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An herb garden? Well, sort of. What started out as a dedicated herb garden 16 years ago has evolved into more of a flower bed. This garden, with it’s two footpaths was originally a driveway for cars. Once in full sun, liquid amber trees now create partial sun for this area. While herbs are still present in this bed, I basically spread them throughout the backyard garden where they may be more useful. For example I grow rosemary and sage next to the BBQ area because I use these herbs often while barbecuing.
Featured plants include: Red lobelia ‘compliment’, catnip, centranthus rubar, thyme, sage, spearmint, rosemary, a huge lemon verbena, comfrey, tagetes, nemesia, several lavenders and a buddleia. The blue gazing ball is lit up at night by two solar spotlights. The last photo was taken at night with tiki torches and candles providing illumination.
This spring, I’ve added raspberry nemesia, columbine, delphinium, and pink yarrow. Thus far this summer I’ve added Mexican evening primrose, white yarrow, yellow cosmos and red salvia.
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Red Lobelia
Lobelia
Transplanted on 15 Jun 08 'Compliment Deep Red' or 'Scarlet Compliment' i...
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Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Transplanted on 29 May 08 Last year I grew over two dozen basil plants, e...
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Aquilegia caerulea
Aquilegia caerulea
Transplanted on 21 May 08 A hybrid Columbine that boasted up to 12 weeks ...
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Spearmint 'Mentha Julep'
Mentha spicata
Sown on 10 Sep 07 So I am growing a gaggle of various spearmints ...
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Rosemary 'Santa Barbara Blue'
Rosmarinus officinalis
Sown on 06 Sep 07 I usually have several of this variety along wi...
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Salvia 'Costa Rican Blue'
Salvia guaranitica
Sown on 15 Aug 07 A five week old cutting from a most beautiful p...
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Sage 'Tricolor'
Salvia officinalis
Sown on 15 Jul 07 Just one of those "must have" plants that every...
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Fan Flower 'Scaevola Brilliant'
Scaevola aemula
Sown on 15 Jul 07 Scaevola is not an herb, but here along with so...
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Mexican Marigold
Tagetes erecta
Transplanted on 06 Jul 07 This species of the genus Tagetes is native to ...
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Catnip
Nepeta cataria
Transplanted in 1992 Planted at the front of my herb garden spilling...
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Comfrey
Symphytum officinale,
Transplanted in 1991 One of the few medicinal herbs remaining in my ...
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Borage
Borago officinalis
Originally from the Middle East, this easy-to-g...
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