Thanks for the replies June and La puce
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Originally Posted by La puce
My faroutite plants! I have always left mine outside. I cut them back for use in winter, freeze some (like basil and corriander because they
taste fresh then), the rest I dry. I protect the crown with some mulch
and bring my pots together in a sheltered place outside (by my back
fence). Make sure they don't get waterlogged because then they'll
freeze. I don't touch rosemary, because it looks nice with snow on it,
nor do I touch the bay which is in the ground now. My thyme are perched
in hanging pots and I leave them alone too. However I bring my taragon
in because in the past it has never recovered if left outside. I also
leave the ciboulette outside and fennel too.
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So cut the thyme right back and dry the cuttings??
By protect the crown, you mean some mulch on the pots earth surface?
(Sorry I am a terrible garden virgin)
Also - on the sage - Yes it is purple sage in a little black pot from a garden centre. Sheer bloody laziness on my part has meant I didn't pot it up properly straight away. Will repotting it at this time of year be to traumatic?
Yes, June the sage is demonstrating its straggliness right now - but it looks pretty healthy.
Yes la puce - I am in temperate climate - south east England - West Sussex, about 15 miles inland. Not very cold, but definitely frosty at times.