Herbs - Displayed by Common Name in Ascending Order

The darkest purple basil so far! Near Black leaves. Thick. Intense purplish-red leaves, compact habit, full flavored taste make this intriguing, attractive and deliciously fragrant addition to the herb garden.

This late-flowering, full habit basil is perfect for any garden. Robust Genovese flavor stands up to cooking. Perfect for pesto and sauces. Downy mildew and fusarium resistant.

This gorgeous basil plant has masses of green leaves with occasional purple flecks and soft purple stems that will brighten up any vegetable garden or mixed container. Its aromatic and vibrant licorice flavor complements any dish, especially Thai cuisine. Late-flowering habit means huge harvests of flavorful leaves throughout Summer.

Featuring Downy Mildew resistance (DMR) so good it's patented! Forms large, cupped leaves with a slightly sweet and spicy aroma. Comopact plant is highly productive. Great in pesto, Italian dishes, or in fresh salads or soups.

Now you can grow and "try" 3 popular basils in one ... and you'll love each variety! Plant includes a blend of Genovese, serrated and dark-red basils. Fragrant plants are great for herb gardens or adding scent to mixed combinations. Use different flavors in your kitchen recipes.

An award-winning, first year flowering, compact herb. Early blooming, blue-purple flowers stand up well over time, which translates to a better shelf life at the garden center. It's compact and uniform in growth, an improvement over what you can normally expect from seed. The sweet, minty smell will stop you in your tracks-a perfect addition to the herb or ornamental garden.

Deliciously fragrant flowers and leaves have a sweet apple flavor. Dried flowers make an excellent tea which is both flavorful and relaxing, an ideal bedtime beverage. A showy addition to the herb garden, and great dried for potpourri. Repels insects.

Both edible and ornamental! The leaves of common chives can be harvested at any time. They taste much like green onions and have similar hollow leaves. This plant also produces lavender, pom-pom-like flowers atop leafless stems in late spring.

Shiny green leaves. Vigorous, but slow bolting. Useful for all seasons. The seed is refereed to as Coriander, the plant is Cilantro.

Heirloom dill's feathery blue-green leaves have a fine aromatic scent that is delicious in green salads, eggs & with potatoes or rice. Blossoms bring butterflies to the garden. A very upright and stable selection. Very leafy with an attractive dark green color. Compact growth habit. Especially robust against bolting.

Boasting a delicate, licoricelike flavor and aroma, gardeners will harvest Orion’s leaves for salads, for use in eggs, fish and sauces. The thick, rounded bulbs grow above ground and can be steamed, grilled or eaten raw like celery. Can withstand light frosts. Plants grow to 30 in. (75 cm) tall.

A medium sized softneck type that has a very strong flavor and exceptional clove productivity on rose-streaked bulbs. One of the best varieties for braiding and an all around attractive garlic. This variety is widely adapted and produces consistently in any climate. Harvest fall planted garlic the following season, late spring or early summer, about 240 days from planting. Harvest spring planted garlic the same season, about 90 days from planting. Averages 18 cloves per bulb.

One of the hottest lavenders to hit the market in years and certainly one of Lloyd Traven’s favorite perennials ever! This Peace Tree Farms introduction conquers many of the problems often found in lavenders: it tolerates the extremes of both cold and heat without dying back, is resistant to common root and foliar diseases, and grows superbly in landscapes.

This is a very large, hedging lavender that can be used to create a border around the garden and also can be grown as a cut and dried flower for potpourri and culinary uses. It forms a very uniform, dense mound of silvery green foliage topped with tall wands of rich lavender purple flowers which are much darker than ‘Provence’.

A true sensation: Lavandula Sensational! This lavender has broad, thick, bright silver leaves. The flowers are sensationally large (4") and intense purple on densely flowered spikes. Sensational! flowers abundantly from Summer to Autumn. It has a very long blooming season because it re-blooms. Sensational! has a compact, upright habit and forms a well-branched plant of about 24” high and wide. It has high tolerance to leaf spotting and root disease. On top of this all, it has a very nice floral fragrance. Plant Sensational! in full sun in any, well-drained soil. Lavandula Sensational! is a great addition to the perennial border, the rock garden or in a pot on terrace or balcony. It is also great for landscaping and mass planting. Because of the strong flower stems it can also be used for fresh or dry cut flowers.

