Fall Is For Planting!

09/19/2006
For those interested in expanding their herb gardens next spring, fall is an excellent time to get ahead by planting perennial herbs. Fall planting allows perennial herbs to become better rooted than herbs planted in spring and consequently better able to resist the heat and drought of summer. It also reduces the amount of labor necessary in the garden in the spring and allows the gardener to concentrate on short season annuals. Perennial herbs which do well if planted in the fall include all types of mints, lovage, feverfew, oregano, sage, thyme, liquorice, rue, sorrel, tansy and valerian.

Fall is also an excellent time to plant some cool weather annuals and biennials. Cilantro and dill, which are cool weather annuals, thrive in the cool of autumn and will grow much longer than they do when planted in summertime. Parsley (a cool weather biennial) also thrives when planted in September or October, and will give you two seasons of prolific growth.