What garden herbs grow best in terribly hot weather?

Sara: What garden herbs grow best in terribly hot weather?
I live on the dry side of Texas, and I’d like to start a perennial herb garden.
Which herbs can take the heat best? It’s hard to find areas around my house that have medium shade; it’s either total shade or blazing sun in summer.
We can get weeks of 90-plus degrees.

Answers and Views:

Answer by sciencegravy
Sage and Thyme love it hot and dry. Also lavender does pretty well.

You might also simply talk to your neighbors, and see what does well for them. And in the summer, take note of what seems to not turn to dust in your neighborhood during the hottest part of the year.

Answer by No Peace without Emancipating
Sara!!

Try Rosemary…it will go crazy…Basil…Thai or Globe.

Serrano peppers and Anaheims then dry…grind them to the consistency you desire.

Lavender, lemon balm, thyme, oregano….

Have fun!

Peace
Mudslinger

Answer by Texperson
Basil loves the heat.

And if you’d like some veggies that grow in our hot texas summers, think about peppers and eggplants, they love the heat.

Answer by thebeallendall
Basil loves heat but it’s an annual; however, let it drop its seed into the herb garden and you won’t have to plant next year.

Garlic chives can handle the heat and they ARE perennial.
Echinacea is another perennial that can handle heat and adds beautiful flowers.

Also, plant something tall on the west side of the herb garden to shade your herbs from that even more debilitating afternoon sun.

Answer by OURScott
Although I’m in Z4 N.Dak, I’m familiar with the problem. We too have brutally hot, dry and windy summers, plus our days are longer. A 5% humidity, 110 degree day with 35-40 mph sustained winds will burn the leaves off plants.
Lucky most herbs like heat and sun and are easy on the water but they hate wind.
I get mine out of the wind, with or without shade and give them a little bit more than little bit of water they need.

RScott

Answer by Jewel
Rosemary, thyme, and sage all love the heat.

Answer by Christian M
While I have lived in New Mexico and Arizona for many years I always lived at higher elevations where the temps were moderate. We would always got a few weeks of over a hundred but not the months on end of Phoenix or Albuquerque.

I had good luck always with rosemary and sage, mints and chives. A well planned herb garden does not have to take up a lot of space and can be shaded with a small arbor and shade cloth that blocks forty percent of the sun or less. And don’t top water them in the heat of the day. Some herbs like to be on the dry side and some require a moist soil so I’d try about anything and look up each one you plan to try for specifics of their requirements. It’s all on line me thinks.

Namaste’

Answer by Delaney Nelson
If you want to grow herbs that don’t grow well in our long, hot days, provide plants with partial or filtered afternoon shade. Space herb plants far enough apart so they get good air circulation and light. Crowded plants do not dry quickly and may develop disease problems. Plants particularly susceptible are gray plants with fuzzy, pubescent leaves, such as lamb’s ear, artemisia, sages, and others.
I also found a good resource for Herb Growing. Have a look, it may be of some help.

Answer by NatSaysRawr:]
Basil works great for heat

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Answer by Prince 78
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