The Deep Blue

Driving through Solano County this week, each corner seemed to reveal the deep blue of Rosemary blooms (Rosemarinus officinalis). We think of them as distinctly Californian, thriving on dry hillsides and along dusty roads, and a completely Mediterranean plant. But take a look at this quote from Sir Thomas More (English lawyer and philiospher, 1478 – 1535) and reflect on the route this plant has taken over the last 500 years!

“As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.”

Potted rosemary. (photo by Diana Bryggman)

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