Rosemary - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rosemary - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Rosemary - Fresh Cut

Edible
$6.00
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Cut rosemary is resinous and piney with a camphor lift, strong enough that a single sprig will carry a whole pan.
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Quantity
Rosemary - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Rosemary - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Rosemary - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Rosemary - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Description

Wrap loosely and refrigerate for two weeks or more - it is the longest-keeping cut herb on the bench. Strip the needles from the woody stem, or drop the whole sprig in and pull it out later. Holds up to long roasting.

Specifications
  • Grown in: Lineville, Alabama (no pesticides)
  • Freshness: Harvested at peak and sold fresh
  • Availability: Seasonal - local Alabama delivery & pickup
  • Storage: Wrapped loosely in the crisper - 2 weeks or more
Care Instructions
  • Light: Grown in full sun all day, which it needs to stay dense and resinous
  • Water: Grown deep and infrequent, and allowed to dry properly between waterings
  • Soil: Grown in gritty, sharply drained ground on the alkaline side of neutral. Wet feet kill rosemary faster than any pest or cold snap does, so the beds are raised and never rich.
  • Feeding: Next to none - a token spring dose at most. Fed rosemary grows soft, floppy, and mild.
Growing Zone

No hardiness zone on this one — it's harvested and sold to eat, not to plant. If you're after the plant itself rather than the crop, check our starters and herb plants.

Questions & Answers

How do I get the leaves off?
Hold the sprig by the tip and run your thumb and finger down it against the grain; the needles strip off in one pass. Then chop them fine - whole rosemary needles in a finished dish are unpleasantly sharp.

What do I do with the bare stems?
Use the stiff ones as skewers for lamb, chicken, or vegetables - they perfume from the inside as they cook. Softer stems go into a stock or under a roast.

How much fresh replaces dried?
Roughly three times the volume of dried, but taste as you go. Fresh rosemary is more piney and less dusty, and it can dominate a dish quickly.

How long does it keep?
Longer than any soft herb - two weeks or more wrapped loosely in the crisper. It also dries well if you hang a bunch somewhere dark and airy.

Shipping & Returns

Alabama only. This one is picked fresh and never leaves the state.

Where it goes

Local delivery and farm pickup within Alabama. We don't ship produce, microgreens, cut herbs or edible flowers out of state — they're picked at peak and wouldn't survive the trip.

What it costs

$9.95 local delivery, free over $75.

Pickup

Free at the farm in Lineville, or find us at the Clay County and Acworth farmers markets.

When

Cut to order. We'll reach out to set a delivery or pickup time, usually within a day or two of your order.

Refrigerate on arrival. Fresh items are best within a few days.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Low

Water to establish, then only through a real dry spell. Too much water kills these faster than too little.

Mature Size

Under 1 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Evergreen

Holds working leaves year round, replacing them gradually rather than all at once. Structure through winter.

Works As

Edible Garden · Cut Flowers · Containers & Patio

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.
  • FragrantVolatile oils released by warmth. Scent peaks in afternoon heat or at dusk depending on which pollinator the flower is built for.
  • Deer ResistantDeer feed by scent first. Aromatic oils, fuzzy leaves and milky sap all read as "not food," so this gets browsed last — though a hungry herd in late winter will test anything.
  • Drought TolerantDeep or fleshy roots and less leaf surface let it ride out a dry spell once established. Established means a full season in the ground — year one it still needs water.
  • Pet SafeNo compound known to be toxic to cats or dogs. Any plant eaten in volume can upset a stomach — this means no known toxin, not a licence to graze.
  • EvergreenLeaves stay on and working through winter, replaced gradually instead of all at once. Year-round structure, and a windbreak where you need one.
  • Good for ContainersCompact, fibrous roots that tolerate a confined pot. Container soil dries several times faster than a bed, so check it more often than you think you need to.

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