This Lavender is the earliest blooming angustifolia variety by far! Flowers are 4" larger than Munstead or Hidcote. Plants form compact shrubby mounds of aromatic gray foliage. Excellent for fresh cut or dried flowers. Needs good drainage and full sun for best growth.

Pure white version of Big Time Blue, extra large flowers grow on compact gray-green foliage. Comes into bloom earlier than others and continues into fall.

Blue Spear shows off bigger, taller spikes than any other seed lavender, with more upright flower stems that stand closer to each other for huge impact from a distance. Very easy to grow, with high uniformity, good habit and earliness.

This first year flowering L. angustifolia has pink flowers. They are produced in abundance atop bushy mounds of silver-green foliage from midsummer through early fall.

These sensational new lavenders bloom the first year, show incredible uniformity and produce scads of fragrant white flower spikes from July to September. Butterflies love them. The compact, bushy, branching plants grow to 12-16 inches tall.

Dark purple flowers above a dense mound of fine-leaved, silvery, aromatic foliage.

A compact variety with numerous purple flowers in summer. Proportionate flower stems keep the plant from looking leggy or flopping under the weight of its blooms. The habit is well-rounded and tidy; made of silvery green leaves. A must have addition for growers looking to upgrade their Lavender lineup! Top rated performer by the Chicago Botanic Garden.

The grey-green foliage forms a compact mound topped with plump, rich violet purple flower wands that are perfect for cutting for fresh and dried bouquets. Clusters of tiny flowers appear at the nodes up the stem in addition to the terminal inflorescence, adding color down into the plant.

Produces the deepest purple lavender summer color with no bleaching, on the most controlled English Lavender available.

Rich lavender flower spikes fill the air with their sweet, intoxicating fragrance all summer long. Its compact habit and relatively short stature makes it a good choice for edging. This is often said to be the hardiest variety of all Lavender.

This strain has grey-green foliage with rich, deep blue flower spikes appearing on short stems. Excellent winter hardiness and heat and humidity tolerance. Prune lightly in early spring, no harder than 4 inches.

‘Sweet Romance’ is destined to become a favorite of gardeners because it begins to flower a bit earlier in the season, typically in early summer and lasting into early fall. The grey-green foliage forms a compact mound topped with plump, rich violet purple flower wands that are perfect for cutting for fresh and dried bouquets. Clusters of tiny flowers appear at the nodes up the stem in addition to the terminal inflorescence, adding color down into the plant.

Mibrant magenta flower spikes topped by showy clear rose petal-like bracts rise above the aromatic grey-green foliage. Deer and rabbit resistant and durable, standing up to summer heat and drought. A wonderful container specimen, or landscape accent, for an entryway, border, or rock garden. Evergreen.

Lemon balm, with its delicate lemon scent and flavor, is valued as a culinary, cosmetic and medicinal herb. Fresh sprigs are used to top drinks and as garnishes on salads and main dishes. Fresh or dried leaves make a refreshing tea, either iced or hot.

The fibrous leaves of this grass have a strong midrib, sharp edges, and purple bases. Lemon Grass is known for its strong lemon scent and produces an oil which is used for flavoring foods, making teas, and can be used for medicinal purposes. Not only is Lemon Grass useful for its oil, it makes a great specimen plant as well! Native of East India. This tropical perennial grass is grown as an annual and makes a handsome ornamental edible. The fibrous leaves have a strong lemon aroma and are the source of lemongrass oil that is used to flavor candy, ice cream and pastries. Made into a tea, it can help with digestive problems.

Sweet marjoram, a tender perennial, has small, oval, light-green leaves. Fresh or dried leaves are used to season meats, salads vinegars and casseroles.

‘Mojito’ Mint is the key ingredient to authentic Mojitos! Spicy and warm, this variety is a great culinary herb! ‘Mojito’ mint is native to Cuba and was previously impossible to get in North America, but thanks to Toronto mojito enthusiast Catherine Nasmith who visited Cuba in 2006, we now have the authentic plant from Cuba. Not just great in beverages, Mojito Mint also makes a great seasoning for meats and confections.

A member of the mint family (Lamiaceae), apple mint is an aromatic herb with a fruity, spearmint flavor. Also known by the common name round-leaved mint, Mentha suaveolens is often misnamed M. rotundifolia in cultivation. Apple mint is cultivated as a culinary herb and is used in the production of mint sauce and jelly.

