Rosemary Varieties for the Holidays
If you want rosemary for the Thanksgiving roast, pick an upright variety. If you want it spilling over a wall or pot, pick a trailing one. All six varieties below are the same species and all are edible, but they differ a lot in shape, size, cold tolerance and how much usable harvest they give you. Rosemary comes in two broad forms. Upright types grow into shrubs with long, straight stems, which is what most cooks want. Trailing or creeping types stay low and spread, so they shine as groundcovers and container spillers but give shorter sprigs.