How do you tell which is rosemary and which is lavender smell and look the same?

Rosemary is more green in color and waxy in appearance. lavender is smoky green grey in color.


Lavender


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Excellent foliage for the rosemary notice the Dark green color and waxy look.


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The flowers are completely different and the rosemary has a more pronounced pungent aroma. lavender on the other hand is a softer aroma with maybe a slight musty aroma.

How do you tell which is rosemary and which is lavender smell and look the same?
The leaves on Rosemary are darker green (sometimes with silver-green undersides), smaller, thinner, pointier and, when mature, much, much stiffer than Lavender. If you go get some Rosemary out of your spice cabinet, you'll see that it dries very hard, like little pine needles.


Now, take that bottle of Rosemary out to your plant and compare the scent to the unknown plant. If your jar of Rosemary is old, soak some in water for a while before the scent test.


Lavender smells more like something you'd want in your bath. People cook with Lavender, but it is much more floral and somehow more peaceful-smelling. It is a relaxing scent.


Rosemary is pungent and powerful. Grab a handful of the sprigs and squeeze it. Rosemary will leave a very strong scent on your hand, as well as a sticky, sap-like film that won't rinse off with water.


If you still can't tell, take a sprig to your local Nursery and compare it or just ask them.


Either way, you have a very hardy and useful plant.


If you have Lavender, you can braid the flowers, hang them upside-down to dry, then use them to scent your closet and dresser drawers, or crush them into bath water.


If it's Rosemary, you can cut some strong sprigs to use as skewers for beef. Cube the beef, poke holes through the middle of the cubes with a knife, then kabob it onto the Rosemary sprigs. Drizzle with Olive Oil, sprinkle with Kosher salt and fresh pepper, then grill or broil. It's amazing.
Reply:Lavender %26amp; rosemary look and smell very different to me.





Rosemary looks like a bush with pine tree like needles and smells like pine tree. There will be tiny purple/lavender flowers randomly on the plant if it is blooming.





Lavender flowers only occur on the edge of the stalk. There may be varieties with pine-like needles, but all their flowers should be at the end of each stalk. ANd lavender smells like, well...lavender.





You can also look at images at Burpee.com for additional photos on plant differences.
Reply:Rosemary is more pungent and the leaves are a bit smaller , both plants are edible , with the lavender flowers you can make tea, cookies, sachet for the drawers a good repellent for moths . It has a floral scent.

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