Depends on the variety? I have a red Cabbage that has a purple stem and leaves with purple on them.

Thank you, saltcedar and costaricafinca. I think you nailed it. The blossoms on my son's are a bit more red than in your link, but it is an excellent match. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for all the follow-ups. Daisy....would LOVE to see the variegated rosemary you spoke of....how beautiful that must be. I'd also love to see a pic of the one with pink blossoms that was mentioned here. Must be so pretty. Poseyplanter.....yes, I did bake all the confections on the link I pasted. I've been a baker too many years to count, but just within the last 3 years have been merging into the chef/cook field. I'll look for a link on propagating this particular red blooming rosemary. Not sure how to do it, but I know it's explained somewhere here on the forums, so I don't want to take up space asking questions about it here. Thanks everyone for sharing in my excitement over this beautiful plant.

Hi - I'm going to butt in, on your technical discussion of redness, of H's stems, petioles & even leaf veins if you don't mind - a very personal observations on my few (this sent me running out there for closer look! LOL) On paniculatas - LL & QF sitting next to each other in f/s have similar shade of redness (rosy pink, really) - petioles on QF has same shade of redness whereas LL has baby green. PD also has similar shade w/ light green petioles tho stems mature even redder than either LL & QF. AB has not a hint of pinkness what so ever - but she is new this season. Tardiva - both in f/s win the redness contest in my piece of soil - even the hefty center, maturing woods are reddish brown ... young tips start baby-green then matures to red. T (NW f/s) a ft taller & larger all around, is less red than T (SE f/s). Among my serratas - all in dappled/sun- part/shade: (Dr Dirr's - Majestics) MD, is absolutely magnificent - deep red wine stems & petioles - looser & leggier for better appreciation! (has 12 flwr buds now - can't wait <:->The 3 Big Smile H.s has speckled merlot stems, petioles & veins - tighter but slimmer legs (tons of flwr buds now & starting their show!!!). One that gets a bit more AM sun has a bit of edge on redness. MyM's - stems start baby-green & mature to brownish-red stems & petioles (after relocated in May, still just a ft tall but fuller (2.5' wd) now & 12 buds starting to open in succession - perhaps developing more)! Blue Frost - is simply green but leaves has a hint of redness around the edges. Sun exposure may be a factor on those sun tolerants but may not make a much diff on the serratas - IMHO!