- Author: Karen Metz
Published on: December 1, 2011
I may be the Queen of potted plants, but even I will eventually throw in the towel with pots. I'd had a Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' for several years in a pot. It just never did much. I think one year I actually had one blossom. Before I threw it away, I decided to plant it in one of my lavender beds figuring it would die. The plant took off growing and hasn't stopped. With the blossoms, it's over four feet tall.
And what blossoms they are, beautiful dark purple petals exploding from lime green calyces. They are definitely eye-catchers. It's so nice to have them in the garden in the fall when many other plants have stopped blooming.
They take full sun and average to low water. They are hardy to the mid twenties. Some plants just seem to do better in the ground. So before you throw anything out , give it one last chance and plunk it in the ground. It might surprise you.
I grow herbs. Most of them are in wine barrels.
Just read your site. I have several herb plants: three kinds of mint, rosemary, thyme, nutmeg, basil, mullein, lemon catnip,coriander,borage and natsturtiums.
What kind of herbs do you grow? I would like to grow more both in quanity and kind. I mistakenly used the wrong type of soil this past year, so I have to plant some again this spring.
What are some of the herb flowering plants that I can grow with an east/west gardening space? Don't flowering herbs need more sun exposure?