"Adam" wrote in message

I'm mostly going to be planting fairly traditional herbs: parsley,
sage,
rosemary, thyme (isn't there a song in there somewhere?), chives,
that sort
of thing. Maybe some more unusual ones as well (I'm open to
suggestions!)

Rosemay likes dry conditions and mine does best under the eaves of the
house facing due north (I'm in the southern hemisphere) and is never
watered. It grows like Topsy. Thyme makes a great edging plant whcih
I pop in all aver the place. I grow my chives in the flower garden
and the parsely under the roses.

How much does it matter how much sun they get? Should I go for
maximum sun,
or is a couple of hours in the middle of the day enough?

For the rosemay I'd recommend as much sun as you can give it. Not so
important for the parsley but the thyme likes sun too. My chives
don't seem to be too fussy but then my sunlight levels would be more
intense than that of the UK.