TEXTURE HERBSCAPE

When designing an herb garden or herbscape there are several factors to take into consideration including theme, “flower power,” foliage color, texture and form.  This herbscape is all about the texture and includes fine, medium and coarse textured herbs plus additional characteristics within each such as soft or prickly.  Clustering 3-5 plants can create a huge visual effect and when merged into each other allows the garden to have continuous flow.  A texture herbscape could also simply combine one herb of each texture in a large container.

FINE:

chives
curry

* dill
fennel/bronze fennel
lavender
lemon grass
tarragon

MEDIUM:

basil

catnip

germander

* lady’s mantle

nasturtium

oregano

parsley

sage

thyme

COARSE:

angelica
borage
cardoon
scented geraniums

* horehound
lamb’s ear
milk thistle
rosemary

 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.”
Psalm 24:1-2