One herb you have always wanted

[ChanellG]

Is it perennial?

Is what perennial, chamomile? It is constantly self seeding and making new plants so I assume it's longevity has a lot to do with it's care and growing conditions. According to this it's an annual: http://www.localharvest.org/chamomile-german-heirloom-C15867

 

[Shellyann36]

There are too many to count. I have really slacked in my herbal gardening. I have grown basil very succesfully. I like to grow it every year. Cilantro has been hard for me to grow. I don't know why but it always dies on me. I have many medicinal herbs that I would like to try and grow. My problem is that I want to grow it all at once and I know that I will not have the time to really study them and learn to understand them if I do this. I don't know if this would be considered a herb or not but I have always wanted to grow my own tea trees!

 

[ChanellG]

There are too many to count. I have really slacked in my herbal gardening. I have grown basil very succesfully. I like to grow it every year. Cilantro has been hard for me to grow. I don't know why but it always dies on me.

Cilantro loves water. I over watered mine once thinking I would let it sit in the water (drip pan) for a while and then dump the water so the roots wouldn't rot. Within an hour or less that excess water had been soaked up by the plant! If I grow it again I'll know to put it in a larger container and keep it moist.

 

[Shellyann36]

Cilantro loves water. I over watered mine once thinking I would let it sit in the water (drip pan) for a while and then dump the water so the roots wouldn't rot. Within an hour or less that excess water had been soaked up by the plant! If I grow it again I'll know to put it in a larger container and keep it moist.

I will have to try that. I think I also had mine over-crowded in the pot that I had it in. Next time I will use a bigger pot for them. Thanks for the info!

 

[TheCrazyPlantLady]

Is there one herb that you have always wanted to grow? One herb that has always died out on you or just beyond your reach?
I have always wanted to grow the Pandanus leaves or Ramba plant. I couldn't get hold of one until the beginning of this year .. and is it worth it! . I use it in most of the dishes I make. It has got a distinctive flavor and aroma.

I have never heard of that one either - but it looks interesting.

 

[TheCrazyPlantLady]

Ugh! I hate laptops sometimes. I was trying to type more but leaned on some button somewhere and the post got away from me!

I would like to grow lemon grass, because I'd love to be able to use it in cooking.

I forgot to start my cilantro and dill this year! I don't know how I managed, but I just planted a bunch of seeds of both with some carrots in an interim bed, in the hopes that they still might grow. Then I read that dill and carrots don't grow well together. Sigh. Well, hopefully I'll get cilantro, anyway.

 

[ChanellG]

I will have to try that. I think I also had mine over-crowded in the pot that I had it in. Next time I will use a bigger pot for them. Thanks for the info!

You're welcome! I just finally got some more today and I hope I can keep it healthy so it can go to seed. That way I can keep it going indefinitely and have multiple plants. I saw a picture of some growing in a child's wading pool, but I don't think I will ever need that much cilantro, lol.

 

[blueeyes]

I have never heard of the Ramba plant but have to say, your photo, looks so healthy, Maddie. I love rice, so this sounds like a great new addition. I didn't have any idea which herb I would choose but now I know

 

[ChanellG]

I just acquired some new herbs the day before yesterday. I had to go out for more milkweed so while I was there I also purchased sage, lemon balm, parsley, cilantro, and fennel. I had parsley growing already and then I also had swallowtail caterpillars. They polished off one plant and started on the fennel. Today I removed what was left of the parsley and put a second fennel plant in the habitat. I had debated about getting dill, but decided I could always go back for it later.

 

[maddie]

I have never heard of that one either - but it looks interesting.

Now you have! I just love it. I use it in my cooking everyday.
It smells so good in baked stuffed to. I used it in a meatloaf and it smelled like heaven. now, I have decided to use it in all my baked vegetable dishes too.

 

[claudine]

When it comes to herbs, I don't have any special wishes. I already have what I want. I remember that when I was a child, I found some mint in my garden, I had no idea what is it but I loved its scent. I promised myself that in the future, I'll grow it in a pot in my room

 

[TheCrazyPlantLady]

Now you have! I just love it. I use it in my cooking everyday.
It smells so good in baked stuffed to. I used it in a meatloaf and it smelled like heaven. now, I have decided to use it in all my baked vegetable dishes too.

That's the best part about gardening - there are always new things to discover!

 

[Rzashida]

I have always wanted to grow patchouli, It is one of my favorite scents. I know it's in the same family as mint so I hope that it would spread. I just want to know how it smells when it is fresh off the plant. If I could get my hands on patchouli I would learn how to extract oils ( patchouli oil is so expensive.). I might even learn how to make incense.

 

[firelily99]

I had never heard of ramda before, it sounds delicious. I love rosemary and have grown it but because it is a tender perennial I have to dig it up and over winter it indoors. I would love to make it last a winter but it never does which really frustrates me. Rosemary makes beautiful topiary plants but mine never lasts the winter inside.