Herbal Essentials Dish Garden Kit
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- 6 - 15"
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Product Details
Enjoy having two favorite kitchen herbs at your fingertips with our Herbal Essentials Dish Garden Kit. The pretty pairing of golden-leaved Lemon Thyme and gray-green Culinary Sage smells as good as it looks, wafting pungent fragrances whenever the leaves are rubbed or crushed. Use the Lemon Thyme to add bright, earthy notes to a variety of dishes, from chicken to shortbread cookies. Equally versatile, Sage is a perfect accompaniment to sausage and traditional holiday stuffing recipes. With looks, scents, and flavors covered, this easy-to-assemble dish garden is both a useful kitchen decoration and a unique gift. You'll love the timeless design of the durable, eco-friendly planter made of certified recycled materials.
Our complete kit includes:
- 1 Lemon Thyme (Thymus x citrodorus ‘Golden Lemon’)
- 1 Culinary Sage (Salvia officinalis)
- 2 coir discs (in lieu of potting soil)
- One 5" wide x 12" long x 5½" tall oval Sophia Herb Planter with removable saucer
Shipping Info
We want our customers to receive strong, healthy plants that are ready to thrive in their gardens and homes. Here's what we'd like you to know about our shipping practices.
Delivery Timing
We aim to deliver your plants at as close to the proper time for planting in your area as possible. To do so, we consider the USDA Hardiness Zone to which we're shipping, current and forecasted weather at the destination and along the shipping route, and whether your plants are ready for transplant.
In spring, we ship first to the warmest regions and move north as planting conditions improve. For fall deliveries, we begin with the coolest regions and work south. We frequently adjust shipping schedules when extreme weather could put plants at risk while in transit or soon after arrival.
Because different plants reach readiness at different rates and are weather-sensitive in varying degree, a single order may be delivered via multiple shipments. Plants sold as part of a collection, or that are otherwise meant to arrive together, will be shipped together. Please contact our customer service team with two weeks' advance notice if you anticipate being away at the expected time of delivery.
Tracking information for each package is delivered via email.
Plant & Container Sizes
We deliver plants in various sizes and stages of growth, and the product detail pages of our website indicate the form and/or pot size in which the plant will be delivered. Pot sizes range from 1 pint to 1 gallon and larger. Many perennials, roses, shrubs and vines are delivered bareroot - that is, not in a container at all. Bulbs and tubers are generally delivered bareroot and fully dormant. We choose container sizes and delivery methods based on how each plant grows best, how we can minimize transplant shock, and how to minimize unnecessary bulk/weight in shipment.
Caring for Your Plants Upon Arrival
It is important to acclimate greenhouse-grown plants to life outdoors. All plant shipments include simple instructions for handling your plants upon arrival. Further how-to information, including planting instructions, is available on each plant's product page.
Growing Guide
PLANTING: Open the shipping box as soon as possible upon arrival. Inspect your plants and check them for moisture. (The easiest way is to feel the potting medium with your finger.) If it is dry, bring your plants to the kitchen sink. Slowly add water to each pot. If the water immediately drains through, your plants are very dry. Continue to add water at intervals until the potting medium takes up the moisture. (Each pot will begin to feel slightly heavier in your hand.) When your plants have been hydrated, set them aside.
If you received coir disks as potting medium with your order, unwrap and place the coir into the cachepot, pot, or vessel that is designed to hold your herbs. When all the coir is in the pot, head back to the sink. Add water to hydrate the coir, sometimes this can take up to 15 minutes. To make sure the coir is evenly moistened, mix with your hands, a spoon, or a trowel. Be sure that any excess water is draining out the bottom of your vessel. (You don’t want the coir to be afloat in water.) When the coir is fully moistened but not soggy (it should have the consistency of a sponge that has been fully saturated then squeezed out), it’s time to plant your herbs. One at a time, remove each herb from its pot. Make an indentation in the coir medium that’s equal to the depth of the plant’s root ball. Settle the plant into the hole, gently pressing some of the coir around it. (The plant should sit at the same level in the coir as it was in its pot.) Continue to make indentations in the coir until all of your herbs have been potted. Gently press the plants so they are snugly settled. Set your pot or vessel onto its saucer.LIGHT & TEMPERATURE: Herbs are generally sun-loving plants and need 6–8 hours of direct sun or a grow lamp, regardless of season. During the short days of winter, they must be placed in a sunny south window. Herbs prefer cool temperatures, especially at night. They are happiest where the nighttime temperature drops to 60°F, or even colder. (Do not set your plants atop a heat source such as a radiator or woodstove.)
WATERING: Most herbs prefer to be kept on the dry side. Water only when the top 1” of potting medium is dry to the touch. (The easiest way to gauge it is to stick your finger in the soil. Dry soil will also begin pulling away from the edges of the pot.) Do not overwater, this can cause root rot, which kills many houseplants. Do not allow excess water to accumulate in the plant’s cachepot or saucer. If the bottoms of the pots are in contact with water, the plants will soon rot.
HUMIDITY: Although they prefer to have their potting mix on the dry side in winter, these herbs appreciate extra humidity in the air. Avoid placing herbs near sources of heat.
FERTILIZING: Do not fertilize in winter. From early April until mid-September, fertilize every 6 weeks with a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer (such as our 18-18-18 Grow Fertilizer, item #51011) mixed at 1⁄2 strength.
REPOTTING: After several months, these herbs may have outgrown their pots. Either repot them into a container that is about 2” wider than the current pot, or plant them out in the garden. If you wish to plant them in the garden, see “Growing Herbs Outdoors” below.
SUMMER CARE: Potted herbs will be healthier if they are moved outdoors for the summer. When temperatures warm in spring, acclimate them slowly to direct sun (start them in the shade and increase their exposure to full sun over the course of about 3 days). During summer, you’ll need to water potted plants much more fre- quently than you do in winter. Fertilize as directed (see above). Before the first fall frost, bring your plants inside.
GROWING HERBS OUTDOORS: Where they are not hardy or where growing conditions do not suit them (such as the summer heat and winter wet of the South), they are best kept in pots and overwintered indoors. In the garden, provide at least 6 hours of direct sun per day and very well-drained soil. Acclimate your plants to full sun as described under “Summer Care” above, and wait to plant until all risk of frost has passed.
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