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Hardy Herbs

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  Posted by TheCountryGent (U14702502) on Sunday, 28th November 2010

  im hoping to create a herb bed next year,i want to grow it all from seed,can anybody recommend easy to grow from seed herbs apart from Chives and Mint which i have a lot of elsewhere,they have to be pretty hardy as i live in Scotland,i love Rosemary but i have heard its a nightmare to grow from seed! any information would be great thanks!

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Sunday, 28th November 2010

  I'm in the NW and grew basil, corriander and parsley relatively easily from seed this year.
  
  Some herbs can be split so you may find buying a plant can be more cost effective than sowing the seeds particularly with periennials. I bought a small rosemany plant at the begining of the year which I split in three and spilt again in September so now have 6 plants. I tried growing it from seed but wasn't succesful but as an established plant it does really well in my soil.
  
  Lemon balm is hardy although I've not discovered a use for it yet, I suppose you could make an infusion of tea with the leaves

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  Posted by realfood (U13916672) on Sunday, 28th November 2010

  Quite a few herbs are hardy but they die down over Winter and appear again the next Spring. Lovage, Seed fennel, sweet Cicely fall into this category, and need plenty of room, but all can be grown from seed.

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  Posted by ladynovicegardener (U5368058) on Saturday, 4th December 2010

  I agree with Zoomer. Sometimes a large DIY store (not sure if I can mention names) sells several small herb plants for about £5.00, worth it in my opion although I grow most things from seed, I have bought my Rosemary and Thyme.

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  Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Sunday, 5th December 2010

  I have lemon thyme, variegated thyme and ordinary thyme plus variegated sage which survive winters outside here in a sheltered, well draine bed. Rosemary and bay need to be brought in as they die at -5C so I grow them in pots.
  
  Chives and lemon balm all survive the winter and fennel and oregano self seed. Bronze fennel came back last year which was a welcome surprise as at one point we had -26C but I suspect the snow was a good insulator.
  
  Basil varieties are easy enough to sow but not hardy. You can, however, cut stems and root them in a glass of water like mint which gives you a plant for the winter window sill. I grow fancy mints - apple, pineapple, ginger etc - in pots and keep them in the greenhouse over winter. They don't survive in the ground.
  
  Lemon grass and chillies can also be grown in pots and overwintered in a frost free place.
  
  

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  Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Sunday, 5th December 2010

  Zoomer - I like making lemon balm tea. I chop up a handful of leaves and put them in an infuser in the teapot. Nice on its own or with a bit of honey.

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  Posted by bogus the fungi man (U14705597) on Sunday, 5th December 2010

  Absolutely! Lemon balm tea is so refreshing. I made a lemon balm sweet wine when I was a kid and it was an instant hit with the old lady next door. It was like potable eau de cologne!
  
  Obelixx is right, mints should go in pots else they will spread everywhere.

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