Herbs Provide Beauty, Fragrance and Flavor

Herbs are popular garden plants. Some are grown for their culinary qualities. They add the distinct flavor of our favorite cuisine. Others are medicinal, providing health benefits. Still others contain essential oils valued for their fragrance. Many herbs bear attractive flowers and some attract and nourish beneficial insects.

Traditional herb gardens provide symmetric design in a landscape. Yet herbs are not just for the herb garden. They work well in vegetable and flower gardens, in mixed contain plantings or scattered about the landscape.

Consider using herbs in unique ways in your landscape. Plant a group of herbs for making flavored teas. Intersperse herbs with blooms that feed beneficial insects in your vegetable garden. Use trailing herbs to spill over the edge of a container. Place a few fragrant herbs along a garden path.

Check out the resources in this section to learn which herbs do well in central Texas and some of their uses.