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Rosemary is one of the few herbs you can plant in a Phoenix or Tucson yard and actually expect to see thriving years later. It handles blistering summers, alkaline soil, and minimal rainfall better than most plants you could choose.
That track record comes with real conditions attached, though, and understanding them is what separates a rosemary bush that lasts from one that quietly dies in its first July.
Rosemary fits the low-desert yard for a specific reason
Rosemary earns its reputation in the low desert because of where it comes from. Native to the Mediterranean region, not Arizona, it evolved in rocky, dry hillsides with intense sun, poor soil, and long dry seasons…