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Author Message   Scotkat  Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 02:20 pm:    Not sure which herbs to plant.Mainly a useable kitchen herb garden. Are they all hardy? Or would you have to plant every year. Scotkat - N/A, Zone "N/Sure"   Rosemary  My Weather Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 03:31 pm:    No, all herbs are not hardy. You need to figure out what zone you're in to know if a plant will be hardy or not. I'm in zone 5 and some things like oregano, sage, chives, mint, thyme, lavendar.. are hardy. There are others too. Things like parsley re-seed and pop up by themselves the following year. Ro, CT Zone 5   Scotkat  My Garden Journal Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 03:51 pm:    Thanks Rosemary at planning stage of herb garden going to grow box hedge round or through .Shall also use herb greenery for floral art as well as for kitchen for use. Scotkat - Scotland, Zone "?"   Scotkat  My Garden Journal Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 04:39 pm:    Hers starting to bloom even added some to a floral arrangement as they were so pretty and matched the arrangement. Scotkat - Scotland, Zone "?"   Beverly  My Weather Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 02:37 pm:    Hello Kathleen, Your herbs are beautiful. I have grown Sweet Basil for the last two years and have good luck with it here. I am planning to add to my herb garden in the coming spring. I don't know if I will have much luck in starting any new herbs this year or not. If I may ask, without appearing too uneducated, what is the plant with the pretty purple flowers? The one that has the green leaves on the stem and the pretty burgundy flower is very interesting. What is it called? Parsley and basil and chives are the only herbs that I have grown so far. The chives that I have growing is nothing like what the picture on the seed packet shows though. I am not sure what came up in the container that I planted chives in. However, I love the flavor of oregano in sauces and salad oils and plan to find some oregano seed before next spring. Beverly Southwest Missouri-USA Beverly - Missouri, Zone "?"   Scotkat  My Garden Journal Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 03:49 pm:    Beverly sadly my herb garden is no longer there apart from my chives. Plants were getting old and starting to get woody. Also this part of my garden shall also soon change to continue from my new patio area where you can see in the garden forum. Want to make a smaller herb garden with stepping stones so I can walk through. Want basil,corriader ,mint , parsley and dill. This year it shall just be preparation for a new bed to plant next Spring. In answer to your ? Berverly the red flowering herb was bergamot which got from a friend but found I really did grow it for the pretty flower and did not use for cooking. I really just want to have a kitchen herb garden. Scotkat - Scotland, Zone "?"   Greth  Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 05:59 pm:    Scotkat, creeping thyme would go very nicely between your stepping stones! Also chamomile, which isn't much for floral arrangements, but the smell is lovely and you can tie some in a bag to scent a bath. Dunno how chamomile goes in Scotland, Her Maj has a chamomile lawn tho, so that is promising.. Greth - South Australia, Zone "?"   Beverly  My Weather Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 10:16 pm:    Scokat, Thank you for replying to me post. Please remember that all good things come with change. I have never grown corriander. I may give it a try next spring. I am thinking that I will also plant tarragon in my herb garden next year. I had never heard of creeping thyme until I read the post from Greth in Southern Australia. I will have to check and see if it is available in this area. I love to cook and use many different herbs in sauces. If I have enough produce on hand I also can some of the sauces at home for use during the winter. Do you know if chamomile is hard to grow? I am fairly new at herb gardening and don't know the precise growing conditions for some of the herbs that I would like to have in my garden. I suppose that I could just learn from trial and error in the future. It would not be the first time that I have learned in that manner. Experience can be the best teacher in some instances. Beverly Southwest Missouri-USA Beverly - Missouri, Zone "?"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 03:57 am:    Chamomile is easy to grow in not very rich, dryish soil in a sunny situation. But I'm wondering about creeping thyme as a herb. I thought the upright-growing Thymus vulgaris was the one to use in cooking. And in my garden, at least, that one has always been short-lived. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Ntrldy  Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 08:48 am:    We have appreciated the herbs we have grown here in the Ozarks area of NE Oklahoma, located only a few hours away from Beverly's location. Have had success with 'Arp' rosemary which has become a beautiful shrub. Greek oregano has been best for kitchen use. We grow various thymes. There are many choices. We grow flat leaf Italian parsley which is bienneal. I sow it every year to keep it going as an edging. Chamomile has been a self sowing annual and beautiful as a 'fill in' plant in the gardens. Chives are beautiful. The regular chives flower in the spring and the garlic chives are just beginning to flower. They also attract butterflies. Have tried various sages. Bergarrten has been the best survivor. We enjoy the mints. There are many choices. To use the mints I make a syrup with one cup of water to one cup of sugar, bring it to a simmer, put in the crushed mint, let it steep for a while and strain. It is good for sweetened drinks such as teas, limeade, and lemonade. Could be used for drizzling on cakes or ice cream. I dry some of the herbs such as sage, oreganos and thymes. Use the chives fresh. What I enjoy most is the fragrance in the air when walking through the gardens. Ntrldy - Oklahoma, Zone "6"   Greth  Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 08:07 am:    Gardenfiend, you can use many of the thymes in cooking, some are just colour variations on common thyme or wild thyme, some have different flavours like lemon thyme, orange peel thyme, caraway and lavender thymes. It's just a question of which flavour you like. Greth - South Australia, Zone "?"

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