Today I bought starts of a few herbs. These are hardy enough to plant now. They'll have head starts on any I grow later, from seeds.
German chamomile. Grows larger than Roman chamomile. I planted 2 of these in the end of the vegetable bed. Annual.
Roman Chamomile. More prostrate habit. I planted these in the iris bed. Perennial.
Thyme. In this case, a variety called "Lime Thyme", with a lime fragrance. I planted 2 of these in the iris bed. Ning likes using thyme in roasted root vegetable. Also rosemary, which I already have in a different area and will transplant to the iris bed.
Lemon balm. I bought these to plant under the beehive. I read that lemon balm is attractive to honey bees, and lemon grass oil is used to attract bees to a hive. I could have dug up plants from home for the Battleground place, and still might. These are already nicely packaged in containers, so will be easy to plant.
German chamomile. Grows larger than Roman chamomile. I planted 2 of these in the end of the vegetable bed. Annual.
Roman Chamomile. More prostrate habit. I planted these in the iris bed. Perennial.
Thyme. In this case, a variety called "Lime Thyme", with a lime fragrance. I planted 2 of these in the iris bed. Ning likes using thyme in roasted root vegetable. Also rosemary, which I already have in a different area and will transplant to the iris bed.
Lemon balm. I bought these to plant under the beehive. I read that lemon balm is attractive to honey bees, and lemon grass oil is used to attract bees to a hive. I could have dug up plants from home for the Battleground place, and still might. These are already nicely packaged in containers, so will be easy to plant.
