The rosemary in the foreground is growing where I originally planted a dwarf nectarine and a dwarf peach. They didn’t really thrive, and then the fruit-fly stung all their fruit… so they were donated to friends as part of my “thrive or don’t stay” philosophy.
Rosemary for roast potatoes, soups and omlettes. It’s the second rosemary bush I have had, replacing one that was where the apple is now, that simply grew and grew until it became woody and collapsed on itself one day.
Lemon verbena to the left of the rosemary is for tea, but it goes well with fish too (must try that). The Golden Delicious dwarf apple in the left hand side of the image is about a year old and yet to fruit. Cornflowers, oregano and thyme are planted at the base. In the right hand side of the frame you can see the leaves of the Cecile Brunner rose.
And … of course…. the nasturtiums. Three weeks ago there were none there. In a month most of the picture would be nasturtiums with hand-sized leaves.
(If you looked hard, you would see some Dutch Irises and daffodils beginning to peek up, but they are DEFINITELY not for eating).