Best Herbs for Container Gardens
Buy It: Tarragon Plant ($13, Etsy) Buy It: Sweet Mint ($15, The Home Depot) Buy It: Italian Oregano Plant ($13, The Home Depot) Buy It: German Thyme Plant ($13, The Home Depot) Perennial herbs can survive in containers outdoors year-round if the pots are large enough (holding at least 5 gallons of soil), have good drainage, and are hardy in your Zone. Use plastic pots if you keep them outdoors year-round; ceramic or clay containers can crack from freeze-thaw cycles. Or lift your perennial herbs from pots and transplant them into the garden in late summer, giving the herb enough time to establish a new root system to survive winter. You can also treat container-grown perennial herbs as annuals, discarding them at the end of the season.
