Rosemary autopsy

Well the final third of my rosemary is on its way out so I was going to dig it up today. Top wise the dead leaves are brown and brittle but still attatched, the remaining "green" leaves are drying out and going brown and the tips are bent over and "clumped" together. Is there anything I should look for on the roots that might indicate infection?

 

Could be rosemary leaf beetle I don't know if it's got to Staffs yet but the way it's been spreading it probably has

Try this site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/advice/pests_and_diseases/nonflash_index.shtml?rosemary_leaf_beetle

 

Hmm I think it may be more than that. i haven't seen any beetles and the whole plant is affected.

 

Well dug it up and i can see no obvious signs of pests. The roots are all quite black (not sure if that is normal)and not really expanded much beyond the rootball (it was planted out from a container about a year ago). There is quite a lot of them so they haven't rotted or anything.

 

Sorry then. I'm baffled. I had a rosemary once (still do-love it) that did the same thing Then I found a neighbour using a very powerful agricultural (not exactly horticultural) weed killer. It drifted my way and bye bye rosemary. Doubt if it's that though. If you want a cutting give me a shout in August :D

 

Me too.
Thanks for the offer but I took a cutting from some of the healthy shoots before they too pegged it. That's doing fine so far.

 

wish i had read this post yesterday,my rosemary is looking very sick,i thought it just got waterlogged as it was very wet,so i repotted it,and i spotted a beetle but ignored it as just a pest just going to put strawberries away so if i see it by my rosemary i shall crush it !!! and while im there spray with pyrethingy in case theres any more

 

Glad I come in useful occasionally.

 

Hi, I was given some rosemary in a pot last year. its been out all winter, and little blue flowers have just started to appear on it. I dont really Know much about herb growing. But it looks pretty. 02

 

I understand you can eat the little blue flowers - presumably, one you've washed 'em! Scatter them in your salads. I haven't tried it myself yet, but my rosemary's in flower too.