It's not often that a plant's leaves are more celebrated and more recognisable than its flowers. Not unless they are a herb or a vegetable of course. Before I had
my own vegetable garden, I never gave this much thought; herbs just came in sleeves from the fridge section of the supermarket, right?
But in the last few months, I have had the chance to observe the life cycle of my herbs from start to finish. So I've discovered that herbs have flowers. Lovely flowers. And apparently many are edible too. I like to add them to salads, uncooked. It pretties up even the most boring salad.
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| Rocket |
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| Rocket seedpods and flowers | |
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| Sage |
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| Sage leaves and flowers |
Oh and look - they can be decorative too. I do like the smell of sage in the house. Simple joys.
What have you discovered in your garden lately?
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Lovely photos! :)
How lovely to decorate with herbs. I love the vein detail in the rocket flowers. So lovely.
beautiful! good on you for noticing such sweet little things :)
This is so interesting! Love the pictures
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They are very pretty - I love how naturalistic and beautiful they are!
These photos are so beautiful!
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They're all so pretty<3
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That is an amazing idea and looks beautiful ♥
xx
Nat
hey trishie these photos are great! love that you took detailed shots, i've always attested that mother nature is the greatest artist :) enjoyed reading your vegie patch post too, have just started my own little garden on our balcony and i can't wait for stuff to grow. have the all-important chili plant that i bought at only 100mm last weekend and it's already sprouted some new leaves :) wish i had a bit more space though, all my plants are in pots at the moment.
as for marrow it's quite a rich moreish dish and some tell me an acquired taste! but if you like meat you'll most likely enjoy it - all you have to do is google anthony bourdain marrow and parsley salad :)
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Such a beautiful post! I love letting my herbs flower, my favourite is the Chive flower, a beautiful lilac dandelion-esque thing.
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I like to decorate the house sometimes with herbs & enjoy the wonderful fragrance they give out. Great photography of your herbs:)
My neighbour must be super in their trimming of the sage -- they have a huge plant, but no flowers! Whenever I grow mine, they end up as flower bushes, so I never use the leaves. Good to know the flowers can be eaten!
Great photos! I wish I had the time for gardening. My mum has a passion for it and that's where I learn a few things here and there. Have a great week!
Very pretty display - love this!
This is wonderful! When I had basil though, I learnt that if you let it flower it takes away energy from the making of the herb leaves themselves?? The plant didn't do well after that. I love your photos and I too would be enjoying the scent of those freshly picked leaves.
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They really are a great decoration! Lovely post!
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Beautiful photos!
Everything is starting to die down in our garden now, but chives do have the most beautiful flowers - big and round and purple. I never realised this until I grew my own herbs!
these are beautiful photos - and the way you are describing them makes me sound so fragrant i can imagine it.
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Stunning photography! I love the way you've arranged each component, so beautifully presented. You'll have to show me how you get your photos to be so textural one day.
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having your own garden is super rewarding. These shots are bril, I love edible pretty plants!
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SUch a beautiful study! They're just gorgeous and you're right. The scents can be incredible :)
Interesting and I like the last picture. Looks like a great deco on a dining table.
I don't have a garden =( I don't make a very good housewife =P
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Lovely post really cute pictures...
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lovely!
Very interesting c: So
nice to hear you had a
vegetable garden!
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these are really gorgeous. they look like they belong in a museum. :)
I have a little herb garden and my sage is growing so fast!! Never thought of using them as decorative flowers, such a great idea!!
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I love herbs too--I have so much rosemary growing (it has the pretty lavender blossoms) that I usually cut some in vases, just to smell nice--I usually forget to cook with it though. Lately I've been growing succulents in the backyard, that's my new mini-hobby.
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Trishie, your photos are absolutely beautiful. I went back previous posts and I just adore what you'd done with the layout and photos. I know next to nothing about plants but I'm hoping to buy little herb pots for my window sill. I don't have a garden which is just as well seeing that I'm well known amongst my friends and family as the plant murderer.
With this cold spring weather we're having, my herb garden is struggling a bit. Only the mint and rocket are flourishing. Have tried to plant sage as yet.
your herb photos are amazing. i've been snapping the agaves in mine
Sadly we have no garden on the 21st floor!! I'm very jealous of your herb garden, miss having one of those. Gorgeous images Trishie!
so beautiful. what awesome and different states of herbs.
These are beautiful photos Trishie. It's so true that we so often just discard (and disregard) and the flowers that come with herbs and vegetables! I love this idea for a series.
I only just read your vegetable patch post, which has been very inspiring, because Rick and I are only just considering starting a vegetable garden of our own.
Do you have any tips and advice to share? Maybe you could write a post about it (hint, hint, hehe).
Ronnie xo
I tell ya, you learn something new everyday:p Nice pix!:)
Very pretty :)
These are cool ideas! I agree, sage smells amazing. :)
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2 :) and what a great idea to add the flowers to salads :) lovely! I really want my own vegetable garden some day :)
I wish I had a garden! the herb flowers are so cute :) thanks for sharing love!
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Hey Trishie, I don't have a green thumb, but I love herbs though. Love these pics!
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Great photos! I love cooking with fresh herbs and - as you pointed out - keeping them in pretty containers in the kitchen. I'm still picking fresh rosemary from my garden pots - probably not for much longer though judging by the current weather... xo
Beautiful photos! I always prefer to cook with fresh herbs. And yes, they are really decorative too :)
xx Marie
oh greennn...absolutely touching my heart!nature always cured me ;)
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Very cool and interesting!
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STUNNING photos. Thank you for sharing your garden finds! I wish I had a garden!
xo,
nancy
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