rosemary back budding

[peterb]

hi all
just a question does rosemary back bud if you trunk chop it , so that it doesn't have any foliage left . Also what sort of after care does one need to do when you dig one up and when is the best time of the year, any help would be much appreciated
regards
peterb

[shibui]

I'm pretty sure that rosemary will not back bud on old wood.

[peterb]

thanks shibui i was afraid of that , i found a really nice one but the foliage is just a tad to far from the interesting bottom bit of the trunk any ideas
regards
peterb

[fredman]

Air Layer it mate. Contact Ray M on this forum. He has a booklet for sale about how to layer difficult species. I have the same problem and are going to give it a go come spring...

[Ray M]

Hi Peter,
Could you post a photo mate. Would like to see exactly what you have.

Regards Ray

[mtarros]

Hi,

You could try grafting some of the foliage from the top to the base then when that takes you can chop or try air layering the top.

Thanks
Michael

[Moss]

I have a similar problem. I found an old rosemary with an amazing twisted trunk. The growth is to far from the trunk. Not sure where you go from here.