Of the three Tarragons (French, Russian & Mexican) I like the flavor of the French, the best.
I’ve always bought plants because I understand it’s very hard to start from seed. The new plants are propagated from cuttings of older plants. I usually have great luck with cuttings of Rosemary (my favorite herb!) and Momswithhope showed me a nifty way to keep Basil going in water in a window at the end of our growing season.
Chervil is something I’ve never tried. I grow Rosemary in pots (so I can later bring them inside) and Basil and Dill in the Kitchen Garden.
Pinging a few ‘ herb experts’ for you.
And is it pronounced ‘Erb’ or ‘Herb?’ I can’t stand how Martha Stewart always calls them ‘HERB’ s! ;)
French tarragon is the best, with Mexican in second. Russian tarragon just doesn’t have much flavor in my mind, so not worth the effort.
This year I’m going to try two different pots of French tarragon. One I will leave outside for the winter, and one I will bring inside to see if I can keep any at all to continue growing for use during the winter months. I understand the outside one will die back and become dormant in the winter, but I’ve never left it outside. I have never successfully overwintered tarragon indoors but I usually get through January with it.
This past season I used this method for chives and had decent chives all winter long. The pot that I left outdoors is very strong right now though. I suppose I should divide it, probably should already have done that but with so many projects going on, I haven’t done that yet.
If anyone has grown chervil before, I definitely would like some advice. I know nothing but did secure a 3” pot from one of the garden centers here a couple of weeks ago.
Most everything I plant for sun is in containers because I have only a small amount of full sun areas, and gardens aren’t allowed in my HOA (which I hate but I love the house we live in so had to agree to their rules). Having potted plants keeps them from coming after me because I can move them around.
Basil - I’ve got 2 nice bunches growing in the garden but when a small branch broke off I rooted it on the windowsill and will stick it in the ground soon. Waste not want not - or “I’m Polish”.