Are you browsing the flower markets looking for the right perennials for the garden? Choose herbs that will be of benefit, but also for beauty. We know which ones they are.
Perhaps when growing herbs outside the window, you have come to the conclusion that it will not last more than one season. But it's not true. If you choose herb perennials correctly and put them where they will thrive, they will keep you company for years.
Lavender
In recent years, it is the most popular decorative drug, which with its beauty and smell will enchant almost everyone. When choosing a plant for the flower bed, be careful where you shop. To sell you a frost-resistant variety that can handle even a drop below – 28 °C. It is Lavandula angustifolia, a number of other species originally come from North Africa or Spain and need to be taken in containers and transferred to the house for the cold season. Lavender suits a sunny habitat with a cleaner clay sandy alkaline soil. Depending on the species, they grow to a height from 20 to 60 cm. It will attract not only bees, but also butterflies to the garden. In spring, cut the bushes to a third of the height. Dried lavender repels moths, makes it tea to soothe or skin water.
Thyme
Growing and using fragrant thyme Like our mother-in-old, it smells beautiful. In the garden you can buy a variety of varieties distinguished by color, but also by the smouth. Like lemon, from which you can brew great tea.
Thyme is great for soup, meat, fish or stuffing. If he takes over, he'll be in one place for years. Like Lavender, he likes sunny habitat and permeable soil. It grows to a height of 20 cm and a width of 30 cm. Thyme is good for digestion, helps with drainage and my disinfectant effects.
Sage is suitable for beds and for containers such as on the balcony. It is a plant quite unpretentious, which copes well with even drought. It is suitable for selly seeded places with alkaline and permeable soil.
The most common is the medicinal sage sage (Salvia officinalis), which is as healthy as it is beautiful. It grows from 30 to 50 cm with evergreen to silvery leaves and a nice drawing. After the first flower, cut it off and she will bloom five. But since the end of August, we've been not cutting it to make it winch well. Other varieties of herbs can have the color of flowers white, pink and red. Sage has disinfectant effects, it is good for digestion, so chefs recommend adding it to baking heavy belly or lamb. She's great with venison.
Mint
He is responsible for his comeback to the Czech gardens because of the popularity of the mojito cocktail. But even without white rum and cane sugar, it's great. Just a few tickets in the water and you have a refreshing drink. When you choose lemon juice to grow, you don't even have to add lemon. Even mint likes sunny habitats, permeable soil and otherwise it is very unpretentious. Just be careful that it grows rapidly and has a habit of ousting neighbors, you can prevent it by planting it in a larger container, and then you put it in a manhole, or maybe you can set it up with tin barriers. The new tea is good for digestion and in addition will prevent the smell of st. just watch out for the almond butter, which has been starting to appear on the stands lately. How to deal with it can be found HERE.
Melissa
Brine from dried or fresh lemon balm is great for calming nerves and stomachs. Dried leaves will be used for a bath, which will help with headaches or with oily skin.Even lemon balm tends to grow too. When it is about 30 centimeters or more, you can simply trim it about 10 to 15 cm above the ground in summer. Tie it into bundles and dry in the shade. As previously described herbs need a sunny habitat and permeable soil.
Chives
Folkly speaking, snytlik belongs to the genus garlic. It has a typical sharp taste and smells a bit like onions. In addition to being chopped great on bread with butter or boiled potatoes also blooms beautifully pink. She's very unpretentious and basically a roste herself. All he needs is a sunny habitat and lighter ground. You can fertilize it with ripe compost. Whole sheets are not very good for freezing. But you can chop it and wrap it in a piece of sheet of sheeting or freeze it in an ice cube, which you then throw straight into the cooked soup.