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Sunny areas, rosemary is easy to grow and will thrive in hot. Rosmarinus means 'sea dew'. Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis) is native to the rocky Mediterranean coast.

Especially those containing onion and tomato, it has a distinctive flavour popular in Mediterranean dishes. Usually added to lamb or chicken dishes, rosemary is a versatile cooking herb.

When used as an inhalation the vapour can clear colds and sinus conditions, cure headaches and, it is attributed with the power to enhance memory. Rosemary is also valued as a medicinal herb.

Rosemary oil is one of the main ingredients in eau-de-cologne. Add shine and a fresh pine- like scent, rosemary will benefit the scalp; when used as a rinse after shampooing.

Rosemary was once used in place of incense at funerals and was a useful strewing herb as it is said to repel flies and fleas.

Legend also tells us that the rosemary bush will never exceed the height of Christ (150-80 centimetres) and that after thirty- three years the bushes will only increase in width. The white flowers were then found to have turned blue, the Virgin Mary draped her robe onto a rosemary bush during the flight through Egypt; according to legend.

A sprig of rosemary given to your beloved was supposed to ensure fidelity. Boxes made from the wood of the rosemary were popular wedding gifts, in Elizabethan times.

The liniment was called Hungary Water and the recipe for the cure is stored in the archives of the Imperial Library in Vienna. A liniment made from the oil was said to have cured Queen Elizabeth of Hungary from a paralysis of her limbs.

It is also a popular symbol of remembrance of lost soldiers in war. It is popular at funerals for the mourners to carry a sprig of rosemary to represent their remembrance of the departed. Friendship and remembrance, rosemary is the emblem of love.