Herbs and Wildflowers

I want it to grow round the front, and the bed I made for it is round the back at the back door. I think the problem must be the soil being too poor and the water running downhill leaving the mint always dry. I will try a big pot in the garden and keep it moist. Until I forget. LOL!

I grow 3 x 5" pots of Basil with 3 plants in each. One pot is in the kitchen and the Chef takes what she wants, and when the plant looks a complete wreck I put it in the greenhouse and give Chef the best of the remaining two. By the time the third one has been murdered the first one has...

Lobelia Queen Victoria are a delight to split. Because they are a dubiously hardy here in Yorkshire, I lift mine in autumn, splitting them as I go to get them into small pots, which I overwinter in a coldframe. Then in spring I remove them and a number can be split again. This way I have amassed...

I read as far as "its not that illegal" when I was about to post that you need a license. You already know that thoughThe only trouble with growing hemp is that once the wrong person sees it and word gets out, you'll have all manner of people in your garden trying to smoke all your plants....

Quite right, but it is often assumed that poisonous plants would have been used for sinister purposes. While I'm sure this may have happened from time to time, oddly enough poisonous plants were, and still are to this day, used in medicine. Deadly Nightshade is used in herbal medicine to south...

Try D. T.Browns, Jamie. they are part of Mr Fothergills and do growers packs.:gnthb:

:lollol: You would have to stick your nose in it, as it is a delicate scent...:lollol:Not quite you really I agree......!!!!:lollol:These are my pink ones.. I knew I had a piccy somewhere... Not the best of shots as I took it on the wrong setting I think looking at it.. I did have a few like...

I like wild garlic. In my opinion it's flower brings some welcome cheer early on before most other stuff comes through, and you can use the leaves in all sorts of dishes.

Colourful sage varieties aplenty. Purple, yellow/green variegated, silver white. ALl good for the pot too. Perilla frutescens comes in astonishing shades of purple and carmine.Purple basil is easily available (also the seeds) and tastes great, somewhat different from most ofthe green ones....

Yip ... if it develops to a suitable degree. Loads of buds now, but still to flower. No point taking a pic of grass Laurie ... Crocosmia is much more 'gardiny' if harder to spell

Ok, I am not sure, what is answering what to what on the above????

I would guess a Mullein. There tend to be lots around here this year-very eyecatching.

That looks beautiful! :thumb:I'm planning to do the same with a bit of border up the side of my house.

I have Rosemary Mint (various - Apple Mint, Lavender Mint, Berries and Cream Mint, Ginger Mint). also Pennyroyal, which is a type of mint, I THNK!! Lavender - LOTS of lavender!! You can cook with lavender.....and anyway it smells so good. Orange scented thyme - this is heavenly, such a...

LOL thats basically the route i was going to take anyway:D

We allow one of our fields to grow as a wild flower meadow and don't let the horses graze on it until late summer. We have a lovely display of flowers every year:thumb:

wow. very pretty flowers.

I live in Norfolk and we are eating dill and corriander already from my raised bed. These seedlings seem too close and have had too little light. Perhaps turning the pot 180 degrees daily might help too. Good luck.

Good luck Whiskey. Despite taking cut grass away and refilling seeds every year, (this year Yellow Rattle) I fear this year, year 4, we will have few oxe-eye daisies as the grass and buttercups take over. If so, we start again in the autumn with a plough and another plan.We cut August and...

Hi Kalmia I use the Reader's Digest Field Guide to Wild Flowers it cost me 11.99 a few years ago, it's now 8.99 on play.com including delivery. The only drawback is that it can be confusing because it is set out in plant families and I prefer to look up the flower colour and work from there, but...