MINT

How about sage as well that smells lovely and has all sorts of different colour foliage.

I will do some research - though I'm on clay here and even though I love Sage never have any - same with thyme as they hate my soil.

Pots on your patio!!!

Pots on your patio!!!

Yes! I don't do pots do the the watering/meter thing but on my patio I'm allowed a few especially as they will also be used in the kitchen.

Currently deciding whether to keep the Patio open to the garden or hedge it all in to make a "room". I have approx 40 taxus saplings to play with. All those I bought last year and grew on in pots have done very well

I'm on a water meter too. The waterbutts and odd water from the kitchen (from running the hot tap until its hot enough and washing veg type stuff) is enough for the GHs and pots.
Taxus make me think of churchyards and cemeteries - they're dark and gloomy - so I wouldn't be planting those around my patio!

I'm on a water meter too. The waterbutts and odd water from the kitchen (from running the hot tap until its hot enough and washing veg type stuff) is  enough for the GHs and pots.
Taxus make me think of churchyards and cemeteries - they're dark and gloomy - so I wouldn't be planting those around my patio!

We have had this taxus discussion before! It's a perfect hedge for an old farmhouse...it looks fabulous near old stonework and the berries are fab for birds - as is the hedge itself for nesting ones. I have a few already and one always has a blackbird nest in it. I won't plant box - and there's nothing much else that will be of any use - it's also fabulous for Xmas decorations.

We've had most of our discussions before.
When we moved here there was an Irish Yew in the front garden. It spread upwards and outwards until it was touching the front hedge. We tried tying it together to control the spread but it would spring out. You couldn't cut a branch out as it left a bare gap. Finally, we cut the top level as it was blocking so much light from the house and garden.
When a neighbour told us it looked like Marge Simpson, we decided enough was enough. The tree was cut down and we put a beehive over the stump to disguise it.
However, the yew lives on........it has self seeded in the front hedge and there's one in the back hedge too - I blame the birds for that.
I know that whatever I think won't affect whatever you want to do - but I like saying it anyway.

Interesting thread, I have three mint plants, one just labelled as mint, another a spearmint and also an apple mint all in individual tubs, but I have a large 30inch diameter pot in which I could grow 4, 6 or 9 individual plants, depending on how much room I would need to give them, I wouldn't be growing for culinary use, but do like the idea of growing for foliage

Interesting thread, I have three mint plants, one just labelled as mint, another a spearmint and also an apple mint all in individual tubs, but I have a large 30inch diameter pot in which I could grow 4, 6 or 9 individual plants, depending on how much room I would need to give them, I wouldn't be growing for culinary use, but do like the idea of growing for foliage

There's a couple that I have found that are fab for cut flowers/decorative.
This one grows to 2ft tall and says the flowers are lovely, attractive foliage and good for pollinators. Though currently out of stock.
https://www.norfolkherbs.co.uk/product/m...ongifolia/

Interesting thread, I have three mint plants, one just labelled as mint, another a spearmint and also an apple mint all in individual tubs, but I have a large 30inch diameter pot in which I could grow 4, 6 or 9 individual plants, depending on how much room I would need to give them, I wouldn't be growing for culinary use, but do like the idea of growing for foliage

Don’t grow different varieties of mint together . They will loose their individual fragrance/flavour. 
heard it on GQT and have experienced it myself.