What new herbs are we planting this year? I've found bee balm and chocolate mint at our farmers market. DD

Herbs! My favorite topic. I saved some choco mint from the mad sprayer and have it in a pot, altho I won't be making tea of it.

My monarda spread out from last year, I didn't know they would reproduce from 4 plants to about 20. Good.

New - I bought a horehound. Last year we had a discussion on horehound for cough, and up to then I hadn't heard of it, so when I saw it at the Rutgers' sales I bought it.

Nothing else new. Valerian is budding. Sage is blooming for the first time.

ellen

No new herbs, just my old standards:

rosemary, Italian parsley, sweet basil, thyme, sage, oregano

EVERYTHING!!!
Well, except for dill. I've done that before but this year I'm trying oregano, mint, sage, marjoram, bay, basil, parsley, thyme, bee balm, and rosemary. Whew!

I have 18 herbs, bot not a singe new one! A couple new varieties (maybe) of thyme and sage, along with the old ones.

Dave

pepperhead,
how's your rosemary?
got a pic?

ellen

I'm still trying to find some applemint. I tried to get some seed going but it did not germinate. Besides, you can barely see the seed. Will give plants another look for this weekend.
DD

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Originally posted by ellenr:
pepperhead,
how's your rosemary?
got a pic?

ellen

Hi Ellen,

My rosemary's doing great - I had to replace it last year right about this time, and got two plants about 6" tall, and planted one in a 3 gal. pot, and one in the ground. The one in the pot grew larger, but still got rootbound by Oct., so I replanted it in the ground. It was the first one to flower, though the other finally did. Here's a photo in May, and they were between 1 1/2 - 2' tall.
Rosemary

I started Cumin, Lovage (celery flavored herb) and Summer Savory from seed this year. They are all new to my garden. I don't always have luck with herbs from seed, so I am happy to have these growing!
The usual suspects are rosemary, lemon thyme, several basils, dill, parsley, mint, chives and fennel.
The fennel now has its own bed since it is alleopathic but wonderful for attracting beneficial insects. I would love to grow fennel bulbs but haven't had any luck yet. It produces lots of flowers and seeds!

Those are beautiful!
I have blooming Rosemary for the first time, because they made it thru the winter.
It is exciting to have flowers. Also sage is blooming for the first time.

ellen

Dirtdaddy. I have applemint all over the place. It's amazing how moisture loving herbs branch out under ground so they can survive another year. My mints and Mondarda spread like wildfire. But that's okay. My applemint even as a litle variegation on it. I would gladly mail you some.

Pepperhead.. Did you keep those Rosemary plants outside over the winter? Or in a greenhouse (You have a greenhouse or sunny room don't you?)

I have planted parsley and it is up in pots. I managed to plant Cilantro in pots indoors, then transplant it outside with some success (you can transplant those tap root type herbs if you have a cool rainy spell. Actually a rainy spell is all that is needed.)

I'm planting Calendula. Starting Lavender from seeds and they are up! I plan to put out summer savory and some other things, but our weather has been so wet & cool, that I haven't got everything out.

I have my standards, because I'm trying to save money right now

Sage, Monarda, Chives, Basil, Thyme (2 varieties), Oregano, and I think that is it...

I am trying Basil in a new location with the Tomatoes, as I heard it is a good companion.

Also my transplanted Lemon Verbena is thriving in the sun and is a small tree about 2-1/2 foot tall. Guess I need to find more ways to use it.
It must be Happy, I am finally leaving it alone and likes it's new home.

I have transplanted various mints from overgrown pots into our new pocket wall. I hope this ends up being a good plac for them and the pocketwall offers some constraint for the mints.

I have started using thmye as ground cover, as well as the usual culinary thyme.

My yard is still in transition, so my garden space is limited, so I will be trying to grow more potted herbs in my kitchen garden window.

It is getting too hot for Nasturtiams here, so I am pulling up the dying plants, chopping them up and mixing them into the soil around my Hibiscus...supposed to help with whitefly... maybe a tea would be more effective?? Anyway. I haven't had whitefly yet, so maybe it is working???

I think I need to take a trip to the Farmer's market in our area and see if they sell herbs!

Rabbity, I'd love some apple mint. I havn't been able to find it. Mint doesn't seem to be as much of a problem for me as the oregeno, it's gone all over!
Anyhow my email is dj5263@net zero.com,send me an address and I can send a pp. bubble envelope.
thanks,DD,good gardening.

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Originally posted by wasrabbity:
Pepperhead.. Did you keep those Rosemary plants outside over the winter? Or in a greenhouse (You have a greenhouse or sunny room don't you?)

I kept them outside, but I covered them when it got down below 20º by just turning a large trash can over them. It got in the teens several times, but not throughout the days this winter, and the low was 10º the entire winter, so it was fairly mild. They grew so much during the winter that the last time I had to cover them I could barely get the trash can over the largest one!

No greenhouse here, just a south window in my dining room (where I have my bay laurel, keffir lime plants, and curry plant), plus my lighting for my seedlings, plus a new setup in my basement for my herbs in the off-season. I gave up on rosemary in pots, as it would always become rootbound, as even that 3 gal. pot did in 5 months. So I just cover, and if it is VERY cold, I cover and stick a lamp inside to keep it warmer.

Dave