Hardy Herbs

[Jenegade]

Can someone tell me which herbs are hardy, please.

I'm going to buy some small pots of herbs at the garden centre, but not sure which ones I can harden off and plant outside just now.

I know Chives are hardy, but that's it!

Thanks!

[MrsC]

Hi Jenegade, chives are hardy as you say, rosemary, bay, oregano, mint, curry plant, sage (can be killed off though with a bad winter) lemon balm, thyme, bronze fennel. Hope this helps

[Jenegade]

Hi Jenegade, chives are hardy as you say, rosemary, bay, oregano, mint, curry plant, sage (can be killed off though with a bad winter) lemon balm, thyme, bronze fennel. Hope this helps

Wow, there's a lot more hardy herbs than I thought there were! Thanks MrsC!

[Rocketron]

I have found that rosemary can also be killed off in a bad winter in its first year [mine grown from seed 2 years ago were this year] Parsley is also hardy as is all that MrsC mentioned in my experience :-)

[MrsC]

I have found that rosemary can also be killed off in a bad winter in its first year [mine grown from seed 2 years ago were this year] Parsley is also hardy as is all that MrsC mentioned in my experience :-)

Quite right Rocketron

[Alison]

Although parsley is pretty hardy I find that it doesn't taste as nice the following year so I always tend to grow fresh from seed every spring.

[coreopsis]

Must be something with the rosemary-both of my plants died this winter.If I get some new ones,should I protect them somehow from the frost?

[Alison]

I grow my herbs in pots outside the back door. In winter I move them all into the cold greenhouse which keeps them going for longer and gets them started earlier in the spring. Only lose the tender ones even after a hard winter.