Vigorous habit with bright green leaves and gold veining. Perfect accent plant for combinations Its fragrance is a bonus. Non-invasive.

This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Dark green, dense, bushy foliagge with a highly minty fragrance. Mat-forming. Attractive herb for a ground cover, in shady garden borders or for containers and hanging baskets. Use leaves to make a refreshing tea. Does well in shade, can also take sun.

Orange Mint has a bit of a Citrus fragrance. It is quite easy to grow. It will readily make itself at home in full sun to partial shade in moist soil. Most gardeners don't have any trouble growing it.... they have trouble containing it.

This is another unusual new cultivar of mint with a compact habit. The foliage is dark green and scented with peppermint and fruit. If the leaves are frequently harvested the plant stays bushy and luxuriant throughout the growing season. In mid summer it produces light purple flower spikes which should be removed if you are growing it to use the leaves.

Delicious chocolate-mint scented foliage and purple blooms in spring area a treat for the senses.

Aromatic foliage has a classic peppermint flavor. Excellent as a tea herb, in potpourri, as flavoring in iced tea, or used fresh in fruit compotes or salads. Mints are vigorous spreaders and should be contained; plant in containers sunk into the ground.

Aromatic leaves have a sweet fruity fragrance and flavor. Excellent as a tea herb or an attractive, flavorful garnish in fruit compotes or salads. Spreads less vigorously than most mints, but still best planted in a large container sunk in the ground.

Strongly scented green leaves with splashes of white, purplish stems and reddish-violet flowers.

This is a spearmint variety, with small, bright green, crinkly leaves. The sweet scent has a nice hint of strawberries. Wonderful for tea, iced or hot.

Gold, orange, salmon, and mahoganey flowers cover the compact variegated foliage. Nasturtiums are edible - the flowers and tender young leaves add a peppery ziip to salads. The big seeds are ideal for kids’ gardens, too!

Unique, deep blue-green leaves are the perfect background for the dazzling, long-spurred 2 1/2" scarlet blooms. Compact plants only 1 ft. high are superb for hanging baskets and mixed plantings in kitchen gardens. Blooms until frost. GARDEN HINTS: Use as companion plants for cabbage, cucumbers and herbs. Helps in repelling whitefly and cabbage caterpillars.

A favorite edible flower in lovely shades of rose color, perfect for topping cakes or other culinary creations. The leaves are also edible and make a spicy green in salads. Pollinators love this pretty pink flower, too! Plants have a mounding habit and reach 14 inches tall. A 2020 All Americas Selection Winner.

Golden-tipped, pleasantly scented foliage complemented by tiny light lavender flowers in summer. Strongly flavorful, fresh leaves provide an unforgettable taste to fine Italian and Mexican cuisine.

Erect, bushy plant, 8-18" plants produce pungent flavored leaves with purple flowers that is often used in Italian and Greek cooking.

The fragrance will start your mouth watering, while the red-flushed green leaves and purple-brown stems, even when not topped with clusters of lavender-pink blooms, are attractive enough to take their place in bed or border with other flowering plants.

Tender, sweetly spicy leaves with excellent flavor. Adds zest to Greek, Italian and Mexican cuisine and complements tomato dishes, beef or lamb stew, gravies, soups, salads or casseroles. Use fresh, dried or fresh frozen. Harvest before flowering.

Tender, sweetly spicy leaves with excellent falvor. Adds zest to Greek, Italian and Mexican cuisine and complements tomato dishes, beef or lamb stew, graviews, soups, salads or casseroles. Use fresh, dried or fresh frozen. Harvst before flowering.

Huge dark-green leaves with great flavor. A rich-flavored true culinary variety, with large flat green leaves. This sweet crisp flavored herb makes the perfect Italian seasoning! Heirloom.

Triple Curled is fast-growing and produces closely curled dark leaves. It prefers full sun and holds for a long time when mature, making harvesting easy. Use the finely cut, curly leaves as a flavoring or garnish.

