You've seen it in countless dishes, and it's a fixture in herb gardens — but did you know it can be grown as a hanging plant? Rosemary is most often grown in its upright shrub form, but it has a ...

Rosemary, a culinary herb many of us use in our kitchens, is also a marvelous drought-tolerant landscape plant. A woody perennial shrub, rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a Mediterranean native ...

In Acciaroli, a remote fishing village in southern Italy, around 15 percent of the population (300 out of 2,000 people) are at least 100 years old. This fact aroused the curiosity of Alan Maisel, ...

Rosemary that refuses to freeze? These eight tough, colorful, and fragrant varieties laugh in the face of winter — and keep ...

Groundcover plants add texture and color as well as a sense of continuity to the garden. For added value, why not consider a groundcover that adds fragrance too? The following groundcovers will make a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Beautifully aromatic and surprisingly sculptural, rosemary is the unexpected star of any herb garden. The ...

In Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, there is a famous scene where the mentally ill Ophelia sings songs and hands out flowers, citing their symbolic meaning. "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance," ...

Every home garden or patio benefits from cascading plants that spill over the edge of raised beds, tall pots, retaining walls or hanging baskets. Such plants also are ideal for planting on mounded and ...

Breathing in the scent of rosemary, I close my eyes and imagine the land from which it came. It was discovered growing in abundance along Mediterranean coastlines. The plant: Breathing in the scent of ...