Growing herbs advise needed please!

[Guest guest]

Hi

Ive under taken a massive herb garden project and would appreciate some advise.

Feeling a bit rusty i thought i'd tap into all your wisdom

I have 14 beds (resp/cardiac/Gyn/culinary.....6 3m triangle beds 10msq

walled garden.

Any general advise would be a appreciated on what in your experience for lets

say for a cardiac bed what would grow well together, or defiantly don't

grow.......

Wondering if anyone has grown licorice successfully? and were would be a good

sourse to get some root stocks?

Also has any one had any luck growing Vitex or Black cohosh?

Thank you for your time.

Behrens

[Guest guest]

If this is a charity or community project, yes, Rutland would be happy to

let you have a few growing liquorice plants. Ours seem quite hardy (survived

last winter anyway) and although they quite disappear over winter, they come

back a bit bigger each year. Traditionally harvest is by digging around the

roots, taking the periphery and leaving the centre of the plant alive and in

tact. But they take sooo...ooo long to produce any size.

We have a few Black Cohosh growing quite well in forest conditions (shaded

from direct sun). Again terribly slow. Vitex we don't do and leave that

up to friends in southern France and even hotter places. I do recall a

'vine' of Vitex grown in a greenhouse at Bodle Street in Sussex and it had

knocked to roof out and grown through it.

Hope that helps,

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> Hi

> Ive under taken a massive herb garden project and would appreciate some

> advise. Feeling a bit rusty i thought i'd tap into all your wisdom

> I have 14 beds (resp/cardiac/Gyn/culinary.....6 3m triangle beds 10msq

> walled garden.

>

> Any general advise would be a appreciated on what in your experience for

> lets say for a cardiac bed what would grow well together, or defiantly don't

> grow.......

>

> Wondering if anyone has grown licorice successfully? and were would be a

> good sourse to get some root stocks?

> Also has any one had any luck growing Vitex or Black cohosh?

>

> Thank you for your time.

> Behrens

>

>

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Chenery MNIMH MCPP MSB QP

Director, Rutland Biodynamics Ltd.,

Organic Medicinal Herb Growers and

Department of Health (MHRA) Licensed Medicines Manufacturer,

Town Park Farm, , Rutland, LE15 8DG, UK

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[Guest guest]

I have liquorice, vitex and black cohosh all growing here for about 8-9

years in Norfolk - no protection. I got vitex and black cohosh from the

Poyntzfield nursery in Scotland as plants http://poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/ and

started liquorice as seed (can't remember where but not difficult to find).

My vitex is about 4 foot tall shrub, and flowers every year but no fruit.

Leonorus would be nice for your cardiac bed but give her space as mine gets

to 7 foot easily and makes babies every year; you could also get some

convallaria bulbs...

best wishes

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:47 AM, juliaherbalist <julia@...

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>

> Hi

> Ive under taken a massive herb garden project and would appreciate some

> advise. Feeling a bit rusty i thought i'd tap into all your wisdom

> I have 14 beds (resp/cardiac/Gyn/culinary.....6 3m triangle beds 10msq

> walled garden.

>

> Any general advise would be a appreciated on what in your experience for

> lets say for a cardiac bed what would grow well together, or defiantly don't

> grow.......

>

> Wondering if anyone has grown licorice successfully? and were would be a

> good sourse to get some root stocks?

> Also has any one had any luck growing Vitex or Black cohosh?

>

> Thank you for your time.

> Behrens

>

>

>

--

Herbert

Herbalist and allergy therapist

15 Queens St

Spooner Row

Norfolk NR18 9JU

01953 603056

www.christineherbert.co.uk

[Guest guest]

Dear ,I've been growing licorice and vitex in flower pots for years -

however, this winter may have finished vitex - on the other hand it often does

not show the signs of life till June. I remember vitex bush growing outside at

Bodle Green and flowering beautifully.For cardiac bed I would recommend Leonorus

and convalaria - both dead easy to grow and spread nicely (but not rampant), and

look so lovely. Also broom as a focal point is good.Hope it helps

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>

> Hi

> Ive under taken a massive herb garden project and would appreciate some

> advise. Feeling a bit rusty i thought i'd tap into all your wisdom

> I have 14 beds (resp/cardiac/Gyn/culinary.....6 3m triangle beds 10msq

> walled garden.

>

> Any general advise would be a appreciated on what in your experience for

> lets say for a cardiac bed what would grow well together, or defiantly don't

> grow.......

>

> Wondering if anyone has grown licorice successfully? and were would be a

> good sourse to get some root stocks?

> Also has any one had any luck growing Vitex or Black cohosh?

>

> Thank you for your time.

> Behrens

>

> 

>

--

Chenery MNIMH MCPP MSB QP

Director, Rutland Biodynamics Ltd.,

Organic Medicinal Herb Growers and

Department of Health (MHRA) Licensed Medicines Manufacturer,

Town Park Farm, , Rutland, LE15 8DG, UK

Email: pc@...

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[Guest guest]

Hi

just to add to what & say really. Poyntzfield is great and where

we sourced our original plant stock from for our herb farm.

We are just trying to germinate our liquorice from seed, but got vitex and black

cohosh plants. The trees are out in the field and we are seeing how they grow

this year. They will not produce fruit unless you perhaps try them in a

polytunnel. But alot of what is in the fruits will go to the leaves instead if

not fruit is produced. I have this on good authority from a herbalist who has

grown and done just that with vitex in clinical practice.

I may even get some liquorice plants from pontefract, who have some from the

original liquorice growers plant stock from years ago when we had that industry.

Lends a little romance to your project.

we are planting our black cohosh in the woodlands beneath an oak tree, got that

advice from the great Winston at Herb Fest last year.

Best wishes all

Jacqui

>

> Hi

> Ive under taken a massive herb garden project and would appreciate some

advise. Feeling a bit rusty i thought i'd tap into all your wisdom

> I have 14 beds (resp/cardiac/Gyn/culinary.....6 3m triangle beds 10msq

walled garden.

>

> Any general advise would be a appreciated on what in your experience for lets

say for a cardiac bed what would grow well together, or defiantly don't

grow.......

>

>

> Wondering if anyone has grown licorice successfully? and were would be a good

sourse to get some root stocks?

> Also has any one had any luck growing Vitex or Black cohosh?

>

> Thank you for your time.

> Behrens

>

[Guest guest]

Quite an undertaking! I have been working a similar scheme for a local

non-profit- educational garden mostly. I have a cardiac/circulation section that

also includes Dan shen- Salvia miltorrhiza- a beauty and easy to grow from seed

(Horizon Herbs here in the states). Crataegus and Vib op- nicely pruned ones,

rose- all full sun. Achillea, rosemary (in a pot). You could probably grow

cayenne pepper too??

What I found difficult was to pigeon-hole plants into one system - I'm thinking

maybe of a constitutional garden vs. body systems may be more appropriate.Good

luck!

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From: julia@...

Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 08:47:39 +0000

Subject: Growing herbs advise needed please!

Hi

Ive under taken a massive herb garden project and would appreciate some advise.

Feeling a bit rusty i thought i'd tap into all your wisdom

I have 14 beds (resp/cardiac/Gyn/culinary.....6 3m triangle beds 10msq

walled garden.

Any general advise would be a appreciated on what in your experience for lets

say for a cardiac bed what would grow well together, or defiantly don't

grow.......

Wondering if anyone has grown licorice successfully? and were would be a good

sourse to get some root stocks?

Also has any one had any luck growing Vitex or Black cohosh?

Thank you for your time.

Behrens