The easy-care curry herb is considered to be perennial. The subshrub originally comes from the Mediterranean region and prefers a corresponding climate. With good care, you can enjoy the pleasantly scented herb with silvery leaves for many years.
Young curry plants should be overwintered in warm pots
How much frost can curry herb tolerate?
Curry herb can at least be described as conditionally hardy, because it tolerates cold temperatures down to about - 10 °C. However, this only applies to older plants. Young curry herb is very sensitive to frost. Therefore, it should not be planted in the garden before the ice saints.
Where and how does curry herb hibernate best?
The easy-care curry herb needs little water and few nutrients all year round. Therefore, it should not be fertilized, especially not in winter. Older plants may need a little fertilizer in the spring. Curry herb is poured little to moderately. It shouldn't dry up, but doesn't tolerate moisture very well.
The best way to get your curry herb through the winter is to overwinter it in a bright, frost-free place at around +10 °C. Then you can often harvest the herb well into the winters. In the dark and/or excessive heat, horny shoots (thin, long, weak shoots with no or only a few leaves) can easily develop.
The essentials in brief:
- older plants conditionally hardy
- Young plants very sensitive to frost
- tolerates frost down to about - 10 °C
- ideal temperature for winter: around + 10 °C
- water rather little all year round
- never fertilize in winter
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If you live in a harsh area, then to be on the safe side, winter your curry herb frost-free and bright.