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Some “must-have” French herb plants include:
- Thyme.
- Rosemary.
- Basil.
- Tarragon.
- Marjoram.
- Lavender.
- Summer and winter savory.
- Chives.
- How do you make a French potager garden?
- What is a French potager?
- Which herbs take over the garden?
- How do you layout an herb garden?
- What is a French garden called?
- What can you grow in a potager garden?
- What flowers are in a French garden?
- What is a vegetable garden called?
- What herbs should not be planted together?
- What herbs come back every year?
- What herbs reseed themselves?
How do you make a French potager garden?
When Bartley designs a potager, she follows a six basic guidelines:
- Create Some Kind of Enclosure. Bartley's idea of an enclosure is a border that can range from natural plantings to hardscapes. ...
- Plant the Potager Close to the House. ...
- Include Blooming Plants. ...
- Grow in Raised Beds. ...
- Plan for Pathways. ...
- Add Beauty for All Seasons.
What is a French potager?
In the French kitchen garden or potager, gardeners have intermingled vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs since medieval times. ... They also create gardens where local fauna, including birds, insects, and even reptiles feel at home.
Which herbs take over the garden?
Some herbs become invasive, crowd other plants, and even take over a garden. Tansy (shown), catnip, comfrey, horseradish, lemon balm, hops, artemisia, all kinds of mint, and some other herbs spread aggressively via underground runners unless you control them.
How do you layout an herb garden?
Position shorter herbs, such as parsley and marjoram, at the front of the garden, often the south side. Low-growing herbs including thyme, Roman chamomile and yarrow look attractive when placed at the edges of the garden. Sun-loving herbs, including basil and sage, also get plenty of light at the front of the garden.
What is a French garden called?
The French formal garden, also called the jardin à la française (literally, "garden in the French manner" in French), is a style of garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature.
What can you grow in a potager garden?
Ornamental plants, which are usually included in a potager, can really come into their own here – orange calendula, pink echinacea, golden sunflowers, electric blue cornflowers, and nasturtiums in yellow, orange and red.
What flowers are in a French garden?
The key elements of a French Provincial garden can be easily replicated. Typical plants include olive trees, slender cypress pines, lavender and rose bushes, and climbing wisteria and jasmine. Large country gardens in Provence will often have a vast lawn that meets a vineyard, lavender field, prairie or olive grove.
What is a vegetable garden called?
A vegetable garden (also known as a vegetable patch or vegetable plot) is a garden that exists to grow vegetables and other plants useful for human consumption, in contrast to a flower garden that exists for aesthetic purposes. It is a small-scale form of vegetable growing.
What herbs should not be planted together?
Carrots and anise (Pimpinella anisum, USDA zones 4-9) should be kept separate, and rue and basil make poor companions for plants in the Brassica genus. Rosemary should be kept away from other herbs as well as all potatoes, carrots and members of the Cucurbita genus.
What herbs come back every year?
But a bonus of perennial herbs is that many of them are as attractive as they are tasty, making them functional beyond the kitchen.
- Sage. Sage is a good example of a double-duty plant. ...
- Thyme and Oregano. ...
- Chives. ...
- Mint.
What herbs reseed themselves?
There are so many herbs that will happily self-seed in your garden-farm. Calendula, chamomile, chives, fennel, borage, oregano, basil, cilantro, dill, parsley, and horseradish to name a few. Some are self-seeding annuals, other self-seeding perennials, and it is useful to know the difference.
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