Showing posts with label Perennial Basil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Perennial Basil. Show all posts

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Lemongrass on the Verge


We have learnt that Lemongrass is a great barrier plant to stop other grasses invading gardens so split up and trimmed one of our large clumps. We ended up with nearly fifty stems which is great!  There is a great article here on how to propagate and other uses for Lemongrass. So I have planted it along the edge of our verge, leaving room for the postie and for pedestrians at the edge. I have also transplanted a small Lavender and Perennial Basil that I had recently planted in the back garden. Hopefully they will assist the bees and give some colour to this area as well. Meanwhile the Pomegranate and Sweet Potato vine that I was given have established themselves now.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Mexican Tarragon and Basil

The lovely flowers on this Mexican Tarragon are enough to brighten anyone's day.
We watched Gardening Australia last night and really enjoyed the segments on attracting predators and creating bird habitats. Our basil plants are always buzzing with bees...

Monday, June 6, 2011

Perennial Basil and Mexican Tarragon

We now have many Perennial Basil plants in our garden, all from just one original plant. We have also given away many small plants to others as it is such a fantastic plant. It is delicious as part of a Tomato and Basil salad, recipe here, or as the main ingredient in a Basil Pesto. As well, it attracts hundreds of bees and is beautiful to look at. Here you can see the Basil growing beside a Mexican Tarragon, we had no idea how lovely the flowers would be and are looking forward to tasting it soon.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Update 6th June 2010

Here is our entire apple crop this year, we chopped it up between three of us and enjoyed it, but have now planted the Apple trees in the garden in the hopes of getting more fruit.
We have put them in the large no dig garden in the back yard as it is actually too deep and a nuisance to reach for vegetables and herbs. So it will be better to have something that does not need picking all of the time and that we can espalier across the fence.
The Orange Tree in a pot still has three oranges on and as you can see they are ripening nicely, we are looking forward to tasting them soon.

As you can see the volunteer Tomato plants are still doing really well, though a tad difficult to pick. The Lemon Grass has grown a great deal, as has the Wormwood bush.



Also out the back and along the newly extended pool garden the transplanted Chives are doing well, as is the Marshmallow plant. The Stevia bush is really struggling so I have chopped it right back, but the Snow Pea seeds  have sprouted and I have now attached some wire to the fence posts which will hopefully make their task of climbing easier.

We have now extended the new front herb garden so the edge of the column and planted carrots in there.The Perennial Basil is now doing really well, though the Lemon Basil is struggling.

One of the Lillypilly bushes has now been planted and we are hoping to be able to hedge it as it grows, as it is so small it will be a while before we need to do that.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Extending Herb Gardens and planning to cool 18th April

Today I decided it was time to do something about the front porch. It gets so hot in summer and the heat radiates back into the house. We have recently planted a Virginia Creeper beside the front wall, but thought that a trellis in front of the arch for it to grow on would solve the heat in summer problem. It will take a while to grow, so best to start now!
 Eventually I want to dig up the front lawn in front of this garden and make a bigger arched Herb garden. The trellis also needs fixing up properly, but at least now it is on the way.

The plants in the garden, are Virginia Creeper, new plants are Perennial Basil, Lemon Basil, Lemon Variegated Thyme, Thai Coriander.Further forward the existing herbs in this garden are Oregano, Purple Sage, Sage, Chives, Rosemary, Thyme and Capers.