Which Herbs can I grow now, which will look good in the winter in a troughs.

[Threedaysaweek2019]

Hi there, I am looking to create a herb display for winter in a trough (to hide a messy area in the garden).
I want to grow the plants from seed really (or cheat maybe 😄), so please can anybody advise what herb plants look good in the winter?

Thank you in advance 💐

Rosemary is evergreen, sage may be, and its grey leaves would contrast nicely. Golden oregano. A couple of variegated thymes. All the mediterranean herbs would cope well with the possible drying out in summer.

This may be useful to you:
www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/how-grow-and-look-after-winter-herbs

There's also a herb I've never grown called winter savory which might be worth trying?

How well things grow/survive will depend on how mild or harsh your climate and each particular winter is, of course. Make sure the troughs have good drainage (crocks in the bottom, mix in some gravel maybe) - the only herb I know which likes damp at all is mint, which because of its thuggish tendencies I'd always have in a separate pot anyway. One trough of various different mints might be nice, perhaps?

I have quite a few herbs, most of them die down in winter.
The ones of mine that don't are bay, sage, oregano, thyme, lavender, rosemary and chamomile.
I see that oregano has mentioned, my oregano always dies in winter.

**i wish you could edit posts!
Oregano in my garden does NOT stick around in winter, it always dies

My oregano doesn't die, but it behaves more like a perennial with not much going on up top till the next spring.

The woody ones are great. Bay is beautiful, it’s a smallish tree. Smells lovely, and the leaves can be used to repel rodents. (Always a good thing as I am petrified of the little creeps.) Rosemary can grow quite tall and can take roast chicken and lamb to higher planes. (Oooh, and potatoes, too!) It plays nicely with lavender, which you can also eat if you like it. (Meh.... It’s not my thing, but some people do.) It repels other pests and it smells fab, so I always plant it. Plus, pretty purple flowers! Sage is pretty bullet-proof once it’s established, so many lovely types of thyme, etc It looks gorgeous as a ground cover.

There's also a herb I've never grown called winter savory which might be worth trying? Neat foliage, white flowers which are later than lavender and extend the flowering season into late summer.

Rosemary can grow quite tall You can also get prostrate varieties.

I've never grown herbs from seed, but it occurs to me that the woody ones may be propagated from cuttings.

Thanks all for your replies, I’ll look at the winter savory bay and thyme.
I love the smell of thyme ..
I have an unheated greenhouse, so can store them 8f the weather gets too harsh.