More Herb Garden Suggestions
FRENCH TARRAGON: A wonderful cooking herb that grows very well here in Zone 9. Dies back in the winter, then returns in the spring. There is an herb called Mexican Tarragon that smells and looks nice, but in my opinion is inferior for cooking purposes.
PARSLEY: You can grow the traditional Curly Leaf variety, but I prefer the Italian Flat Leaf variety. It’s tasty and very productive. One thing that surprised me about it this last year was that it never died out in my garden once winter came. Being an Annual Herb, it should have died, but it’s still out there growing like hell.
LEMON VERBENA: This makes a great tea and adds a wonderful lemony scent and flavor to whatever you put it into. It can be trained and pruned to grow into a small treelike shape, so it can look very attractive in the garden. Very easy to grow.
DILL: Tasty and beautiful plant that will attract butterflies. It will also reseed and take over your garden with a jihadlike frenzy. Grows in crappy soil or good soil.
FENNEL: You can’t really make good Italian sausage without fennel seeds. The Bronze Fennel is what you grow for seeds, while the Florence Fennel is grown for the very delicious semi-underground bulb it produces. Like dill, it is very pretty and attracts butterflies. Unlike dill, fennel is not quite so eager to spread all over the place.
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