For a flowery addition to your container herb garden, plant some calendula. Calendula flowers bring a wave of sunshine to my winter garden with their large yellow/orange flowers, and the neighbourhood pollinators absolutely love them.
Calendula flowers can also be cultivated and used medicinally. The flowers can be dried to make a homemade salve known for healing skin and soothing eczema, or used to make a calming, anti-inflammatory tea.
Being edible, the delicate petals can also be used to add a colourful garnish to salads and dessert.
For container-friendly calendulas, look for dwarf, compact varieties like ‘Pink Surprise’, which have unique, apricot-pink petals. These varieties grow up to 60cm tall in the ground but stay smaller in containers.
And lastly, of course, there’s coriander and parsley – two very popular herbs that thrive in the cooler weather.