Herbs and Wildflowers

Just bought some parsley from A Well-Known Supermarket, (no, not Tesco) but I don't hold out much hope, parsley's a bit difficult...... I do sometimes buy herbs from their Garden Centre Department, but usually I buy them from Jekka's Herb Farm. Just off home to do some more planting!!

Go to Gordon Riggs in Walsden and/or Rochdale.

I was intrigued about that many years ago Persephony.. I used to companion plant in planters & beds whenever I could.. . Depending on how big your container is, here are some herb combinations that will all grow well together as companions in pots:1) Sage, rosemary, lavender, thyme and...

OOOOOH ! I read this halfway through a cup of tea. LOOKAT THE STATE OF MY KEYBOARD ! God I love Basil, and the wee rat was cute too !

Hmm - I do understand what you're saying but I need to consider that I may not keep the house for very long. What would a potential buyer want....a wildflower meadow? Yes, in flower only.

Almost certainly, at least you know it is not something you have done or not done.

Thats so pretty!!

Shiney,they would be ok for us as our North border at the bottom of the garden is very wet so they would be happy there.We have managed to grow for the last two years Ragged-Robin[Lychnis flos-cuculi} and it is shedding it's seeds everywhere with a little help from me so it might be worth trying...

And now for the real answer. Annuals, these are sown and flower the same year. Biennials, these are sown one year to flower the next. Perennials, these are your trees and shrubs. Herbaceous Perennials, these are plants which grow, flower and die back every year. Among these are Dicentra, Phlox,...

This link from the BBC looks to me like it fits your description Linlin http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A617564

The flowers can last just as long as the leaves especially the calendula as they self seed and the flowers come all summer..The same with the nastertiums as they also self seed and keep coming..you can also get many different thyme plants with different colour flowers.. Most of the herbs go...

:( Hmmm, will have another think....

Chives will die down - but come back perenially, parsley is a maybe - but I would treat the others as an annual crop - you could try letting a couple go over to seed, and collect it for next year.

Hi, I have a herb patch in my garden but nearly all the herbs (mint, rosemary, thyme, parsley) have white/yellow spots all over the leaves. Can anyone tell me why and how to stop this?Thanks

Hi, I have a herb patch in my garden but nearly all the herbs (mint, rosemary, thyme, parsley) have white spots all over the leaves. Can anyone tell me why and how to stop this?Thanks

Thanks - I have several books by Roger Phillips, but non onwild flowers, I had better go look on ebay then.THANKS

Happy and Sad, Jekyll & Hyde, going through the change, my dearest? Lovely pics.

Hubby managed to get rid of nearly all of our Lily of the Valley that had taken over various flower beds. It was a very hard job getting all the bits of root out. Just left a bit in one rather out-of-the-way place.Now I am having second thoughts about the wild garlic which I recently...

Sorry folks - it's a Tussie Mussie - I got the words the wrong way round. :D