What's eating my creeping rosemary?

Creeping rosemary, used as ground cover, is prone to the same pests as upright rosemary but its low trailing habit makes it more accessible to vine weevil grubs in the soil and slug grazing on young stems. Rosemary beetle remains the most significant foliar pest across all Rosmarinus cultivars.

Adults and larvae strip leaves from stems; trailing growth makes inspection harder but damage is the same Inspect regularly from August; hand-pick or shake beetles off; pyrethrum spray for large populations

Root-feeding grubs cause wilting and plant death; the low trailing form is more exposed to soil-dwelling grubs Apply pathogenic nematodes to moist soil/compost in late summer to early autumn; check roots when replanting

White foam on stems in early summer; sap-sucking nymphs cause minor distortion to shoots Wash off with water; damage is rarely serious; clear dead stems and litter where adults overwinter