Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Kitchen herb windowsill
Fresh flavours all year
On a south or west sill most herbs grow year-round. Mediterranean herbs like it drier, soft herbs moister.
☀️LightSunny window, LED in winter
💧Humidity40–60%
🌡️Temperature15–25 °C
🪴Water & substrateMediterranean: once dry; basil, parsley: evenly moist
Build
Step by step
- 1
Divide supermarket herbs into 3–4 clumps and repot – they’re sown too densely.
- 2
Group by needs: dry Mediterraneans apart from moisture-lovers.
- 3
Harvest from the top above a leaf pair – it branches out.
Plant list
What to plant
Background
Midground
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
🐱Cat mild🐶Dog mild
Spearmint
Mentha spicata
Own pot – it spreads.
🐱Cat mild🐶Dog mild
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Toxic to cats and dogs!
🐱Cat severe🐶Dog moderate
Common sage
Salvia officinalis
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Foreground
Common thyme
Thymus vulgaris
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Oregano
Origanum vulgare
🐱Cat mild🐶Dog mild
⚠️ Common mistakes
- Rosemary and basil in one pot – different water needs.
- Leaves touching cold glass in winter.
- Alliums where cats nibble.
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