Any herb I can get my hands on, I love to spice up the food for my men. So I grow everything and then dry it for the winter.

1. Stevia
2.  lemon Thyme
3. orange Thyme
4. Common Thyme
5. French Tarragon
6. Lavendar
7. Lemon Gem Marigolds
8. Nasturtiums
9.  Globe Basil
10. Osmin Basil
11. Zataar
12.  Marjorum
13.  Oregano
14. Violets
15. Pansies
16. Chives
17. Garlic Chives
18.  Edible Chrysanthemum
19.  Sage
20.  Clary Sage
21.  Lemon Grass
22. Apple Mint
23. Chocolate Mint
24. Garlic
25.  Onions
26.  Leek

So far for my herb garden I have

1. Garlic
2. Chives
3. Garlic Chives
4. Red Onions
5. Sweet Onions
6. Thyme
7. Dill

I will be going shopping again this weekend and may pick up some other things.

In my herb garden I have

sage

garlic

multiplier onions

oreagno

thyme

St John's wort

These all winter over here in zone 4-5 I plant tender herbs as houseplants.

coco 

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!

Karry, I like the way you think! Cool idea! I second that motion!

My husband and I moved from Iowa to Texas in November of 2004. In Iowa, I had a huge gardening space that I kind of divided into sections. I had one area that was regularly tilled so that I could plant veggies there and I rotated where I planted them. I had another area where I grew perennials. Most of the perennials were wildflowers. I also had a little area in that where I had perennial herbs. Then I had another area where I also grew veggies and herbs. Some of the herbs I used to grow were French Tarragon, Marjoram, Cilantro (a fabulous herb to grow,) Italian parsley, LOADS of lavender, basil (Genovese is the best,) chamomile, mints of various types, chives......My mind is drawing a blank at the moment...Catnip, lemon mint, lemon balm. I suppose you could say that Yarrow is an herb. I grew loads of that. My favorites were Coronation Gold and Parker's Gold. They make fabulous dried flowers too....although the down side is that they are real dust catchers!

Now, the soil where we live is so cruddy that I hate to try. I love lavender, but I don't seem to have the kind of success that I had with it in Iowa. We live in an apartment that has a garden service, and I have to sort of police things when the gardeners are here because they are really careless about stuff. They will whack off anything without considering what it is.

At the moment, I have some lemon grass in the ground, and I look forward to that. I may have to make some soup with that. I also have some lavender seeds that I'm starting in the house. Every time I start them and have to go away, I leave my hubby in charge of things. He's not a plant person the way I am, so although he's pretty good, he forgets things that aren't obvious -- even when I leave him instructions. As long as my most precious tropicals are okay, I don't mind so much.

I plan to grow tomatoes upside down this year. I usually plant nasturtiums, marigolds and basil with my tomatoes as they are good attractors of beneficial bugs and detractors of bad bugs. I don't know whether that will be necessary, though, if I'm growing the tomatoes upside down. I may try it anyway, though.

Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator

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I would like to start a herb garden this spring - but with a twist. In our front area, we made a large raised mariner's star to match the one we put into the floor of the house. I would like to use some low growing herbs and flowers to fill in the star. I tried dwarf marigolds in different colors this year but they grew too big and I lost the shape of the star (although that is probably the prettiest flower display I have had in a long time). They also need to be tolerent of our highly variable high desert weather and not need a lot of water although I do irrigate. Thanks!

Glad you are all into growing and using herbs.  I have

Varigated Pineapple Mint
Orange Mint 
Grapefruit Mint 
Spearmint 
Chocolate Mint 
Apple Mint 
Lemon Grass 
Witch Hazel 'Diane'
Elecampane 
Borage 
Creeping Thyme 
Golden Lemon Thyme 
Tagetes Marigold 
Garlic Purple Stripe
Rosemary Upright
Lavandula Stoechas Bella Rose
Lavender Dutch Mill
Lavender Hidcote
Dill Fernleaf
Golden Oregano
Oregano Hot & Spicy
Prunella grandiflora Self-heal 
Acorus gramineus -Verigated Sweet Flag
Acorus calamus  -Vaqriegated sweet flag
Chives Common
Garlic Chives 
Echinacea purpurea -White Swan
Echinacea purpurea -Magnus
Echinacea purpurea -Big Sky Harvest Moon
Echinacea purpurea -Summer Skies
Echinacea purpurea -Ruby Giant
Purple Bee Balm Blue Stockings
Red Bee Balm Jacob Cline
Digitalis purpurea Apricot Beauty
Hypericum x inodorum verigata St. John's Wort Verigated shrub
Dianthus Cheddar Pinks Neon Star
Dianthus Cheddar Pinks Star Spangeled
Dianthus Pinks Violet
Dianthus Pinks Lace Picotee
Fuschia Fuschia Marinka ----makes EDIBLE BERRIES
Quince Pink Flowered w/fruit 
Filipendula Meadowsweet Queen of the Nile
Melissa officinalis Lemon Balm 
Humulus Lupulus Hops Cascade
Santolina chamaecyparissus Grey Santolina 
Leonotis cardacia Motherwort 
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Bloody/Veined Dock 
Mentha requienii Corsican Mint 
Alchemilla Mollis Lady's Mantle 
Valerian Officinalis Valerian 
Scutellaria laterifolia Skullcap 
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 
Rubus occidentalis  Black Raspberry 
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry
Rubus  Blonde Raspberry 
Ocimum basilicum Basil Italian Large Leaf
Ocimum basilicum Basil   Lime
Corylus avellana 'Contorta' Harry Lauders Walking Stick 
Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' Tricolor Sage 
Salvia officinalis 'Crispum'    Curly Sage
Lonicera japonica Halls Honeysuckle Halliana - yellow/white
Lonicera 'Aureo-Reticulata' Gold-Net Honeysuckle 
Black Walnut  
Stachys Chamissonis  
Aruncus aethusifolius Dwarf Goatsbeard 8-12" tall
Pulmonaria Lung Wort Pink Haze
Basella rubra Malabar Spinach red stemmed
Salvia Autumn Sage Hot Lips
Sweet Woodruff 
Catnip White-flowered
Bellis  
Fragaria  
Agastache Anise Hyssop Acapulco Series
Agastache Anise Hyssop Golden Jubilee
Jerusalem Artichokes - Sunchokes
Musa Hardy Banana 
Musa Dwarf Cavendish
Feverfew
Arugula
Cilantro
Mullien
Bamboo
Calendula
licorice Root
Mustard

