I recently had a bit of a herb dilemma. I had heard and read somewhere that it's not a good thing to let your herbs flower - something about all its energies going into producing seeds and the leafy bits not tasting as good and worse of all, the plant may actually die after seeding. But I was really
really curious about what my herb flowers looked like, plus I wanted to use them in salads since they are edible and I wanted to continue with my herbarium series, after having so much fun with
Part 1.
In the end, curiosity (and my blogger instincts) prevailed and I allowed my herbs to flower, photographed them and then, as quickly as I could, snipped off all the flowering ends on the plants to prevent its imminent death. Not sure if it'll work or not, but I sure gave it a lot of thought.
How sweet are the snow white oregano flowers? And how knew chives made dandelion-like blooms? Or that parsley leaves get less curly as they start to flower?
I'm really quite smitten with this mini blog series. I get to play botanist, artist, collector and it's a ton of fun.
Stay tuned for more!
42 Responses to Herbarium series #2
What a fun post series!
Our Chives and Parsley flower frequently, and they still live just fine! We have white & purple chive flowers, they last quite well in water & look pretty mixed with other flowers.
Have a great week!
xo
So beautifully presented! Great photos; I find it very interesting to look at herbs from your perspective.
They're lovely. My herbs always go to flower and seed and yes, I don
t think it's a good idea if you want to get lots of herb growth. For some reason I struggle to get herbs to grow well.
This is a really lovely series :)
I find it annoying when coriander goes to seed really quickly and then you can't use it!
Amazing! Great photos. I hope you can dry them and place them in photo frames.
Oh these are so beautifully laid out, I never realized how pretty these little herbs are!
I love this series. Hello Trishie!
yes, I've heard the same thing. I let a basil plant flower once and it didn't recover. But the flowers were so pretty!
Wow! I never knew this was what herbs looked like if you let them flower. Beautiful. x
So pretty, I had no idea!
i love your herbarium series of photos, i remember the first post. beautifully styled and photographed trishie!
steph / absolutely-fuzzy.com
I like this very much. They're so pretty. Looking forward to seeing more.
I really can't help but admire your photography skills!!! It's so pretty. And the herbs are so green, it's amazing.
:)
Carrie
http://readmylifeascarrie.blogspot.com/
Trishie, this photos are awesome.Beautiful!
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Does the scent come from your blog? I could smell it all the way from here. Hahaha! So fun, my dear!
I keep snipping off the flowers but they keep coming back! My herbs never do what I want them to!
gotta love your "blogger instinct." lovely photos!
I love herbs, these photos are just beautiful! Wishing it weren't so hot here and that I could get parsley to grow.
xo Mary Jo
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great photos, it is obviously very interesting !
xoxo
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I'm terrible at letting my herbs flower. The flowers on mint are lovely and purple :)
Jen | sunny sweet pea xx
humm... Interesting! I have never grown my own herbs.
Much Love
Lot of Herbs, eh!
got some knowledge on it, THANKS
Happy New Year.
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The Electric Heart Girl
Oh I'm so glad that you let them flower because they look so delicate and lovely
This is cute actually, haha. As a kid I had two large bushes of chive in my part of our garden (yes, my parents gave me a small lot to grow my own flowers!) and I always let the plan blossom. I never died, in fact, it's still standing tall after about 5 years now! :) Their purple blooms are so pretty!! x
Cool, I've never seen PARSLEY blossom! Or chives for that matter.:)
These photos are lovely! I am a huuuuge herb fan. So easy to grow and so tasty to use.
Trish
www.jellybonesblog.blogspot.com
These are such beautiful pictures! x
The flowers are quite pretty, i think my parsley is about to bloom anyway now, thanks for the advice, I had no idea about that.
Lovely photos!
I'm very much obsessed with parsley.
I looove it! Makes everything taste good ;)
Nice photos, btw!
xoxo
The Brazilian Way of Life
www.camilagcarneiro.blogspot.com.br
wow, these are AMAZING. love how you let your herbs flower... they're so sweet and pretty!
Lovely post. I think herbs are the only things that I can grow, lol. I love the photos and so happy that xou let them flower for us to see. xx/Madison
So pretty. Looking forward to this series.
I always let my herbs flower, but that's more to do with me being a useless gardener than any aesthetic reasons! I love it when chives flower - they are just so beautiful.
Gillian
gorgeous photos!!
hope you had a wonderful new year and thank you for taking the time to write a comment on my blog xxx
These are lovely! I'll echo the people who say to let 'em flower. (And then you can collect the seeds and replant!)
Oh lovely ! I love your botanical series here :) Like "dip dyed" daisies and such. ^^
Satu
Indie by heart
aren't flowering herbs beautiful!!! I discovered that on accident a while back, and I couldn't believe they went to a whole other level, God is so cool that way!
xo
How fabulous! Who knew chives bloomed purple flowers. I really liked part one of this series but you have outdone yourself with the second part. I do hope you decide to do a part three. Wonderful photos as always dear. Hope you had a relaxing holiday.
xx Jenee C.
{camo meets couture}
Herb flowers are beautiful aren't they:) I think it's ok to let your herbs flower that way you can collect the seeds and grow new plants. I have done that once with my basil plant.
Love this series so much - the photos you've captured are just beautiful. You could get them framed!
Ronnie xo
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