 |
| Rosemary |
One of the great advantages of rosemary is the small leaf
size. It also can have a great green color and silvery accents. Some people
myself included find the aroma of the essential oil very pleasing. I saw this tree at the local box store. I think i paid
around $8.00 U.S. for it. it was tall and had many twisting branches. What I
really liked about this tree was its trunk. The trunk looked braided, and it
had bark that looked like it was peeling. It had a branch on the side that I
was not sure if I was going to keep. I decided to keep it.
 |
| Close up |
The look I’m
going for is of a gnarly old oak. Here in California we have a lot of live oak.
The old trees have huge branches that touch the ground and then come back up. I
am going to give it a domed top and have the branches go down then back up.
 |
Planned silhouette
|
I potted the
rosemary in mostly volcanic rock and Turface. I would say 70 inorganic and 30 organic.
Organic materials retain water. Since I didn’t add that much organic material
the soil dries out quickly. To compensate for the lack of organic material I added
a layer of moss. This will slow evaporation a little bit.
 |
| Back or future front? |
