How to Care for a Rosemary Christmas Tree

How to Care for a Rosemary Christmas Tree

I’ll admit it, I have a little bit of guilt each year when I buy a Christmas tree and toss it out a few weeks later. Sometimes, I buy a potted tree and then put it in my yard or give it to a friend. Know what else works well without the guilt?

A rosemary Christmas tree.

Know what else it works well for? Those who don’t have a large space for a full-sized tree.

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Right around the holidays, you can find rosemary bushes pruned into that familiar Christmas tree shape.

If you get your hands on one of these, it’s just a matter of keeping it alive throughout the holidays. Or, if you want to go the DIY route, you can buy a shrub and shape it yourself.

Rosemary isn’t a huge fan of growing indoors year-round, so if you can take it back outside once the weather warms up, it will be much happier.

But if you intend to keep it inside, be sure to check out our guide to growing rosemary indoors.

Here’s what we’ll go over to give you the tools and knowledge you need to grow rosemary as a Christmas tree:

Ready to bring the cutest little Christmas tree to your space? Let’s start with how to source one.

If you don’t buy it pre-shaped, you’ll need to purchase your plant several months in advance so you have plenty of time to shape it yourself.

Actually, you should buy it a few years in advance, because those pre-shaped trees take quite a long time to create.

Pre-shaped specimens can often be found in many stores around the holiday season.

You can grab one of these anytime you stumble across them, though they tend to be healthier the earlier it is in the season. That