[jools68]

Would sage be a good one to use? i have 20 or so cuttings i did last year,i have a bit(approx 1ft drop) of an embankment on one side of the allotment which is just grass and a pain to keep strimmed!it is fenced in a fashion(on top) by next door but i think it would look neater too if i had a hedge of plants going down it ??

[Christine]

Sage does get woody after a few years and might need replacing. Same goes for a lot of herbs - lavender is often used as an edging plant but the same goes. 

[snowdrops]

Worth a try, you can always get more cuttings to replace in a few years. It should be well drained, herbs like that

[jools68]

Hi Thanks,i did think about about lavender  christine  but i would of had to buy them so i thought i would just try and use what i have this yr for a quick fix,i do have rosemary i can take cuttings to incorporate as time goes by 
 
Thanks snowdrops,they should drain well as its a embankment,ive notice how woody they get with trimming mine in the garden,i think i will have to dig it out as it swamping my chives 

[Christine]

Rosemary does go woody too but if you keep bringing on cuttings every couple of years then your hedge will be good and edible for many years. And cost free of course.

[3759allen]

sage and rosemary would be a good idea, they don't seem fussy on soil conditions so even better. you could also plant tyme as ground cover.

could also dot in many other herbs (these will need replacing every year) or let some go to seed and try sort of a wild herb garden.

[jools68]

Thanks Allen,i was still debating today while i was digging,i was wondering how my sage & rosemary cuttings would fair in their 1st yr when there could be potatoes growing next to them etc, i need to take some pics the bank is'nt high sloping  that i will plant them on but i need to plant something so im not strimming or fighting couch grass constantly.
The adjacent plot isnt perfectly tended at the boundary so i know i will have to keep weeding whatever i plant
I figure its a case plant nothing and weed kill the bank or shrubby woody herbs and see how it goes?
The wild herb garden i sow on the 1st allotment plus glads,cannas,dahlias etc and i can never grow enough coriander  i love it !

 

[Headgardener22]

Lavender, Sage & Rosemary all grow well from seed. There's nothing in the first year but the second year they are great. I grew a load for the table centres for my daughters wedding last year and now I've got lots which I have planted around the garden. I sowed them as plug plants in 2014 and overwintered them in 7cm pots.

[jools68]

Hi Headgarener,ive got approx 20 sage cutting i took last yr in 11cm pots and a few rosemary,the sage looks miserable but its probably because of wet weather i have nowhere sheltered to put them as my GH and Potshed are crammed full,do you think i could get away with planting them now seen as its still mild? thanks julie