Best time to plant rosemary in Orbost
Rosmarinus officinalis
Sow rosemary in Orbost in Mar to May, Sep to Nov.
An evergreen Mediterranean shrub, rosemary carries fragrant needle-like leaves that are white and woolly underneath. Those leaves are the part cooks use. Upright types reach up to 1.8 m and trailing forms spill low, with flowers that are usually purple, with white, pink and blue forms too.
When to sow in Orbost
Orbost, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for rosemary apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Orbost
Frost usually arrives in Orbost around mid June and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: stays for years
Holds its spot for years. Check your garden's rules and how long your plot licence runs.
Growing details
- How to start
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 3mm
- Plant spacing
- 60cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 90cm
- Germination
- 15-25 days at 21-27°C
- Time to harvest
- 100-150 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.