Best time to plant rosemary in Melbourne
Rosmarinus officinalis
Sow rosemary in Melbourne 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 Melbourne
Melbourne, 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 Melbourne
Frost usually arrives in Melbourne around mid June and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From the average of its 2 Bureau of Meteorology stations, 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.