Spoke to Spade & Trowel Garden Club this week about Herb Gardening. An excellent question from the audience:
“If fall is the best time to plant herbs, why aren’t they in the garden stores?”
Well, if you are talking herbs used mainly for flowers, they are in the stores…however, the herbs for cooking? SCARCE…I ask that question every year about larkspur, poppies, cornflower,etc…and I see Christmas trees everywhere!
I called Bedford Greenhouses here in Augusta, and they DO have perennial herbs for you…A report from Joanne…
Three different types of parsley – flat leaf Italian, triple curl and Rialto ( a new variety with a really nice flavor). We also have cilantro which does much better in our cooler months than in the summer. Great sages – normal garden sage and also three other varieties that have variegated leaves and pretty colors during the winter. Two types of thyme – lemon and English.
And of course rosemary and chives. We have a little bronze fennel and basil left as well.
Lots of fall/winter veggies too.
So, go shop!
Blessings from the Garden.
ML
Thanks for the plug! Fall is my favorite season and there are so many great things you can plant for enjoyment all winter long – and into spring! Bedfords is overflowing with great fall plants – no poppies (we've tried in the past but they didn't work real well for us) but we do have delphinium and foxgloves.
Happy Fall!
Joanne, Bedford Greenhouses