Picking plants for the raised beds is hard. They only get a few hours of sun a day because they're on the west side of the house and because there's a huge maple tree that shades them when the sun gets past a certain point heading west. I'm not interested in flowers unless they're both unscented and likely to bloom all summer.

Mostly, I go for herbs. A lot of those do okay there even though they're supposed to need full sun. Lemon verbena and pineapple sage do well if I water them frequently enough but don't overwinter. Regular sage thrives (and overwinters which most things don't). Thyme does not prosper. It'll hold on for a year or two and then vanish completely. Rosemary doesn't outright thrive, but it doesn't die until after the first couple of hard frosts or look like it's about to. Dill... Well, it's not very robust to begin with. I keep planting it because Cordelia loves to eat it fresh (so, apparently, do the neighborhood cats. I have no idea).

I planted rue at one point because it has insect repelling qualities. It was effective in that direction, but it seeded like crazy, and it turns out to be something that can raise blisters when it comes into contact with human skin. It doesn't always, but the blisters are really, really unpleasant when they do happen. We started pulling out the rue four or five years ago, and we still get an occasional new plant.

Scott likes some color in the raised beds, so I've started getting coleus. I think those need more sun and water than they get, but they don't die or wilt. They just don't grow bigger or spread out.

Lemon balm is a mint, if I'm recalling correctly, so yeah, getting rid of it, ever, would be... challenging.