Some herbs make beautiful decorations for the home and nice ornamental plants for the landscape. To most people, herbs are plants that have a special usefulness. Plants used for flavoring foods, for fragrance, for medicinal purposes and for pigments to be used as dyes are some examples. Herbs can be grown in a separate garden or among other landscape plants. Herbs are easy to grow, and resist pests and diseases.
Most herbs do best in full sun.
Exposure to bright sunlight increases the essential oil concentration and produces a higher quality product. Many herbs grow well under a wide range of soil conditions with the exception of wet, poorly drained soils. If the garden soil is poorly drained, making a raised bed will help with drainage. In general, herbs do better in soils of low to medium fertility, so additional fertilizer applications usually are not needed. Soils with high fertility tend to produce lots of foliage that is low in flavor.