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theodorad

theodorad's East side herb garden garden

Garden Type: Herb | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Clay

When this repressed farm girl wanted to grow her own fresh basil, we ripped the ugly evergreens and holly out of the east side yard and planted lots of herbs.

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Plantings

  • Red Onion

    Red Onion

    Allium cepa var. cepa

    Sown on 30 May 08 I had half a red onion I found sprouting in the...

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • St. John's Wort - Black

    St. John's Wort - Black

    Hypericum moseranum

    Purchased on 28 May 08 Exposure: Full sun Spacing 3' Average Height:...

    • 2 journals
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  • St. John's Wort

    St. John's Wort

    Hypericum moseranum

    Purchased on 28 May 08 Blooms June-July Plant in sun or partial sun ...

    • 2 journals
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  • Lady's Mantle

    Lady's Mantle

    Alchemilla mollis

    Planting Out on 02 May 08 The lady's mantle are the two center/right hand...

    • 2 journals
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    • Neutral

  • tansy

    tansy

    Tanacetum vulgare

    Planting Out on 02 May 08 Tansy is just in the shadow in this picture.

    • 2 journals
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    • Neutral

  • Horseradish

    Horseradish

    Armoracia rusticana

    Purchased on 02 May 08 One planted as an experiment - in this picture ...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Neutral

  • Nasturtium

    Nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus

    Purchased on 02 May 08 See the two nasturtiums just after I've planted...

    • 3 journals
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    • Happy

  • Hyssop

    Hyssop

    Agastache foeniculum

    Planting Out on 29 Apr 08

    • 2 journals
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    • Neutral

  • Parsley

    Parsley

    Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum

    Purchased on 28 Apr 08 Parsley patch along the front border, left hand...

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • Sweet basil

    Sweet basil

    Ocimum basilicum

    Purchased on 28 Apr 08 Basil stakes on the right hand side of the pict...

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Happy

  • Golden variegated sage

    Golden variegated sage

    Salvia officinalis

    Purchased on 28 Apr 08 I had tri-colored sage that didn't last planted...

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • verbena

    verbena

    Verbena hybrida

    Purchased on 28 Apr 08 Verbena in the smaller pot.

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • Coleus Amora

    Coleus Amora

    Solenostemon scutellarioides

    Purchased on 28 Apr 08 The greenish gold one in this pot.

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • Aurea - stepables

    Aurea - stepables

    Lysimachia nummularia

    Sown on 28 Apr 08 You can see the golden green plant in between t...

    • 2 journals
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    • Happy

  • Coleus - Sedona

    Coleus - Sedona

    Solenostemon scutellarioides

    Purchased on 28 Apr 08 This orange variety is one of my and my mother'...

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Tomato - Early Girl

    Tomato - Early Girl

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Purchased on 27 Apr 08 You can see some tomato stakes in this picture ...

    • 2 journals
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    • Happy

  • Tomato - Better Boys

    Tomato - Better Boys

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Purchased on 27 Apr 08 You can see the tomato stakes in this picture.

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Happy

  • Coleus - Lemon Sensation

    Coleus - Lemon Sensation

    Solenostemon hybrida

    Purchased on 27 Apr 08 The ragged leaf yellow gold coleus in this pot....

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Mint - Julep

    Mint - Julep

    Mentha spicata

    Purchased on 27 Apr 08 Some planted this year (2008) Some wintered ove...

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • Fern arachniodes

    Fern arachniodes

    Arachniodes

    Planting Out on 25 Apr 08 http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/De...

    • 3 journals
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    • Happy

  • Mint - spearmint

    Mint - spearmint

    Mentha spicata

    Planting Out in May 2007 Many kinds of mint in this cluster of pots.

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • Mint - Kentucky Colonel

    Mint - Kentucky Colonel

    Mentha spicata

    Purchased in May 2007 Many kinds of mint in this cluster of pots.

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • Nandina berries

    Nandina berries

    Nandina domestica

    Sown on 31 May 06

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • Laceleaf Maple

    Laceleaf Maple

    Acer palmatum var. dissectum

    Planting Out in May 2006 The tree on the left hand side is the backside ...

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Golden Oregano

    Golden Oregano

    Origanum vulgare

    Planting Out on 05 May 06 Planted about four years ago

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Rue

    Rue

    Ruta graveolens

    Sown on 03 May 06

    • 2 journals
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  • lemon balm

    lemon balm

    Melissa officinalis

    Purchased in Apr 2006 Bushy plant, back right is the lemon balm which...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Very Happy

  • Chives

    Chives

    Allium schoenoprasum

    Sown in Apr 2006 Chives on the left hand side of the picture

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Happy

  • Golden Marjoram

    Golden Marjoram

    Origanum majorana

    Purchased in Apr 2006

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Rue

    Rue

    Ruta graveolens

    Purchased in Apr 2006

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Mint - catmint

    Mint - catmint

    Nepeta cataria

    Purchased in Apr 2006

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Happy

  • Bishopweed

    Bishopweed

    Aegopodium

    Planting Out in 2005 Flourishes happily and the deer don't eat it.

    • 2 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Oregano

    Oregano

    Origanum vulgare

    Purchased in May 2005

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Cypress bush

    Cypress bush

    Chamaecyparis pisifera

    Purchased on 31 May 05

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Very Happy

  • Astilbe

    Astilbe

    Astilbe

    Planting Out on 31 May 05 Various astilbe's planted so long ago I don't e...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Very Happy

  • Winter Savory

    Winter Savory

    Satureja montana

    Purchased in Apr 2005 Winter savory is low, front near the tree on th...

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Marjoram

    Marjoram

    Origanum majorana

    Purchased in Apr 2005

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • rosemary

    rosemary

    Rosmarinus officinalis

    Sown in Apr 2005 Rosemary bush has been happy since 2005. I jus...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Happy

  • Sorrel

    Sorrel

    Rumex scutatus

    Sown in Apr 2005 See the sorrel in the center back? This is it'...

    • 2 journals
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    • Neutral

  • Sage

    Sage

    Salvia officinalis

    Sown in Apr 2005 The sage has lived several seasons; foliage see...

    • 2 journals
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    • Happy

  • Lavender

    Lavender

    Lavandula x intermedia

    Purchased in Apr 2005 Lavender patch in the center to left foreground

    • 2 journals
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    • Happy

  • Japanese painted fern

    Japanese painted fern

    Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

    Sown on 30 Apr 05

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
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    • Very Happy

  • rock iris

    rock iris

    Iris

    • 0 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 2 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Fern - crazy, tall, mystery fern

    Fern - crazy, tall, mystery fern

    Bought either at Lowes or Behnke's and planted ...

    • 0 journals
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    • Happy

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