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Sizes of Culinary Herb Plants

Herb Garden Designing

In order to design your herb garden, the first thing you need to know is how large herbs will grow.  This guide will tell you approximately how large a mature plant will be in just a year or two.  Once you know how much room to allot to each variety, you can place them in any shape or design you like!

Herb Sizes:

Small--1- 1 1/2 feet or less in diameter and less than 1 foot tall

Parsley

Chives

Cilantro

Fernleaf Dill (other dills can grow to 3' tall)

Cuban Basil

Thyme

Medium -- 2 feet to 4 feet wide, less than 2 feet tall

Sweet Marjoram

Basils (except African Blue)

Tarragon

Savory

Short but Large -- 4-6 feet wide, less than 1 foot tall

Mints

Oregano

Large -- 4-6 feet wide and tall

African Blue Basil

Rosemary

Lavenders

Sages

Lemon Verbena

Pineapple Sage

Bay Laurel (Note**this is actually a tree but is a nice addition to your herb garden. It grows very slow but will eventually reach 15-20 feet tall.)

A sample herb garden design: