Never thought I would say this. We went to Home Depot for lumber yesterday and came home with these darlings, 'Boxwood' basil. I would say for the price run, don't walk over to your local Home Depot and see if they have some for you! The only downside is that they can't go in the ground yet and it is always a slippery slope in our house to have too many young herbs waiting to go in the ground. Basil especially does not like cold soil. Hopefully, it won't be long now before we can plant these in the herb garden. I have just the spot!
My master gardening friend gave us this mint last year and as you can see, it has come back very nicely. Oh, it is a silver mint, moderately invasive, relative of common spearmint and doubles as an ornamental. I have mint everywhere in the garden and have learned my lesson. In a container is the only way to have mint in your garden!
This last darling is my name sake, lemon verbena. An anonymous comment led me to show you how our lemon verbena weathered the winter. It was in a south facing window and did well until an attack of white flies really brought it back to reality! If it hadn't been attacked, it would probably be a little larger with larger leaves. It is rebounding rather well and it will go into the ground and we will have a new little one for this pot. It will not go out until all danger of frost is gone, mid-May or later. Always keep your eye on a 14 day temperature trend around this time of year. It lets you know when you can start planting those tender herbs like, basil or lemon verbena. Going on a road trip tomorrow to buy what else, herbs! Stay tuned. Haven't forgotten about those Zombie Chicken Awards either, really!
