider the following tips: Pull off all the flowers that have lost their aroma and natural color or have faded. Use pruning shears to cut just below the flower area.

In case of a non-flowering season clip off the top few inches of the axillary stems. Sep 18, To prune rosemary, clip off the faded flowers, if any. You can preserve the flowers with Borax for use in dried flower arrangements, craft projects or potpourri.

Use a good pair of pruning shears to trim back just below the flower area. Dec 14, Trim off the tips of lanky shoots by at least one-half, cutting at a degree angle, in early spring. Cut the entire plant back in late winter to early spring to renovate an older rosemary. Don't.

Aug 09, Step one: get your loppers, get down on hands and knees, reach as far underneath it as you can and cut off the branches, as close to the main trunk as you can reach.

Here we are - right - half way through the job. You can really see the extent of the dead brown wood in this photo, which is - in effect - a cross section of the treeclearing.bar: Rachel The Gardener.