Thanks for the information! I thought I remembered your saying you preferred lemon verbena. Hm...I'll have to check at the next farmer's market. This time of year, it's mostly plants...that's where I'm hoping to get tomato plants, and it's where I got the sage. Most people sell six or eight plants for about two dollars, which isn't bad. I might get some chives, too. I'm about to give up on growing those from seeds. I tried last year, too...no go.
I have chives that I started from seed. But, I found they were slow in getting going. Mine are good and healthy now, but I lost about half of 'em and I found them frustrating. When having problems - buy them already grown. :-) Specially when you're first starting out. No foul there! Let somebody else get 'em started and just enjoy them! With the perenials you're going to have them long-term anyway and once you have a good plant you can always experiment with seeds in subsequent years.