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Scraggly Rosemary

18 years ago

I gifted my father a rosemary plant last year. I'm sad to say that he passed away suddenly in November. I've reclaimed the plant and brought it back home, but the plant suffered a little during the time of his sudden but brief illness. Mostly from not enough sun.

The stalks are long and scraggly, but I'm nursing it back to health and it's blooming and doing well now. The tops of the stalks are filling out, whereas the further down you do, the further apart the needles are and the plant looks quite bare. It's approximately 2 1/2 feet tall now.

I did cut it back when I visited him last year when it was doing well (and so was he) to encourage it to branch out, and it did.

Question.....do I continue to let it improve on it's own, or should I cut it back now that the weather has turned warm and it's in full sun most all day?

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