Salvia rosmarinus 'Maltese White'
Common name(s): rosemary
Description: evergreen shrub; a seldom-offered selection of white-flowering rosemary with gray-green foliage and silver-white stems. Upright growth.
Height: to 3 ft. Spread: to 2 ft.
Position: full sun and well-draining soil
Uses: culinary, medicine, cosmetics, landscaping
Winter Hardiness: to 10 F and below
Drought: Adapted to 4 months of summer drought
Notes: our original stock was purchased from Digging Dog Nursery who introduced it to the U.S. from stock purchased at Bob Brown’s Cotswold Nursery in England. There is not much literature on this particular cultivar but we assume it was collected from the island of Malta.