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Hi, I'm Scott Reil and on behalf expertvillage.com I like to talk to you about perennial gardens.
A lot of people seems to think there is a mystery about herbs, that there might be special
secrets we need to know but basically you can treat a lot of the herbs just like any
other perennials in your garden. Most of the herbs in this area here are perennial herbs
and they do come back forming year after year. We would take a look at a couple of different
kinds that you can use in your garden and they will come back to you. The first ones
are thyme. Thyme is that great scent, that great flavor a Mediterraneans food. I like
the English thymes that gives me a great thyme flavor but it is not the only kind of thyme.
Another thyme that I'm really fond of is the lemon thyme, thyme citrus odorless. The beauty
of this one is not just in that lemony yellow color but it got a lemony yellow flavor to
it as well. It really spices up fish dishes and things with a nice clean lemon scent and
you don't have to put any lemon into it at all. Well we are talking about Mediterraneans
flavors well there is no more Mediterranean herbs then oregano. This is the flavor that
makes kids love pizza, really spices up your pasta, it is a great herb and this one is
really reliably perennial. Maybe a little to reliable perennial it can really get running
around in the garden if you are not careful. Another plant that everybody is really happy
that I grow every Thanksgiving is sage. Salvia Leucantha, sage comes back almost like a shrub,
it is really to take care of and it grows to be a nice big side in the garden. Plus
it got this wonderful gray-green color it really kind of contrast with a lot of the
other green colors that we do see in the herb garden. Rosemary's, rosemary's aren't generally
perennial up and around the neck of my woods. My dad on the other hand has a mountain of
shrubs in his yard in Tunisian and there is time that I live down there so I could grow
it cause it is really one of my favorites. It is a fantastic flavor on poultry or beef
it is a really strong flavor it stands up to everything. This year I had tried one called
hills hardy and supposedly this one is going to be harvesting in my neck of the woods,
we would see I killed a couple of rosemary's out here already experimenting. But wish me
luck. Here is another one that I don't need to worry about much it is Artemisia Dracunculoides
it is a Russian tarragon now this one is coming back in it's second year and I think it is
really going to be a star. I have seen this one grow big in a shurby kind thing it is
a zone three hardy plant so I never have to worry if that one is going to come back for
me. Even the roughest winter is not going to give me a problem. So think about perennial
herbs for your perennial garden or for your herb garden, they are easy to grow, they are
great addition to your cooking and everybody would think that your a culinary *** when
they taste how wonderful your dishes taste with fresh herbs.