Who doesn’t love to step outside and snip some fresh herbs for cooking? I had a lot of them at our old home but they were out in the garden and that was down a flight of stairs and across the yard. Not really convenient. The back patio was all shade so the option of a pot closer to the kitchen wouldn’t work.
Now I have a nice big pot of herbs on my very sunny deck where we live now. Very convenient. Lots of sun. I had chives, sage and rosemary available all winter long and now see even the French tarragon survived the cold temperatures and has made a comeback.
The sage is taking over and will need to be trimmed back. It is hiding a rosemary plant. I threw in some marigolds and a primrose while waiting for the weather to be warm enough to put out the cilantro and basil plants I bought. It is still getting a little chilly here at night so I will have to hold off for another week.
Sage flowers look rather like snapdragons I think.
I love blackish plants especially with a punch of lime green next to them. This planter should fill in beautifully.
I will plant up a few more pots out there. I have some petunias, miniature roses, purple fountain grass. I will also move my bougainvillea back outside from my dining room. I am hoping for more color from that this year. It was beautiful the first year but last year had very little color.
I bring in an Angel Wings begonia every year and drag it back out for the summer too. I blooms all winter long in my entryway and then when I cut it back and put it back outside it just fills back in and is beautiful.
We moved somewhere that I wasn’t going to garden in but it is in my bones and I keep adding more stuff. I have some bigger plans for the small but wide back yard area that includes a pergola to start. Once that gets done then I will plan some garden beds around that. You can take the girl out of the garden but……
Love your herb garden. I have spearmint, oregano, thyme and rosemary and love to crush the leaves in my hands
ReplyDeleteHi Lori, My better half grew herbs on the deck for a couple of years and it was great for cooking, especially the rosemary. The sage did take over everything. When we lived in Chicago, it literally took over a flower bed and we had to kill everything off to regain control.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you appreciated quality Greek cuisine. We were so spoiled when we lived in Chicago. That San Francisco steakhouse would have definitely rejected me re: my normal dress code. It's shorts, a golf shirt and tennis shoes in retirement but I will break out a pair of cotton slacks and my only pair of dress shoes for a special ocassion.
Love British Columbia! We've been to Vancouver, Whistler, Victoria, Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, Stewart, and Prince George south to the border. We still want to explore the west coast of Vancouver Island and the southeastern part of the Province.
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Very beautiful! I love having herbs handy as well. I have a Rosemary plant right out under the pergola and my herb garden is just outside my back door. I love the combination of the dark plants and chartreuse green as well. We have a garden link party starting on the 23rd. Would love it if you shared this!
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Jann
I started a tiered herb garden as well this year, right outside the kitchen door (this is 'big' for a non-gardener ;) ... but I was wondering what that dark plant is called ? Had some last year, but never knew what it was ... back to the non-gardener issue ;)
ReplyDeleteThere are two different dark plants in that pot. The one that is more in the middle is a Heuchera. This is a perennial plant and will come back year after year. The one towards the edge is an annual and will die with the cold weather. It is a Black Sweet Potato Vine and the lime green one to the right of it is the same plant, different color.
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