Not everyonwe will consider all of these as herbs, but I do if they are medicinal, edible, or used for things like making anti-bacterials or antibiotics.

I am always adding and making room for more herbs!  I know I'm not the only one who is addicted!!!

gardenmom  -  Jessica

I have
Pineapple Sage
Sage
Dill
Chives
Catnip
Lemon balm
Lavender
Pineapple mint
Rosemary

I grow;
Chive and Garlic Chive *
Culinary Sage *
Greek Oregano (origanum vulgare hirtum, true oregano)*
Parsley - Italian and Krausa
Cilantro
Dill
Basil - Large leaf and Marseille
Chocolate mint *
Lemon Balm
Hyssop ( H. offinalis)*
Nepeta (Catmint)*
Catnip*
Lavender*

One thing I didn't know about herbs, when I started growing them, is that so many of them are perennial. *The ones I have marked are perennial in zone 4-5. Dill, Lemon Balm, and Cilantro will self seed nicely,,providing plenty of seedlings in spring. The only herbs I start each year are Parsley and Basil. Hyssop and Nepeta attract tons of butterflys,,,I grow these in some of my flower beds, too!
  

 ~ Connie      ~ Zone 5     ~ MN                                                                 

I too moved this past year. I moved from Ks. to Texas. I put the herbs in pots this last year and moved them to the ground last week. I have sage, parsley, oregeno, garlic, common and garlic chivesm and rosemary. I've just planted the seeds of dill, and I've added bluebonnets, indian blanket, and coneflower to the mix. I will plants some basil in the spring, I'm looking forward to filling this area.
lyn
gardeners make the best friends

I have a hard time now with planting herbs as I live only minutes from one of the best spice companies I have ever seen, and since their prices are really cheap.... They are much worth the drive up the road to purchase anything I want... but fresh is always nice too. Didn't think of onion chives and garlic chives....

I also move in the past year and had to leave my wonderful herbs have not had time to get much in here as yet...but I like having several types of sage growing ...along with your regular thyme a nice lemon thyme is good for fish seasoning...oregano is a must for me...fennel, and annis also good to have on hand...in container I put my mints as I don't want them taking over..peppermint...gingermint are nice for teas...gosh I guess I could go on and on..on the edge I had white and purple borage growing the flowers are great for salads and teas...small leaves cut up add a nice zing to salads......onion and garlic chives add good flavor ...I let some go to seed to use the flower also...Ok I shall stop for now...I do hope you take pictures of your planning and planting ...would be wonderful to see the whole thing come the life...:-)

Gardening
Y'shua is My Boss
"So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase."
1 Corinthians 3:7

This year I grew 2 types of basil, Purple Ruffles and Fino Verde (which is the small leaf, mounded type). The Fino Verde got real big, so that's the one I was constantly cutting for cooking. It has a good flavor. I grew 3 different kinds of thyme, but I only cooked with one of them once or twice. I find it easier & just as flavorful to used dried thyme. I had some fernleaf dill that was awesome, till the caterpillars ate it all! (I'd advise that if you're growing dill, plant WAY more than you need since it tends to attract caterpillars. On the up side, I had lots of butterflies this year!) I've also got rosemary, parsley, & oregano. Although I think I got the wrong kind of oregano...it's not very flavorful. Oh and lots of chives! I like to put fresh chives in my scrambled eggs. Yum! I just got a small bay leaf tree also. Although I'm going to wait till it's much bigger before I try to harvest and dry the leaves.
Next year I think I want to try to grow some Salad Burnett. They say it tastes like cucumber.
I wish you luck in establishing the gardens of your dreams. A blank slate can be both daunting and exciting. Can't wait to hear how it turns out.
--Sharry