My herb patch - suitable plants?

[Trix]

I wonder if anyone would mind commenting on my herb garden plans? I have cleared a space of bluebell bulbs to plant up with herbs (and perhaps salads - stuff I want near the kitchen door) and am hoping for some opinions on whether these plants are suitable? The patch is between a wall and the path and gets full afternoon/evening sun in the summer - I do have plenty of other space for plants that prefer shade.

I currently have basil, thyme, parsley, marjoram, fennel, sorrel, coriander, chives, sage, lemon balm, borage and leaf celery (mint is in pots and will stay in pots!). And a few rosemary twigs that aren't doing much, but haven't actually died yet! I'm really just wondering whether most of these will be happy planted together or whether some should be put elsewhere? I don't mind keeping the annuals in pots but would like to get the rest planted in the ground if possible.

I'd like to add others in the future so any suggestions would be great!

[Scarlet]

Some photos would be good, I'm not that good at visualising without one.
Lemon balm is very invasive so I'd put that in a pot as well as the mint. How big is the area? borage can grow into a large plant and will self seed easily.
Perhaps you could have a few varieties of the same herb? I grow a few varieties of mint, I love peppermint and chocolate mint and I also get a lot of use out of my garlic chives. Coriander for leaf and seed. I love thyme and I also grow the lemon variety for my fish. There's a lovely two colour sage that I also grow.

[Scarlet]

The mints in pots can be sunk in the ground.

[Trix]

Thanks very much. I've seen mint 'escape' from pots sunk into the ground so I'm a bit wary! I'll pot the lemon balm for now too. Borage is new to me so that's useful to know - I'll stick it in the front garden/flower area instead and it can self seed all it wants there.

As you can see it's not a huge space but there is room for expansion. There's loads of other room in the garden so it's not essential I get everything here; it's just the easiest spot. I was going to use the two-tier effect you can see in the close up picture once I'd dug out the bulbs.

Chocolate mint?! That sounds like a must have - I will definitely be hunting some down. Garlic chives sound amazing too.

Thanks for your comments so far.

[Snailfox]

The only thing I would say re. chives is that I recently planted some supermarket chives that I got, and since I was taking a punt on them anyway, i divide them, and each mini clump has done really well... so if you are thinking along similar lines then go for it. I find coriander really difficult....so grab someone more knowledgable than me for that one!

[Trix]

Thanks! I have two post of chives, recenlty divided from family's gardens, so that's all good (I never though of trying the supermarket ones - tried basil in the past and it worked once). I'm growing coriander from seed and having a lot more success that I've had from supermarket plants - we use loads so it's definitely worth a try if you like coriander. I'll chop and freeze any excess.

I love your username, btw

[Feral007]

French tarragon is good.

[summer]

And dill and sweet cicely. Two I would always want. I moved here just over a year ago and my herb garden now a year old has just had these two added.

[Ocelot]

When it comes to mint, banana mint is my fave (tender, but smells just like bananas!)