I love to see all of the plants everyone is growing this season! I recently started growing my own cilantro and it has made me feel much more fulfilled then I thought it would. Has anyone had success with growing Rosemary indoors?
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My second round of dill is just barely starting to come up, about 8 days after starting. Won’t leave the dome on during 90 degree weather this time. I’d like to say I’ll remember not to, but mostly because fake summer is over and we’ve just started actual spring weather
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@resonanteye I have some mountain mint and I am pretty sure it is basically wild bee balm? Looks very similar, the leaves have a really tasty/savory smell but I did not care for the taste. I transplanted mine from a pot into my front yard that is a few feet from the sidewalk. I had it in in the pot for three or so years- I hope it comes back this year! I did’t know it would get nice flowers on it the first year, because I was trying to use it like an herb qnd kept trimming it back!
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They’re cousins. Mountain mints are the genus Pycnanthemum whereas bee balm is genus Monarda, but they’re very closely related. They’re both in same family and tribe as mint and Monarda and Pycnanthemum are probably each other’s closest relatives.
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Monarda fistulosa and the Pycnanthemums also smell and flower very differently. I love them both. Mountain mint wins for not getting powdery mildew. I wish they actually repelled mosquitos as they purportedly should to some degree…we like to rub the leaves of both on arms and neck, but I truly don’t think it makes a difference. I can be standing in a patch of 5’ monarda and be destroyed by mosquitos!
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i have lemon balm and bee balm in a grow bag from last year that’s come back. might maybe put some of this to fill the other half of that. crushing one of the baby leaves up of mountain mint and i think I’ll like it. maybe in rice under a fresh trout. like you’d do with saffron
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Oregano in clay is a completely different beast to oregano in decent soil, ours barely spreads at all. Fennel is a good shout though, I stuck some in last year mostly for the swallowtail caterpillars and ended up using it in everything.
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My top tip is grow Greek Basil. Regular Sweet Basil always dies on me.
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I don’t know y’all…my oregano grows and spreads in my crap clay in my area. most is in raised beds, but I do have it in clay as well. I think I shoved 3 tiny pieces in the clay last April because I needed a ground cover and grabbed what was on hand, and now it’s a legit maybe 2x3 patch that’s been added to my annual rip out oregano list. Again, I have no idea what variety it is, but more than happy to send to anyone who wants to try it!
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German chamomile (does this count as an herb??) is starting to flower. Now I have to figure out what I’m supposed to do with it…dry the flowers?
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About half the seed sites I find have arugula as an herb. What do you all think lol.
Ive never even once considered it one
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No way.
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I’m glad you started an Herb section.
I keep all my herbs in very large pots because they are invasive (or aggressive).
Wormwood.
Yarrow
Peppermint
Phenomenal Lavender
Rosemary (nice flowers during the colder season when everything else is dormant)
Sage
Spearmint
Thyme
Lemon Balm
Italian Oregano
Greek Oregano
Lemon Bee Balm
Licorice
Mullein
New Cilantro
Old - Bolted Cilantro
Parsley
Mexican Mint / Cuban Oregano
Elecampane
Aloe Vera
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that’s a great collection! i can’t get cilantro going here very well. and my rosemary dies every year or so. we have been letting yarrow take over, we have native yarrow and are trying to get it act like a lawn.
your oregano is just amazing. such a great big healthy patch
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Beautiful plants. Yarrow is native to a lot of the country and a great pollinator plant. Straight species is super aggressive, but not invasive. I have never looked up the other herbs to see if they are classified as invasive, but I have a hard time believing most of them could really displace natives. Certainly my oregano could!
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everyone says oregano is a beast here but I’ve got two small perfectly behaved patches. they are surrounded by garlic, onion, and every other herb though so they probably can’t duke it out with thyme and parsley and sage.
plus the most used walking paths in the whole garden are on either side of that patch. they would get trampled flat
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How’s this one taste? I’ve been planning on getting it for a while.
What kind is this? Looks like a salvia of some sort.
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I believe it is Korean Licorice Mint. It was a gift from a Korean friend who grows all things Korean.
She also introduced me to Korean Summer Squash and Korean Cucumbers.
The Lemon Bee Balm has a mild lemony-minty flavor (hard to describe flavors).
I prefer Lemon Balm instead since it has sedative properties for sleeping.
I have trouble with Chamomile here; so, Lemon Balm and Skullcap Lateriflora are my night time teas.
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Gotcha, I’ll add it to my list. Thanks!
Have you considered growing Passiflora incarnata? The flowers contain a GABA receptor agonist compound that acts like a mild benzo much as Chamomile does.
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