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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Sun May 01, 05 7:35 am Post subject:
V good. I can provide photos of Rosemary, Marjoram, Oregano, Thai Basil, Vietnamese Coriander, Coriander, Garlic Chives, Welsh Onion, Bay, Lavender, Cardomom and several Thymes if you need.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Sun May 01, 05 8:45 am Post subject:
Looking forward to this one. I've been so busy with the veg this year that our herb garden has been somewhat overlooked. Maybe this will urge some of us to get cracking with this important kitchen plot. It would be handy to know which are the perennials so we can reserve permanent spaces for them.

JYC

Joined: 12 May 2005
Posts: 11
Location: Near Glasgow

Posted: Sun May 15, 05 12:00 pm Post subject:
Hello, Your herbs info would be great. I'm looking for extra resources all the time to give to primary schools and community groups. I've posted a link below to a healthy herbs pack from the Lanarkshire Greenspace team. https://www.greenspace.org.uk/data/greenspace/HealthyHerbs.pdf#search='healthy%20herbs%20lanarkshire%20greenspace'

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun May 15, 05 2:20 pm Post subject:

I know herbs are supposed be tolerent of dry, infertile type conditions, but which of them are really tough? I've got two gaps I want to plant up with them - one that was a gravel strip, but has gradually silted up I think (parsley seems to do very well here already) and one that's under a corkscrew hazel, on the south-west facing side. They both get lots of sun, and the nominations are:

Another rosemary bush (can't have too much rosemary) an oregano plant (how big do they get?) a bay tree (difficult?) or some thyme (always dies on me, but I persevere)

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Sun May 15, 05 7:09 pm Post subject:
Oregano is quite a small plant, maybe 8" high, very easy, sage is tough too

jema
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Posted: Sun May 15, 05 7:17 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

a bay tree (difficult?)

I have a couple of Bays planted in really poor spots, after 2-3 years they are still only about a foot high, but they do seem to be persevering

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
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Location: Berkshire

Posted: Sun May 15, 05 7:27 pm Post subject:
Sounds great ! Grow a few on my patio. ( garden mint, spear mint, lemon verbina, cat mint{if you can see it from the cluster of cats} parsey, marjoram, fennel, sage, purple sage,) Could do with some info, save me buying new plants every year!) Dave. BTW Will ask my mate Winston, he tells me 'e grows some good 'erb !

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Sun May 15, 05 8:11 pm Post subject:
Hehe..he probs won't be able to give a sensible reply, man / brother etc.!

sean
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Posted: Sun May 15, 05 8:29 pm Post subject:
Thyme doesn't like being rained on, so might do well under the hazel.

judith

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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon May 16, 05 8:18 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

a bay tree (difficult?)

We live at the 1000 foot mark, right on the ridge of the hill. The winds can be spectacular. We also get quite a bit of snow. I have a bay tree in my garden, planted by the previous owner. It is now about six feet tall and very bushy.
I think if you want a pompom on a stick in a fancy pot, then you have to mollycoddle them through the winter. But if you plant them in the ground and leave them to get on with it, as long as the soil is reasonably free-draining then they are fairly hardy.

wellington womble

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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Mon May 16, 05 9:22 am Post subject:
That settles it then - a bay tree in the gravel, and thyme in the hedge! Presume they are tough enough to stand the occasional sprinkle from the dogs?

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Mon May 16, 05 9:24 am Post subject:
Highly resistant to dog sprinkle.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon May 16, 05 11:15 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

That settles it then - a bay tree in the gravel, and thyme in the hedge! Presume they are tough enough to stand the occasional sprinkle from the dogs?

Are you going to eat the 'erbs?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Mon May 16, 05 7:11 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

That settles it then - a bay tree in the gravel, and thyme in the hedge! Presume they are tough enough to stand the occasional sprinkle from the dogs?

Are you going to eat the 'erbs?

After washing! - the thyme would be safe, it was the bay I was worried about - it was lemon balm before, so it didn't matter. I'll have to buy a tall one and then eat the leaves above a foot - they're not very big dogs!

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: France

Posted: Thu May 19, 05 4:56 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

a bay tree (difficult?)

I have a couple of Bays planted in really poor spots, after 2-3 years they are still only about a foot high, but they do seem to be persevering

I have a nice little bay tree. I keep it in a terracotta pot so that I can move it inside in the winter. It went out a while back and is doing just fine.

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