Rosmarinus officinalis Pink

The plant is rosemary, and the rosemary page carries how it grows. The Missouri Plant Finder's page for 'Majorca Pink', an American reference, repeats the notes it gives the species: full sun, with light shade tolerated; a light, slightly acidic, dry to medium, well-drained soil; poor performance in heavy clay; and wet, poorly drained soil in winter usually fatal. It rates that cultivar winter hardy in the American zones 8 to 10. No Australian reference read gives a frost or climate rating for a pink form.

What the references say of the pink forms themselves is brief. The Missouri entry describes 'Majorca Pink' as an upright cultivar 0.6 to 0.9 m tall, flowering in June to July in its American climate, with short, compact, dull green leaves that have a slightly fruity fragrance, and pink flowers. The North Carolina toolbox, which spells it 'Marjorca Pink', gives pink to lavender flowers and sparse blooms. Those lines are written for that one cultivar. They do not describe every pink rosemary, and the size on the facts card is the species', not a pink form's.

A pink listing is rosemary and is used as rosemary is. The Missouri Plant Finder suggests 'Majorca Pink' as a herb, and its page repeats the uses it gives all rosemary, herb gardens, borders, a low hedge and containers among them, with the leaves used fresh or dried in cooking. No reference read gives a planting distance for a pink form. The HortOS guides for community gardens and school gardens list rosemary, the species, among their plants. The named rosemaries with pages here include Tuscan Blue, which the toolbox lists as a fast grower with deep blue-violet flowers, and Prostratus, which it lists as a low, creeping variety.

The table above shows the sizes growers list, and the trade prices by size are on the price page. Ask the grower which cultivar a pink listing is: the references read describe only 'Majorca Pink', and their figures are for that cultivar alone. The one drawback either reference gives a pink form is the toolbox's note of sparse blooms on that cultivar. For what to look for in the pot, the HortOS guide to nursery plant quality covers roots, pests and hardening off. Stock crossing a state border moves under the state and territory biosecurity rules like any other plant.