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I have got two small pots of mint and a pot the rosemary and a bay tree. I am going to have a go at growing Coriander, never grown it before. Couldn't live without my herbs, if nothing else the smell of them is just wonderful. I'm trying

I've got a large rosemary that has got so big it's blocking the view of the garden from the house. Will it re-grow if I give it a very severe haircut into the brown wood? Thanks Mine regrew after a fairly severe haircut, but do it after it

Although the others you describe are probably the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, your metallic stripy 'ladybird' is almost certainly a rosemary leaf beetle, Chrysolina americana. Look out for the pale grey grubs, up to 10 mm long, sitting

....Benedon Blue, for example. I see so many rosemaries growing with insipid wishy washy flowers and wonder why people don't grow the better varieties. I have one flowering at the moment with the brightest blue and it really,is worth the while searching for it

with potting soil.  I don't know if they'll grow. Any advice? Also, should i wait until next spring to put fertilizer (i learned to put it in spring)? Or should I put fertilizer now because of the not-very-freshness of the rosemary?? Thanks. Hi Olivia Tang - I

Take rosemary cuttingsSummer's here and the barbecues are lit, so now's the time to be plundering your herb garden for added flavour. Follow our step-by-step guide to how to take rosemary cuttings now and you'll never be without a fresh supply

just below a leaf node - the point from which the leaves grow.Dip the stem ends in hormone rooting powder to speed up the rooting process.Fill pots with a gritty compost mix. Insert several rosemary cuttings around the edge, or plant individually

, lavender, sage, Russian sage, thymelate-summer, autumnAdvice on growing herbsTaking rosemary cuttingsDealing with cuckoo spit on herbsPicking herbsAdvice on growing medicinal herbsVideo demonstration of planting herbs in a window boxVideo advice on how

and looks wonderful planted with woolly thyme, golden-leafed sage and low-growing rosemary.MayJune - September20 minutesSerrated-leafed lavender, Lavandula x christianaWoolly thyme, Thymus pseudolanuginosusGolden-leafed sage, e.g. Salvia officinalis

one of these in my soil, I realised that they are the same iridescent beetle I've been seeing for as long as I can remember. I grow a lot of lavender and have four Rosemary plants but have not yet suffered any infestation. I shall be alert from now on