ViLco wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> I don't have to plant cilantro or dill. It just keeps popping up all
>> over my herb garden. Basil has to be planted every year. Sometimes the
>> curly parsley survives the winter and comes back to life in the
>> spring. Some years it doesn't.
>
> You must be getting sweeter winters than me here in Italy, my parsley has
> never made it to spring. The best ones are rosemary and sage, both big and
> strong. Then, every year I plant new parsley and basil seedlings, this year
> the basil is "Pra", the one grown in Liguria for pesto.


This is peculiar. I assume that even in this very southern part of
Canada winter would be colder than in Italy. It sometimes hits -20C or
colder. Some years my parsley survives the winter and sometimes it does
not. My oregano is thriving. In fact, I have split and transplanted it
mid season and it still thrives. Rosemary and sage have never survived
a winter. The cilatro and dill reproduces all over. I don't have to buy
and plant new plants each year, just dig up the sprouts and transplant
them in a more orderly array. At least once a week I have to go through
the garden and remove the new plants popping up all over.