|
Common Name |
Series/Variety |
Height |
Spread |
Description/Care |
|
ANISE |
Species |
18" |
12" |
75 days. Use leaves in salads, seeds in cakes/breads. |
|
BASIL |
Cinnamon |
28" |
12" |
80 days. Violet stems and prominent veins and flower bracts
with lavender flowers. |
|
BASIL |
Lemon |
22" |
2' |
80 days. Lemon scented. Use fresh or dried. |
|
BASIL |
Red Rubin |
15" |
12" |
80 days. Plain edged leaves are dark red. |
|
BASIL |
Siam Queen |
2 - 3' |
2' |
85 days. High-yielding; vigorous, large-leafed Thai type.
Spicy and very aromatic. |
|
BASIL |
Sweet (Nufar YR) |
24" |
14" |
80 days. The world's first F1 hybrid that is fusarium
tolerant. Sweet scent and flavour. |
|
BEEBALM |
Panorama Mix |
30" |
12" |
Fragrant red, pink, and salmon flowers have mint smell and
attract hummingbirds and butterflies. |
|
BORAGE |
Species |
18 - 24" |
12" |
80 days. Great for salads, use sprigs to flavour lemonade.
Known as the "Herb of Gladness". |
|
CARAWAY |
Species |
20" |
12" |
70 days. Roots are eaten as a vegetable, leaves and shoots
in salads, seeds for seasoning. |
|
CHERVIL |
Curled |
2 |
1' |
80 days. Parsley-like flavour for soups. |
|
CHERVIL |
Species |
2' |
1' |
80 days. Parsley-like flavour for soups. |
|
CHIVES |
Common |
12" |
12" |
80 days. Use as a herb or a flowering perennial.
Purple-pink flowers. |
|
CHIVES |
Garlic |
12" |
12" |
85 days. Chinese Chives. Leaves have strong garlic
flavour. White flowers. |
|
CORIANDER |
Cilantro |
20 - 24" |
12" |
45 days. Grown for aromatic seeds and for seasoning meats,
pickles, etc. |
|
CRESS |
Fine Curled |
2 - 3" |
6 sds/in. |
A splendid "green" to garnish sandwiches and salads. 10
days to harvest. |
|
DILL |
Bouquet Spectra |
24 - 36" |
12" |
65 days. Standard strain. |
|
DILL |
Dwarf Fernleaf |
18" |
12" |
68 days. Dwarf, dark green fine leaved, based branching
dill. |
|
ENDIVE |
Broad Leaf Batavian |
12" |
12" |
85 days. Upright, broad, smooth, dark green leaves. |
|
FENNEL |
Sweet |
2.5' |
1' |
90 days. Large bulb at the base of the plant is used in
salads or cooked as a vegetable. |
|
HYSSOP |
Species |
18 - 24" |
|
Easily grown as a low edging plant. Does well in
dry,rocky,limestone soil. |
|
LAVENDER |
Fringed |
10 - 12" |
12 - 18" |
|
|
LAVENDER |
Hidcote |
12" |
12" |
Popular for its blooms and scent. |
|
LAVENDER |
Lady |
8 -10" |
10" |
70 days. Lavender blue blooms in first year. Green foliage. |
|
LAVENDER |
Munstead Strain |
12 -16" |
1' 11" |
The hardiest and most popular type grown. Compact bushy
plants with blue flowers. |
|
LAVENDER |
Standard |
12 - 24" |
12" |
90 days. Popular for its blooms and scent. |
|
LEMON BALM |
Species |
20 - 24" |
12" |
Heart-shaped leaves, lemon fragrance. Tea made from dry
leaves calms your nerves and stimulates the heart. |
|
MINT |
Apple |
12" |
12" |
Apple-flavoured mint. |
|
MINT |
Chocolate |
12" |
12" |
Chocolate-flavoured mint. |
|
MINT |
Lemon |
40" |
12" |
Large lemon scented leaves. Will attract butterflies. |
|
MINT |
Orange |
12" |
12" |
Orange-flavoured mint. |
|
MINT |
Pineapple |
12" |
12" |
Pineapple-flavoured mint. |
|
NEPETA |
Catnip |
36" |
24" |
75 days. An aromatic plant liked by cats. Can be used as a
salad green or to make a relaxing tea. |
|
OREGANO |
Species |
15 - 24" |
|
90 days. Use fresh or dried in sauces and soups. |
|
PARSLEY |
Italian Dark Green |
12" |
12" |
78 days. Large, flat, glossy, dark green leaves, deeply
cut. More flavour than curled types. |
|
PARSLEY |
Triple Curled |
12" |
12" |
80 days. Curled, dark green leaves on compact plants. |
|
PEPPERMINT |
Species |
24 - 28" |
12" |
80 days. Attracts butterflies. Used for herbal medicinal
and culinary purposes. |
|
ROQUETTE |
Arugula |
20" |
15" |
40 days. Dark green wide tongue-shaped leaves are used in
salads and have strong spicy taste. |
|
ROSEMARY |
Trailing |
10" |
14" |
Creeping version. Use needle-like leaf tips sparingly to
flavour meats and sauces. |
|
ROSEMARY |
Upright |
1 - 2' |
1' |
85 days. Use needle-like leaf tips sparingly to flavour
meats and sauces. |
|
RUE |
Herb-of-Grace |
24" |
18" |
80 days. Used as an herbal medicine for sore throats,
headaches, an ointment for joint pains, and as an antidote
for poisons. |
|
SAGE |
Common Sage |
15 - 20" |
15" |
75 days. Fragrant greyish leaves are used fresh or dried to
flavour meats, dressings, and sauces. |
|
SORREL |
Species |
20" |
12" |
60 days. Lemon flavoured, 8" sword-shaped leaves are
harvested young. Use in fish soups and sauces. |
|
SPEARMINT |
Species |
8 - 12" |
10" |
80 days. Used for plant oil and young leaves for jellies
and drinks. |
|
SUMMER SAVORY |
Species |
15 - 20" |
15" |
60 days. Us fragrant leaves fresh or dried for flavouring
dressings, gravy, or fresh in salads. |
|
SWEET MARJORAM |
Species |
12 - 24" |
12" |
Marjoram has a mild oregano flavour with a hint of balsam. |
|
TARRAGON |
French |
18 - 24" |
18" |
The leaves are used for seasoning. |
|
TARRAGON |
Russian |
5' |
18" |
A seed grown substitute for French Tarragon. |
|
THYME |
Common Thyme |
12" |
12" |
85 days. Aromatic foliage used for flavouring meatloaf,
dressing, poultry. |
|
THYME |
English |
7" |
12" |
85 days. Aromatic foliage used for flavouring meatloaf,
dressing, poultry. |
|
THYME |
Golden Lemon |
10" |
12" |
Golden leaved. |
|
THYME |
Lemon |
10" |
12" |
Lemon-scented foliage. Pale lilac flowers. |
|
THYME |
Orange |
8 - 12" |
12" |
Strong orange scent and flavour. Excellent with fish,
roasted vegetables, stews and soups or in marmalades and
chutneys. |
|
VERBENA |
Lemon |
18" |
12" |
Strong lemon scented plant. |
