Hailing from South Africa, agapanthus can be evergreen or deciduous; the deciduous varieties are the most hardy in this country. The evergreen varieties grow in the southern Cape in milder areas, so will need frost protection in the UK – or they can be grown in pots and brought inside.
How to Grow a Herb Garden: The Insider's Guide
07.08.2023 - 11:41 / blog.fantasticgardeners.co.uk
Growing herbs makes your garden look nice and gives you the advantage of spicing up your meals with fresh greens. Creating a herb garden requires only a small chunk of effort and, after investing a little bit of time as well, you will bear the fruits of your hard work soon enough. Even if growing herbs outdoors or indoors doesn’t require plenty of gardening knowledge on your side, you might still want to check our extensive guide on how to grow a herb garden.
Most of the common herbs for cooking can be cultivated without a hitch in garden containers, raised beds, or in conventional vegetable or herb gardens. These herbs include well-known types, such as:
Herbs are often grouped together based on their growing requirements. This makes it easy to care for them, as you can simply apply the same care to all plants in a group.
There are a few things to consider when planting herbs together in a container, and the most important is water preferences and compatibility.
Mint is the only herb that should not be planted with others as it likes to spread out, and it sends runners under the soil that can disrupt the tender roots of other herbs.
Dill, cilantro, and parsley have the same watering and temperature needs to grow together. Basil can also grow with these herbs as it likes its soil to be more consistently moist.
On the other hand, rosemary, oregano, marjoram, lavender, sage, and thyme like their soil to stay dry and do well being grown together.
A famous horticulturist once said: “God didn’t make pots, and he didn’t make houses, either!”. Although people do grow herbs in containers, the main advantage of growing them in the ground is that they can easily get pretty big as their rooting system will have all the space it needs to
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