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If you like to cook with herbs but do not have much space, you can still grow them using wooden planters. Their beautiful foliage makes a pleasing alternative to summer flowers and their scented leaves have a sensory impact.
The best herbs for planters are those you use regularly but in small amounts; when You want large handfuls of parsley for a fish sauce or basil to make pesto, it is better to buy a bunch than to strip the leaves from an entire Plant.
As a rule, herbs look best in traditional wooden garden planters that will add to the tranquil feeling that herbs give to an area. Make sure the planter has lots of drainage holes before you start to plant it and position it near a sunny seat if you want to enjoy the fragrance.
When you are planting
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Plants for your Planters
| To help you select the best plants for your planters. Here is a list of two hundred plants, with pictures, for planters listed by colour & season .
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several herbs in a single planter, choose varieties that do not grow too quickly and avoid mint, which can overwhelm a mixed garden planter in a matter of weeks. All mints are better confined to individual planters.
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Before you plant up your planters, consider the shape of the plant and the colour and texture of its leaves. Most culinary herbs have variegated forms, or varieties with leaves in gold, silver-grey, blue, purple or cream as well as green. It is easy to find herbs that look beautiful and still retain
all their flavour.Tall herbs, such as angelica, fennel and lovage, make an impressive display planted one or two to a planter and placed where they can make a bold statement. They need a planter large enough to balance their height, and heavy enough to remain stable in windy weather.
Some shrubby herbs, such as rosemary and bay, make sizable plants and can be trained into pyramids, balls or informal half-standards. Once established, they will not need to be re-potted for several years.
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