Herbs for beginners: the ten best for the balcony and garden
Created: 08/09/2022, 02:00 p.m
By: Ines Alms
Whether as a spice or as a scented plant - the easier it is to care for a herb, the more popular it is in hobby gardening.
Here are the best recommendations.
1/10Sage grows fast, likes full sun and pruning.
This promises a good harvest.
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2 / 10Cress is very easy to grow yourself from seeds in the smallest of spaces.
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3 / 10The annual shrub basil grows fast and bushy.
Perfect for bees and tomato mozzarella.
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4 / 10The hardy savory does not need much water and also thrives very well on the balcony.
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5 / 10Chives should be harvested before buds form - but with blooms they are a showstopper.
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6 / 10 Not too dry, not too wet and enough light - the parsley is happy with that.
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7 / 10If you water mint enough, it will grow like crazy.
Growing in pots makes sense to slow them down.
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8/10Oregano is a hardy perennial that prefers poor soil.
You don't have to fertilize, only water when it's very hot.
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9 / 10Lemon balm likes it sunny, just don't let it dry out.
If you cut it, it forms new shoots.
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10 / 10For thyme to grow well, it should be placed in a larger pot after purchase, preferably in potting soil mixed with sand.
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Herbs are actually the perfect plants: they attract bees and bumblebees with their flowers, they drive away annoying animals and pests with their smell and of course they are indispensable in the kitchen as spices.
To top it all off, it would be nice if you didn't have to worry about them at all.
This is also not necessary if you opt for certain low-maintenance varieties that do not demand much from both the novice gardener and the lazybones, apart from a little water and the harvest effort.
This picture gallery contains a few inspirations for the balcony and garden, for pots or beds.