Zero for lemon verbenas. We had such a mild winter and I still lost plants, but ones that were inside. We (or The Herbal Husband) get carried away with potting tender herbs up and bringing them in. This year was a bit different. We both paid less attention to what was growing or not growing inside. We lost the savory varieties I was going to talk about. We lost several scented geraniums. Some did survive. And again I killed a lemon verbena in my garden and the one we brought inside croaked too!
In better herbal news, we got four (Yes, you read that correctly.) rosemarys through the winter. I have always heard that a dry rosemary is a dead one. So to get four through in great shape is an herbal miracle! So the varieties are two creeping (can't be more specific), two upright varieties, one called 'Spice Islands' and one called 'Golden Rain' that has a gold variegation. You can definitely find the creeping variety of rosemary here in the 'Burgh and maybe 'Spice Islands'. 'Golden Rain' was developed by Thomas DeBaggio and I got mine last year on the way to the national herb society meeting at DeBaggio's Herb Farm & Nursery in Chantilly, VA. Just got their latest catalog in the mail and it is a very good resource for how to grow rosemary. They don't do mail order, but you can subscribe to their catalog. It is a good one.
We are supposed to get rain today after eight days of none. We have been moving plants around in the garden and maybe I will talk about that next time. Still trying to get the inside of the house moved around! Hope you are having a great day. Talk to you later!
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