Selected for its unusually upright, stiff twigs preferred for savory kebob skewers. Foliage maintains especially good flavor and aroma for cooking. Quickly forms an upright hedge of aromatic needle-like foliage. Blue flowers in summer are profuse and blue

Intensely fragrant leaves have a distinctive pungent flavor. Excellent seasoning for meat or vegetable dishes; also used dried for sachets and herbal crafts. Attractive in the garden and containers. May be wintered indoors in pots; needs high humidity.

Originating from Gorizia, Italy, this mildew resistant variety has large, flat leaves unusual for rosemary. Its unique, upright growth and long stems are perfect to use as skewers or for seasoning meat and poultry.

Very popular, attractive herb with exceptionally flavorful leaves. Excellent for flavoring a variety of dishes.

Cooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce. S. ‘Berggarten’ is more compact than the species, forming a 2’ tall by 3’ wide bush with woody stems that may be trimmed back to newly emerging growth or strong stems in spring. In early to mid-summer, it sends up purple flower spikes. It boasts attractively rounded leaves and, like the species, has both ornamental and culinary qualities in an herb garden. It tolerates alkaline soils, but not wet winter conditions.

Pineapple sage…smells like pineapple! It is an underrated herb in the garden that has quite a few uses. It makes a very tasty cold or hot tea. It can be chopped into fruit and vegetable salads. It also has beautiful, edible flowers with a sweet taste. A sprig of pineapple sage as a garnish can make a dish of ice cream or slice of cheesecake look almost decadent.

Lamb's Ear-like foliage in shades of softest purple. Lovely with white- and silver-foliage plants. Striking blue flower spikes in summer.

A vigorous ground cover for partially shaded, moist areas with slightly acidic soil. Tiny, white, star-shaped flowers appear in late spring above a carpet of green foliage. The bright green leaves are fragrant when crushed and are finely cut.

Stevia features high sweetness and low calorie and its sweetness is 200 - 350 times of that of cane sugar but its calorie is only 1/300 of that of cane sugar. Constant use can prevent such illnesses as hypertension, obesity, diabetes, & heart disease.

French Tarragon's name comes from French and Latin origin "little dragon," perhaps from its fiery taste that chefs and cooks around the world love. An essential herb for any culinary garden.

A highly desirable and popular groundcover, forming a dense low mat with spikes of lilac-white flowers throughout summer, beautiful fragrant variegated foliage that is larger and more broadleaf; needs a dry and sunny location, can take light foot traffic.

Variegated Broadleaf Thyme is smothered in stunning spikes of lilac purple flowers with white overtones rising above the foliage from early to mid summer, which emerge from distinctive burgundy flower buds. It's attractive fragrant round leaves remain green in color with showy creamy white variegation throughout the year.

Culinary herb for gardens and containers. Commonly used for seasoning meats, fish, poultry, soups and vegetables.

One of the first thymes to flower each year, this charming and reliable cultivar bursts into bloom in early spring with unique salmon-pink flowers. Its fuzzy olive-green foliage forms a mat 1 to 2 inches tall and 18 inches wide. It is one of the most tolerant of thymes of dry conditions, but grows robustly with plenty of water.

An excellent deterrent to pests in the vegetable garden! Thyme is essential in French cooking, as well as in almost any American dish, including casseroles, most vegetables, soups, stuffings, and sauces. The aromatic flavor holds up well during long cooking times.

This "Summer Thyme" is one of the most flavorful of all the thyme varieties. Noticeably sweeter and spicier than English types, it is the preferred variety for authentic French cuisine. Used in all types of cooking and grows well in pots or in the garden. Needs some winter protection.

Thymus citriodorus ‘Archers Gold’ is a low-growing, mat-forming lemon-scented thyme, bearing golden-yellow-green leaves and pink flowers in summer. It’s perfect for use in culinary dishes, particularly chicken and fish recipes.

Tiny, light green leaves with lemon scent on spreading plant. Use for ground cover, rock gardens, edging.

Tiny silver-gray leaves with a clean white edge form semi-upright plants and sport white flowers. Excellent for edging, culinary and medicinal uses.

Green and gold variegated leaves with strong lemon scent. Medium size leaves. Pink fl owers in summer. Use for meat, fi sh, cheese fl avoring, pasta, pizza, and oils.

This herb was so cherished it was one of the few possessions brought to the New World. The lemon fragrance has been used as a perfume for centuries. Lemon Verbena was the favorite fragrance of the ladies in ‘Gone with the Wind.’ Excellent in foods.