Herbs in a hay rack style wall planter

I’ve got an empty wall container, and wondering if it’s too late to fill it with herbs, to add a bit of greenery through the winter. It’s on the south side of the house but faces a slope with trees on top, so will be pretty shaded for most of the day until the leaves have fallen off ( and then the sun will be low!)
It is just outside the door, so will be easy to keep watered.
Is this a waste of time so late in the year?

 

Depends on the herbs. The Mediterranean ones need full sun to do well but parsley, chervil, mint and golden oregano should be OK. Maybe chives too.

 

Those sound good, @Obelix-Vendée. At this stage, im probably more interested in them staying fairly healthy, and smelling nice will be a bonus. The garden centre at the diy store had a very nice selection, and the mint varieties looked very tempting.

 

Be careful not to grow mints together as they lose their individuality. I have Moroccan mint, lemon mint and spearmint in separate pots with other pots in between growing on my north facing terrace where they get early sunshine in summer and then plenty of light the rest of the day but not direct sun.

 

I didn’t know that, @Obelix-Vendée, thanks for that information. I’d have definitely plonked them all in together. Thanks. Might drag my daughter to the garden centre on Sunday while OH is watching the Grand Prix.

 

Absolutely not a waste of time @Ergates

For winter evergreens, nothing beats Rosemary. Trailing version is just now close to my heart, aided by a £2.99 plant from GC Rosemary is very resilient, elegant, flowers on and off throughout the year and just a leaf or two make a difference to a dish.

A leaf or two/ small twig is what you might expect to harvest during the winter anyways.

Thyme should also look good and provide sprigs for decorating dishes and drinks throughout the winter, and the flowers in spring/ summer are lovely.

For soft, non- evergreen herbs to use now until the harder frosts could be anything you like to use and smell- they will die back and need replacing in spring. Parsley should do well, a pot from supermarket is fine.

If you like and use Mint, I'd hazard to plop one in to give fresh leaves until frosts- but left in over winter it will eventually suffocate anything else in there.

Mint is a windowsill delight

 

More very useful advice, thanks, @Selleri. I’m going to be spoilt for choice!