| Potted herb gardens can be grown strictly indoors, | | | | A popular way of displaying potted herb gardens is |
| strictly outdoors, or using a happy combination of | | | | to tier them, either on garden window racks or on |
| both places. Some have got this dual-growth method | | | | planter shelving, so that you can create a good |
| down to an easy science, potting their precious | | | | amount of spacing and depth without having to grow |
| plants in large, wheeled pots for easy movement | | | | a multitude of plants just for display. Perhaps the |
| throughout the house and the yard. This can be ideal | | | | most important aspect of herb garden design is that |
| for those plants who are rather finicky about the | | | | having to do with the needs of each individual |
| amount of direct sunlight or shade that they receive | | | | species. You might have an Italian herb garden that |
| on any given day. It is also much easier to shield | | | | you need to set up, and these flavors and scents all |
| them from the elements when they are on rolling | | | | mesh together very well, but the needs of thyme, |
| planters, and these pots can be worked outdoors for | | | | for instance, as compared with the needs of |
| less mess and aggravation, then rolled back into the | | | | rosemary are quite different. |
| house once the dirty job is over. | | | | A good rule of thumb when creating an herb garden |
| Growing herbs in pots allows for a certain amount of | | | | design for your window planter or large round pot is |
| freedom and flexibility, and this is one of the main | | | | to place those stall herbs, such as thyme, in the |
| reasons that this hobby has spiked in popularity. | | | | middle of the planter, or on the edge closest to the |
| Potted herb gardens can be designed and plotted, | | | | wall if you don't have a garden window or wide sill. |
| just as you would your outdoor flower or vegetable | | | | This method keeps taller plants who are sun lovers |
| garden, to bring texture, beauty, and fragrance to | | | | from crowding and shading the more tender plants in |
| any space within your walls. Because herbs tend to | | | | the pot. For oblong planters, the taller herbs should |
| rejuvenate or be replaced quite often, you can | | | | be placed in the middle as well, planting each other |
| change up your arrangements and designs easily with | | | | herb in progression to the smallest or most apt to |
| very little worry. | | | | climb or creep. |