Ophelia wrote:
"EastneyEnder" wrote in message
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For the last few years one of my standbys is 'Vietnamese Coriander'
aka Polygonum odoratum. It gives a coriander-like flavour to any asian
dishes that require coriander but is more economical and easier to
grow.

Clearly of the Bistort family... aka Persicaria.

My next door neighbour is Thai and when I gave her a plant she was
very pleased, thought it wasn't available here. She too uses it as a
coriander substitute.

I also have lovage, sweet cicely, horseradish (which took me half an
hour to dig up a root from the local common where it grows wild -
wonder why I bothered!); mint (crap this year), lemon verbena, lemon
melissa, winter savory and buckler leaved sorrel. All in containers.
Oh, and Thai Basil.

What herbs couldn't you do without and why?

My mint didn't do well either this year. I wonder why?

My mint is just fine, though perhaps less of the usual
bully that it normally is.

Anyway, back to the question We love mint, basil and rosemary. We don't
like coriander nor parsley.

Blimey, there are people who do not like coriander or parsley ????

My list: thyme, oregano, flat-leafed parsley, curly-leafed parsley,
coriander, coriander, coriander, lemon-variegated thyme, rosemary,
chives, coriander.

A propos coriander: one year I decided to see if it would grow
from seed scattered on my gravel driveway. It did (see above ;-)
and still does (NW Essex/Cambs border).