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When to bring rosemary inside

Enter a German postcode. We show when rosemary should come inside: from the cold limit in expert sources and the night-time lows where you are.

Where are your pots?

Average for Germany

Bring in by

13 November

In 9 out of 10 years it did not get colder than −5 °C (23 °F) before this. On average from 11 December.

Based on past records, not a forecast · Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0)

Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst, daily minimum temperatures 1991–2020, own calculation. Licence CC BY 4.0. Postcode coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

How much cold can rosemary take?

Bring in before it gets colder than −5 °C (23 °F). (Natur im Garten, Austria)

Other sources say

  • down to −8 °C (18 °F), for established plants in the ground (RHS)
  • −10 °C (14 °F) · average for Germany: by 12 December (Bavarian Garden Academy)

We use the most cautious figure from the expert sources.

Winter quarters

Bright, 0–5 °C (32–41 °F) (Natur im Garten, Austria)

Back outside

We don’t have a sourced value for this yet.

Questions and answers

When should rosemary come inside?

Natur im Garten, Austria: bring in before it gets colder than −5 °C (23 °F). On average for Germany it gets that cold from 11 December, and not before 13 November in 9 out of 10 years.

How much cold can rosemary take?

Natur im Garten, Austria: bring in before it gets colder than −5 °C (23 °F). Other sources say: RHS: down to −8 °C (18 °F), for established plants in the ground; Bavarian Garden Academy: −10 °C (14 °F).

How do you overwinter rosemary?

Bright, 0–5 °C (32–41 °F) (Natur im Garten, Austria).

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Sources

Show 6 sources
  1. „Natur im Garten“ (im Auftrag des Landes Niederösterreich): Überwinterungsquartier Kübelpflanzen (Infoblatt)
  2. RHS Grow your own: Rosemary
  3. Bayerische Gartenakademie (LWG), Gartencast: Wann müssen Kübelpflanzen ins Winterquartier?
  4. Deutscher Wetterdienst, Climate Data Center: Tageswerte (Klima) der Stationen, historisch
  5. Deutscher Wetterdienst: Vorgaben für die Gestaltung des DWD-Quellenvermerks
  6. GeoNames: Postal Code Dataset (DE.zip)

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