Fragaria vesca

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I planted two wild strawberry plants in my living room window box today :)

Last year I was lazy and didn't plant anything after the many herbs I had before all died (after I barely used most of them.) But this weekend I visited a botanical garden ~fair with a friend and she convinced me to get the strawberries, fingers crossed they'll grow and I can eat some. Apparently they can have fruits the whole summer.

I want to put some sage with the strawberries, and some flowers in the box of the window that is hard to open, and some herbs in the box on my kitchen window sill but I haven't decided yet which ones of parsley, chives, basil, and mint. Maybe all four will fit, even, if I can put them close together? Maybe I'll just go to the once-a-week-every-spring gardening stand nearby and see what they have/say.

Comments

[mific]

Herbs! Just be aware that sage can get to be 2 feet high, and sprawls a lot. Also, mint will take over any container you put it in. But far better to have it in a container as in a garden it's invasive. Of the herbs you mentioned, chives would be the smallest.

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I had sage and mint before, but neither survived long enough to become very big - I do not have a green thumb, ahem. But I will definitely keep an eye on them :) and probably not put them in the same box as the parsley/sage/chives.

[merit]

Ooh wild strawberries sound delight. I hope you have a bountiful harvest.

Mint might take over so maybe in a separate pot?

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Fingers crossed!

I'm considering just putting something in the box to separate the two halves, I'll have to ask my parents if they have something suitable maybe since they have a bigger garden.