I can tell you about the ones I've grown, though my climate is much different from yours. When you think about what to plant with rosemary, look for other woody, drought tolerant Mediterranean herbs. Lemon grass, being an Asian herb, needs much more water. I've planted mine (started from grocery store stalks) in between the artichokes, and here and there in places with varying degrees of available moisture. The ones growing best are in gallon hydroponics pots inside a trough that gets afternoon shade and an inch or two of bottom water a day. Lemon Balm very does well in shallower containers and full sun. This is another plant that I grew to the point of being rootbound, before dividing, and ended up with 4 or 5 plants from one start. It is drought tolerant, but like all herbs, it likes drainage, and grows better with regular water and haircuts. Lemon Verbena wants warm, warm, warm weather. I don't know how it overwinters in your zone, but probably not at all well. I keep watering my last year's (maybe dead) LV that i left in an unprotected outdoor container because we are still having cool nights and the plant SEEMS to be well rooted. At least it doesn't come up when I give it a hard yank, but it's not showing any life at all. This plant is so temperature sensitive that it will drop all its leaves at any sudden change, but will come back once the temperatures stabilize. If you have that problem, don't worry. if your plants are looking differently sick, then worry. If the root ball seems overly moist, try repotting to a dryer mix. If you want to keep the plant around next fall, do what I should have done and clip it down 2/3, bring it inside and let it redevelop as an indoor plant. Or take some growing tips and root them in smaller pots. But, alas, I haven't met Sweet Cicely yet. jan

Thanks for responding. I suppose I could grow it outside on the balcony. Something that came with it said that a cool windowsill would work well, so that's where I've kept it. It's definitely possible that I'm overwatering...I water it pretty much every day. Is that too much? I haven't seen any flowers on it, so I don't THINK it's bloomed, but I could be wrong.

The only reason I've been fertilizing is because there are two plants in a rather small pot with potting soil that's going on its second year. I'll try cuting back on the fertilizing though, and be assured, if they were in the ground, I would let a mulch give them all the fertilization they needed. It could be the cold. I've brought them inside so they aren't freezing, but my room seems unable to retain heat. The vents are open and blowing, but no warmth, and the plants are right next to the window, so even worse! Just one more thing to put on the "pro" list of getting a space heater, I guess. Would the cold also make some of the leaves turn tissue-paper thin, slightly brown, and crunchy in spots? Either way, I'll try getting the temperature up a bit and see if that helps, thanks!

I can't tell by the photo. Lemon Balm is in the mint family, so if you don't want it to spread, keep it in a pot. I have some in a large pot, and some in the ground, both in the shade. They come back every year, but when they have the little white flowers on, I remove that part of the plant and toss, or else there is lemon balm everywhere. Darlene