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Default Decorative Rosemary; edible?

D.Currie wrote:
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>>Richard Periut > wrote in message

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>>>Richard

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>>Any true rosemary is edible, so long as the nursery didn't do
>>something like treat it with a systemic insecticide. Another remote
>>possibility is that it is a non-rosemary such as Westringia, which
>>would likewise be not edible.
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>>Different rosemary varieties have greater or lesser culinary quality:
>>I find the common dwarf rosemary to have little flavor (and bad at
>>that), but the tall "Tuscan Blue" to be much more aromatic and
>>satisfactory.
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>>Chris Green

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> There are variations of Rosemary that aren't edible as well. I've got a
> pine-scented rosemary that's not edible. As far as whether a plant should be
> clearly labeled as not edible -- well, most plants aren't labeled as to
> whether they're edible or not.
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i never heard of non edible rosmary. do you have more information about
this?
thank you, anna maria


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