Hi Tatiana, that is a great question and I was just explaining this to someone this weekend! Parsley is a biennial (2-year plant), not a perennial (multi-year plant). This means is that it grows into a the lovely leaves in the first year it is planted, then after winter’s cold temperatures, get huge, flowers, sets seeds, and dies. So you will still want to plant parsley every year to have those delicate and tasty new leaves. I hope this helps!

Hi Kerri, how about plastic pots? Or insulated fiber pots? Your local nursery may have some options that will over winter. Also, with my more tender plants I move them under cover in the winter, just near the garage under the overhang. It works like a charm!

The idea of large containers for a perennial herb garden is wonderful and yours is beautiful, but here in Zone 4-4A the pots could not be left out in winter for the herbs to winter over — the mint and chives would winter in the ground I know, but others would not survive (there is a lavender that winters) – what would you suggest for the large pots with the herbs in them? I really would like to try this…

Sure, I mean if you think they will survive winter OK and you won’t be too sad if you lose a few. I would do it here in zone 7b, but make sure that I had them in large plastic pots with plenty of soil.