I've decided it's time to try mint again. The last time I had it, I followed the tried-and-true advice to plant it in a pot, and plunge the pot into the soil. Daily that plant sent out runners faster than I could snip them back - ACK!
So this time, I'm going to try something a little different. My new herb garden is going to be roughly 4'x4' with a sundial atop a pedestal in the middle. I'm thinking of getting some urn-shaped planters and setting either one on each side of the pedestal, or even four of them, set around the pedestal.
One (or maybe two, if I do four) can hold mint, but I'd like a couple other low-growing/trailing annual herbs to fill up the other two.
(I thought about Thyme, but it tends to become a little scruffy and straggly after the summer heat, so I'm really looking for something that will remain lush and full throughout the summer.)
The rest of the bed will be filled with herbs, both annual and perennial. I'll probably do some tight basils in the corners to complete the "formal" look...
Any ideas?
Need some ideas for "trailing" herbs
gv... there is a lovely low-growing (creeping) rosemary that probably would drape nicely, and it has pretty tiny pink flowers. (Pennyroyal would drape, too, but it can self-seed everywhere.)
Tropaeolum majus - Nasturtium, the compact types can trail well over a pot edge.
Origanum onites - Marjoram
Origanum vulgare - Oregano
Salvia officinalis 'Prostratus' - Prostrate Sage
Thymus pseudolaginosus - Woolly Thyme might do better in your climate than the not to woolly thymes
Trigonella foenum-graecum - Fenugreek
Atriplex hortensis (and hortensis rubra) - Orach, ok not a trailer but do well in containers
Mentha requienii - Corsican Mint
Sedum rosea - Roseroot
Fragaria vesca - Wild Strawberry