Potted herb gardens can be grown strictly indoors, strictly outdoors, or using a happy combination of both places. Some have got this dual-growth method down to an easy science, potting their precious plants in large, wheeled pots for easy movement throughout the house and the yard. This can be ideal for those plants who are rather finicky about the amount of direct sunlight or shade that they receive on any given day. It is also much easier to shield them from the elements when they are on rolling planters, and these pots can be worked outdoors for less mess and aggravation, then rolled back into the house once the dirty job is over.
Growing herbs in pots allows for a certain amount of freedom and flexibility, and this is one of the main reasons that this hobby has spiked in popularity. Potted herb gardens can be designed and plotted, just as you would your outdoor flower or vegetable garden, to bring texture, beauty, and fragrance to any space within your walls. Because herbs tend to rejuvenate or be replaced quite often, you can change up your arrangements and designs easily with very little worry.
A popular way of displaying potted herb gardens is to tier them, either on garden window racks or on planter shelving, so that you can create a good amount of spacing and depth without having to grow a multitude of plants just for display. Perhaps the most important aspect of herb garden design is that having to do with the needs of each individual species. You might have an Italian herb garden that you need to set up, and these flavors and scents all mesh together very well, but the needs of thyme, for instance, as compared with the needs of rosemary are quite different.
A good rule of thumb when creating an herb garden design for your window planter or large round pot is to place those stall herbs, such as thyme, in the middle of the planter, or on the edge closest to the wall if you don’t have a garden window or wide sill. This method keeps taller plants who are sun lovers from crowding and shading the more tender plants in the pot. For oblong planters, the taller herbs should be placed in the middle as well, planting each other herb in progression to the smallest or most apt to climb or creep.
Glenna is an herb garden enthusiast that grows herbs for my culinary taste. I love trying new flavors by substituting a different herb in a recipe or by adding to the recipe. Visit my website http://www.GrowingHerbsYourself.com for more about herbs.
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