An herb garden is a wonderful place – soft colors, rich scents, and the drone of contented bees. Experimenting with foliage contrasts is great fun – spires of rosemary with spiky clumps of chives; smoky wisps of fennel, chervil, and dill with dense mats of thyme; fronds of bright green parsley with a ferny haze of sweet cicely. Try planting them in patterns, between the spokes of an old cartwheel, for instance – though only the neater, fewer rampant herbs such as basil should be used in such a confined space. You can also divide them into small beds edged with weathered brick; bricks and herbs are a lovely combination.
That’s the ideal, of course, but if you can’t spare the space for a whole herb plot, plant them in beds and borders. Grow thyme close to paths where you’ll brush past and release the scent. Edge a formal border with a line of chives. Plant fennel as a foil for roses.
In small gardens, grow herbs in pots in a sunny spot. Clay pots, though more expensive than plastic, always look good with herbs, and you can cluster around them together to make a miniature herb garden.
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