If your rosemary plant has gone woody and patchy, garden experts say this is exactly what you need to do to get it looking healthy for summer

Large rosemary plant growing in garden.

Can you revive a woody rosemary? It's one of those questions that even the very best gardeners find themselves googling, particularly as this herb is one of those plants you expect to just… keep going. When it doesn't, it really whips the rug out from under you!

Hardy, fragrant, and famously low maintenance, growing rosemary is a staple in gardens and on sunny windowsills alike. That's why so many hail it as being one of the easiest herbs to grow, in fact. Over time, though, even the healthiest plant can start to look tired, woody, leggy, and a little sparse in all the wrong places.