Rosemary Oil Spain

Rosmarinus officinalis is a dense and aromatic bush native to the Mediterranean basin. Its evergreen foliage is made up of small, needle-like leaves that are dark green on top and silvery below. The flowers are small and vary in colour from purple to blue to nearly white. Its leafy stems form bushes whose flowering tops signal the start of the harvest (generally eight to nine months after planting).

In Spain, rosemary can flower all year round, although the main flowering period is in spring, from April to June. It can be harvested from March to September. The flowering branches are picked with a sickle and dried before distillation. Rosemary chemotypes vary with where the plant grows. The essential oil from Spain has a camphor chemotype.