Far East Flora anniversary sale!

It seems Far East Flora has a sale every year around September. I only learned about it this year though :P Guess what I bought?

1 $4.40 Mint (not sure exactly which)
1 $18.90 Spearmint from Holland
1 $9.90 "Upright" Rosemary
1 $9.90 Prostrate Rosemary
1 $9.90 Thyme (again not sure which) (price not sure either lol)
1 $4.40 Sweet Basil

There were at least 4 different species of Thyme on sale. Some were upright, some dangled or flowed over the pot. Their leaves also differed in color and size. I eventually settled for the cutest one which was like a hanging ball with over-overflowing thin stems and small leaves with a rich green color. Yesterday I thought it was wilting as it looked so lifeless and somewhat shriveled. Luckily all it needed was some water and it perked back to health. And I thought I read somewhere it needed very little water...

The mint unfortunately attracted spider mites a few weeks later. I used a shower head to spray the underside of the leaves in hope to rid of them, and did some stem cuttings. Fortunately at least 2 of the stem cuttings are already rooting :)

As for the sweet Basil, it's my 3rd attempt hohoho... at first it didn't seem too happy with the base of the stem browning and the bottom leaves turning pale. Now with nightly blasts of fluorescent lighting it seems pretty healthy but I'm still worried about the browning. My 2 stem cuttings of it failed miserably in soil though... will try water next time.

The Prostrate Rosemary is one of my favourite. It smells soooooo fragrant, even more so than the usual upright Rosemary, though it's not as leafy. Did 5 cuttings from it and stuck them into 50% compost 50% perlite mix and they still look healthy after a week.

The upright Rosemary on the other hand came with a few white flies which fortunately seem to have disappeared. 2 out of 4 cuttings from it have leaves turning black, but at least the other 2 looks ok. Keeping my fingers crossed :)

Last but not least is the Holland Spearmint. It was flowering so I cut back some stems and made tea out of them. It tasted really good! It has a few stolons (runners) so I've just stuck one into the pot (that was a failed attempt for the basil). Maybe tonight I'll find another pot and sterilize it for layering the other long stolon.