Rosemary should receive at least 6 hours of sun each day; it grows best in full sun. If you plan to use rosemary as a perennial plant, choose a site that will not be disturbed by tilling.

Can you grow rosemary in the shade?

A You might have to accept a muted performance by some of these plants but parsley, mint, lovage, sorrel, sweet cicely, chives, chervil, basil, rosemary and marjoram all grow in shade. But give all the Mediterranean herbs (rosemary, sage, tarragon, etc) very good drainage, even if they are not in full sun.

Can rosemary survive without sunlight?

Lack of Sunlight Often, rosemary plants are brought indoors without any acclimation. They go from six to eight hours of strong, direct light to four to six hours of weak or indirect light. The rosemary plant is unable to produce enough energy to stay alive on this amount of weak light and simply dies.