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Hi Everyone
One of the first tasks I want to do in my new garden is to plant a herb garden somewhere fairly close to the house. There are various places I could choose, which get varying amounts of sun. None gets sun all day, but some places get sun for most of the day. Others just get it for a couple of hours. 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!) 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? The most convenient places for planting don't get very much sun. Many thanks Adam |
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On 5/8/06 11:28, in article , "Adam"
wrote: Hi Everyone One of the first tasks I want to do in my new garden is to plant a herb garden somewhere fairly close to the house. There are various places I could choose, which get varying amounts of sun. None gets sun all day, but some places get sun for most of the day. Others just get it for a couple of hours. 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!) 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? The most convenient places for planting don't get very much sun. It seems to be a bit of a mixture. The woodier herbs like rosemary etc. like quite a lot of sun and good drainage but some of the annual ones will tolerate shade, but not a lot. It sounds as if you could do some mixed planting to achieve what you want. You could, for example, plant rosemary or lavender as a low hedge somewhere, as long as it drains well. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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We don't restrict chives to a herb bed. They work well in small clumps
amongst flower beds. They have lovely purplish flowers if you let them. And the clumps just keep getting bigger every year, so we just divide them periodically and have yet more clumps of chives. Really handy when we have a cheese or ham baguette etc, just popping into the garden with a pair of scissors and chopping off a handfull. They provide a fresh tasty snack for much of the year. -- David .... Email address on website http://www.avisoft.co.uk .... Blog at http://dlts-french-adventures.blogspot.com/ |
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In article , "Adam" writes: | | One of the first tasks I want to do in my new garden is to plant a herb | garden somewhere fairly close to the house. There are various places I could | choose, which get varying amounts of sun. None gets sun all day, but some | places get sun for most of the day. Others just get it for a couple of | hours. Most herbs grown in the UK fall into one of three classes: The Mediterranean labiates and similar (thyme, rosemary, sage, winter savory, bay etc.) These like good drainage and as much sun as they can get. Most will not thrive with very little direct sun. They can take drought, and may be best grown in pots in clay soils. The northern umbellifers and similar (parsley, lovage, chives etc.) These don't need any sun, if the location is light enough, and need fairly damp conditions. They don't thrive in hot, dry conditions. The humid tropicals (basil, coriander, dill(!) etc.) These need constant warmth and fairly damp conditions. Dill isn't really a tropical, but is pretty tricky to grow in cold OR dry conditions, just like basil and coriander. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"David (in Normandy)" wrote in message ... We don't restrict chives to a herb bed. They work well in small clumps amongst flower beds. They have lovely purplish flowers if you let them. And the clumps just keep getting bigger every year, so we just divide them periodically and have yet more clumps of chives. Really handy when we have a cheese or ham baguette etc, just popping into the garden with a pair of scissors and chopping off a handfull. They provide a fresh tasty snack for much of the year. Yes, we have some in a window box on the table on the terrace and help ourselves when we're having meals. Trouble is, one of the boy chicks has discovered them and likes them too :-( Mary |
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"Adam" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone One of the first tasks I want to do in my new garden is to plant a herb garden somewhere fairly close to the house. There are various places I could choose, which get varying amounts of sun. None gets sun all day, but some places get sun for most of the day. Others just get it for a couple of hours. 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!) 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? The most convenient places for planting don't get very much sun. Many thanks Adam Only marjoram, thyme, rosemary and mint live in permanent beds here. Everything else is in pots, even a miniature bay, which are moved around according to conditions. Basil is restricted to the kitchen and bathroom. Mary |
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Hope this helps. Good luck Deborah |
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One point other haven't mentioned is that a permanent planting of herbs seems to attract weeds, in our case Couch Grass, and some like Mint and even oregano/marjoram can spread alarmingly, so we now grow all our herbs in large pots. I have a very sunny border and it is planted as follows - honesty- mints of various sorts -bronze fennel- soapwort -lavender- garlic chives and ordinary chives -blackcurrent -sage -lavendar sage -rosemary -curry plant -ajuga and various other bits and pieces all living in a very untidy but happy manner, kate |
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"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. |
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On 6/8/06 10:34, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | On 5/8/06 21:56, in article , "tresco" | wrote: | | Also try lemon | verbena (NOT lemon balm, which is a terrible coarse weed) which has the | most gorgeous lemon scent. Grow it in a pot, and don't be dismayed if it | appears dead in spring, it takes a long time to leaf up. | | This is known as Aloysia triphylla but used to be Lippia citrodora. It can | succumb to frosts, so might need some protection in colder areas. ... It's definitely tender, and won't do at all in colder areas. It needs some protection except in the warmest areas, unless there is a hardy variety I have not seen. The OP lives in Buckinghamshire, I believe. I wonder if she gives it winter protection. However, it went through last winter with us which went to -5 or -6 on more than one occasion. OTOH, I once lost it in a Jersey garden where it was in a very open position. I think the actual situation in the garden must count for a good deal and the protection of e.g. a house or courtyard wall would probably make a small but significant difference. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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In article , Sacha writes: | | | This is known as Aloysia triphylla but used to be Lippia citrodora. It can | | succumb to frosts, so might need some protection in colder areas. ... | | It's definitely tender, and won't do at all in colder areas. It needs | some protection except in the warmest areas, unless there is a hardy | variety I have not seen. | | The OP lives in Buckinghamshire, I believe. I wonder if she gives it winter | protection. However, it went through last winter with us which went to -5 | or -6 on more than one occasion. OTOH, I once lost it in a Jersey garden | where it was in a very open position. I think the actual situation in the | garden must count for a good deal and the protection of e.g. a house or | courtyard wall would probably make a small but significant difference. Bean says that it is OK in the very warmest parts (e.g. IOW, Cornwall, Channel Islands) with no protection, but needs protection near London. Buckinghamshire and Cambridge are a lot colder than London - the soil freezes (shallowly and briefly) most years, nights of -5 Celcius are normal, and there are occasional nights of below -10 Celcius, even in the recent mild winters. And it gets even colder oop north. He/she may well keep it in a cold greenhouse over the winter - pots are much easier to protect than the open ground. Last winter was weird - there was one spell of below -10 Celcius, but nothing else of note (i.e. not even reaching -5 Celcius). Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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