Catnip blooms from April to July and if cut back, blooms again. Other plants classed as herbs, but not necessarily edible, also thrive in my dry garden. Self-seeding annual calendulas add a bright spot of yellow and orange. Many lavender plants do well and add a year-round silvery presence. Although I have never planted it in the dry garden, dill frequently appears there and does well until harvested for potato salads. Oregano, another excellent pollinator plant, is slower to spread in a dry garden. Their beautiful flat heads of white flowers open late in summer.Īs with many herbal plants these are a favourite with pollinators. ‘Icterina’), add light and interest to the garden all season.īlue flowers are a bonus at the end of June.įatter-leaved than common chives, garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) have a garlic flavour. ‘Purparescens’), purple, pink, cream and green (S. Variegated-leaf forms of grey and purple (S. Sage (Salvia officionalis) also does very well. It’s blooming now with white, pink, or blue flowers. Another herb that self-seeded and has been useful along the street is hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis). Wooly thyme is a fairly rapid growing ground cover.Įlfin thyme, dense, and a slower-growing ground cover works well between flagstones, as does mother-of-thyme. Not classed as edible herbs, creeping thymes are excellent in my garden. There are also variegated-leaf forms such as silver thyme (T. They flourish even though the plough dumps gritty snow on them every winter. I used its seedlings to fill in a challenging slope down to the street. Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) has thrived there for years. Some have survived the tough conditions in my sunny xeriscape garden: dry, nutrient-poor sandy soil plus tree roots that compete with plants for any rainfall. Several versatile herbs commonly grown in our food gardens are decorative enough for the flower border and are also drought-tolerant.
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