So what is everyone's favorite herbs to grow? I want to start an herb garden but I really only want the very easiest of herbs.

Basil is pretty easy. When I first planted it, it was attacked by bugs, but I left it, and it made a recovery and the bugs didn't come back. As a warnings, it can grow a few feet tall, so make sure you leave enough space if you decide to grow basil. I love pesto, so it was an absolute must.

I'm currently growing rosemary (easy in a warm climate,bought as a plant), basil (hard to get started from seed but does well once established,it's annual), oregano (hard to start from nearly micoscopic seeds), parsley (hard to start, but easy once it gets going, biennial), and lemon balm (very easy).

I have sage, parsley, basil, oregano, lemon grass, (my mint refuses to grow! and it is supposed to grow like a weed!?)

Does rosemary grow from a cutting? I tried but it didn't survive....but maybe that was me?

Repeat after me, "Mint is evil" The stuff is a freaking weed. It doesnt stop spreading and now it's expanding out of the garden into the grass :evil:

I'd love to have an "herb garden" too. :naughty:

actually I agree with mint. It is a weed!! Grow it in a pot if you must.

Curly-leaf parsley is a cinch to grow. As is rosemary if you start from a plant and keep it watered. Every time I attempt basil, it dies on me.
Chives are pretty easy to grow too...

I couldn't get mint to grow from seed, I guess I'll buy a plant and be sure to put it where I won't care if it spreads.

I'm also growing non-culinary, medicinal herbs - passionflower (sleep), valerian (sleep), mullein (respiratory), evening primrose (nervous system, general health aid), hyssop (respiratory). I hope to add to these until I have a complete garden for basic health care.

As others have said, mint is a freaking weed! Don't plant it in the ground if you don't want a yard full of mint. But mint grows well in a hanging basket. Within a few months of warm weather, it should hang over the sides of the basket and look rather nice, IMHO.

I have rosemary and basil growing as well. Unfortunately, my chives were DOA this year (never came up), or else I'd have some of them.

I'd suggest that you should try growing the herbs you use in cooking. I believe that the common herbs are usually pretty easy to grow, and a good nursery should have the plants in stock for the varieties that are hard to start from seed.

Basil, and dill. They're easy and tasty! But supposedly basil has a possibly carcinogenic compound in it? I don't know what's up with my chives, either- maybe they're old.

I grew some summer savory this year. My diet includes quite a few beans, and supposedly this herb goes very well with them. It grows slowly, though. I might dig it up and grow it in a window this winter.

My catnip died. The neighborhood cats got it.

As others have said, mint is a freaking weed! Don't plant it in the ground if you don't want a yard full of mint. But mint grows well in a hanging basket. Within a few months of warm weather, it should hang over the sides of the basket and look rather nice, IMHO.

I have rosemary and basil growing as well. Unfortunately, my chives were DOA this year (never came up), or else I'd have some of them.

I'd suggest that you should try growing the herbs you use in cooking. I believe that the common herbs are usually pretty easy to grow, and a good nursery should have the plants in stock for the varieties that are hard to start from seed.

That's too bad. Chives always seem to be the first up in the spring.

I have a rosemary bush that is like a large shruub.. also lots of basil, curly-leaf parsley, oregano, thyme and sage. I have pots on my porch full of flowers surrounded by varigated sage and it is SO pretty!

I love mint and grow it as a ground-cover in areas of my yard where nothing else will grow, or the dog tends to trample... I just mow it down with the weed-wacker every few weeks and it keeps on staying pretty and green (and smells great too!) I have pineapple mint and cinnamon mint mixed in with regular peppermint and the color variation is beautiful!

Dill grows easily, and I discovered leomn grass is pretty and works well in my patio pots as well - makes a nice accent in my geraniums!

How about lavendar? I also grow tons of that, it smells heavenly, and you can actually use it in some recipes too... I hang bunches of it all over the house to dry during the fall/winter and it makes the whole house smell nice...

Basil. Comes up awesome and really easy to pick around and keep it coming despite heavy harvesting. Also, although not really an herb - chives. They grow like there is no tomorrow.

I love mint and grow it as a ground-cover in areas of my yard where nothing else will grow, or the dog tends to trample... I just mow it down with the weed-wacker every few weeks and it keeps on staying pretty and green (and smells great too!) I have pineapple mint and cinnamon mint mixed in with regular peppermint and the color variation is beautiful!


Oooo! I like that! It's probably too dry here for me to grow mint as a groundcover, but I might be able to do it with thyme and oregano.

How about lavendar? I also grow tons of that, it smells heavenly, and you can actually use it in some recipes too... I hang bunches of it all over the house to dry during the fall/winter and it makes the whole house smell nice...

I've had so much trouble with lavender. I tried twice to grow it from seeds and nothing happened.


Have any of you ever heard of putting human hair clippings into the ground to increase the protein in the soil?

I also tried growing lavender from seed and nothing came up. I'm going to try again with plants, because I love it so much! There is a lavender farm not too far from where I live, so I know it should grow well here.

Indoors: basil, italian parsely, and oregano (because those are the ones I use all the time for cooking and my space is limited.)

Outdoors: basil, lemmon basil, italian parsely, rosmary, chives, cilantro, and dill.

I planted some basil seeds in a pot indoors in April, and now they are about 1/2 inch high! Why are they growing so slow?

All my herbs are in pots indoors now since I live in an apt and it's getting cold here. My oregano is growing like mad, but all the thyme died.

question- is it possible to divide herbs? Like, take half the bunch of oregano and start it in a new pot or will that kill them?

question- is it possible to divide herbs? Like, take half the bunch of oregano and start it in a new pot or will that kill them?
If the roots aren't too badly tangled up, it should be fine as long as you make sure to take extra good care of the new pot the forst week or two. the the roots are really badly tangled, you might just kill both plants trying to seperate them.

ive gotten lavendar to grow in a pot. i planted it from seeds and it took almost 2 months for it to be a viable plant when everything else i planted was easily growing. i hear it likes sandy soil maybe thats the
problem. i used miracle grow, its no where near as big as my other plants.

I'm hoping to try to grow herbs inside my apartment this year... Sounds like basil and oregano are good ones to start with? Any others that are relatively easy starter herbs?

My new lavender seeds sprouted and now I have dozens of tiny lavender plants!

They like me! They really like me!:bobo:

This is definitely the good time of year to start perennials here, everything is sprouting and growing like crazy!