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([personal profile] arliss May. 22nd, 2005 06:48 pm)
Happy now. Lemon grass, two basils: pineapple and sweet, silver-edged, lemon, red creeping and wooly thymes, lemon verbena, golden and garden sages, French lavender and augustafolia, and two patchouli plants! One of the Russian sages is coming back from the roots, and the oregano and chives are going gangbusters. Now all we need are two or three hibiscus: a double apricot and a scarlet-throated single yellow, and/or a single red. And maybe a wave petunia or two, if I find one I like.

From: [identity profile] jonquil.livejournal.com


Sounds lovely. Are the Wave petunias the ones that don't need deadheading? As an adult, I've avoided petunias because just the word brings back sticky-fingered nastiness.

From: [identity profile] amaliedageek.livejournal.com


Oh, dear Lord, yes.

::shuddering at the memory of July summers in Pennsylvania, deadheading Mom's flower bed::
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From: [personal profile] fufaraw


Generally, they don't need deadheading. I love the way they bloom themselves silly all season, up until frost. They do very well in pots; in beds they spread, so that can be a good thing or a bad one, depending on how much space you can allow them.

From: [identity profile] amaliedageek.livejournal.com


And you've just reminded me that I need to water the basils in the back: I'm picking some to toss into the sun-dried tomato cream sauce we're having on the pasta tonight (fresh mozzarella-stuffed tortellini).

What does red creeping thyme look like? The rest sounds as if it smells delicious!
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From: [personal profile] fufaraw


Well, so far it's tiny-leaved, dark green, and smells divine. I can see a reddish cast to the underside of some of the stems, and in a certain light, the green leaves darken and look like they'll shade to red, too. It's tendril-y and low-growing, rather than upright or bushy. I can't wait to get it into a planter with some other plants and see how it does.
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From: [personal profile] fufaraw


Well, right now they're still in their little square plastic nursery pots, in a planting tray on the table outside. Once they're in their various planters and pots, I'll try and take some pictures. But as I told the cashier at The Briar Patch, "This will be the olfactory portion of our pot garden." None of these plants looks like much. I love them for the scent--individually and mingled--especially when I move among them, watering.

You need to come smell!

From: [identity profile] charlotte-buff.livejournal.com


I'd love to come smell! Need to start looking at flight prices for a weekend visit. Missing you muchly.

From: [identity profile] gingerk.livejournal.com


This spring I've planted parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, spearmint, genovese basil, spicy globe basil, lemongrass, dill and cilantro, plus tomatoes, hot peppers, squash and cucumbers. I already had the unsinkable mountain mint and lemon balm. I wish I could teleport extra plants of those to you. I'm really pleased to have a garden again. Even though the lemon balm tends to take over, I love just smelling the leaves.

Isn't it time to start planning our next get together?

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From: [personal profile] fufaraw


How did I miss this comment. Oh, I'd love mountain mint and lemon balm--I did find lemon verbena, which is lovely, but I'm greedy.

And yes, yes it should be time for us to get together again.

From: [identity profile] sail-aweigh.livejournal.com


Damn it, woman, I've got four pots already! Don't make me wish I had more.

/whine.

Seriously, I love the combined smell of my herb trough. The only thing I don't have this year is any kind of veggies planted. Hmmm, may call for another trough. No, no! No. Keep saying it, Ellen, you'll believe it eventually.
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