Several questions really.
In a dedicated herb garden, have you mixed in spring blooming bulbs such as crocus, muscari, chionodoxa, puschkinia, scilla, galanthus and eranthis hyemalis?
In lawns, do creeping herbs smother spring blooming bulbs?
I'm thinking of doing parts of the lawn in Roman Chamomile ( anthemis nobilis), Corsican Mint ( mentha requienii )and a thyme (thymus serpyllum) "The Thyme Garden" says only grows 1/2 inch tall.
Can I forget about what is hiding underneath? Will my spring bulbs come up next year?
To expand it a bit, what is your experience in planting other things in the herb garden? Anyone have an eggplant or pepper mixed in? Or vice versa, does anyone put a mix of herbs in their vegetable garden?
This message was edited Mar 7, 2009 10:28 PM
Spring flowering bulbs in herb gardens. Your experience?
I do a lot of bulbs (to put it mildly)--you can over plant most bulbs that are at least 6" high with any shallow rooted plant (key word shallow roots). I use low growing annuals (like alyssum, portulaca, etc) at the same times bulbs emerge and grow. And when they are dormant, you can use almost anything over them as long as they have shallow roots. I have a lot of daff's covered with oregano and thyme when they are dormant. Key term shallow rooted overplantings.
I've got a few daffodils and the occasional tulip in some mixed herb borders.
And I definitely have some veggies mixed in here and there. You can see the broccoli in with the herbs in this pic.
