Features

Long, slender, hollow leaves form a clump with lavender flowers in early summer and a mild onion flavor. This cultivar will self-sow freely, so divide often.

Great For:

• Cooking and garnishing
• A naturalized ornamental herb

Height: 14-18"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

The thin, light green leaves of this herb give off a strong lemon fragrance at the slightest touch. It will over-winter nicely as long as its kept cold but above freezing.

Great For:

• Teas, sachets, or potpourri
• Containers for the patio or deck

Height: 2-5'   Width: 2-5'    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: White (Summer)

This variety features finely divided, blue-gray-greenish leaves that complement the umbels of greenish, lacy flowers. While it resents root disturbance, it will self-sow freely.

Great For:

• Savory dishes, pickles and marinades
• Ornamental herb

Height: 2-5'   Width: 2-5'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Green (Summer)

Slender green leaves are featured on this upright plant.

Great For:

• Flavoring with a lovely light anise flavor
• Ingestion in small doses

Height: 18-24"   Width: 12-24"    Shape: Mound, Upright

This variety features basal rosettes of irregularly lobed foliage with white to rosy flowers.

Great For:

• Mexican or Asian cooking
• Seeds can be used in curries

Height: 12-24"   Width: 6-12"    Shape: Medium, Upright

Blooms: White (Summer)

The lemon-scented, bulbous stems of this plant are used in asian cooking as well as teas and lotions.

Great For:

• Cooking and aroma therapy
• Lotions and teas

Height: 2'   Width: 6-12"    Shape: Clump

Fragaria vesca is a cousin of the wild strawberry and its leaves can be added to herbal teas for flavor and a good source of vitamin C. The fruit is of course delicious all by itself, and can be added to summer drinks or made into jams and syrup.

Great For:

• Jams and syrup
• Herbal tea flavoring

Height: 10"   Width: 8-12"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: White (Spring, Summer)   Fall Color: Orange, Red

St. Johns Wort features pale green, oval leaves on upright stems with small, simple yellow flowers that will release a reddish juice when crushed. This native of Europe has now been naturalized here.

Great For:

• Colorful dyes
• Medicinal treatments

Height: 24-36"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Yellow (Summer)

Grey, felted, fern-like leaves that smell more of peppermint than lavender give rise to deep lavender spikes of color all summer long.

Great For:

• Sachets, potpourii and flavoring food
• Borders

Height: 14-24"   Width: 12-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

A fountain of purple blooms will erupt from this variety in June over a mound of drought tolerant and fragrant foliage.

Great For:

• Drought tolerant edging plant
• Rock and heather gardens

Height: 18-24"   Width: 12-24"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

The crinkled, dark green, toothed leaves of this variety make up a dense, upright plant with pale lavender flowers in July.

Great For:

• Teas or garnishes
• Rock walls and gardens

Height: 24-36"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

A sterile hybrid derived from a cross between mentha aquatica and mentha spicata, this variety produces spikes of lilac-pink flowers in midsummer over a fragrant collection of foliage. Divide this very vigorous plant often.

Great For:

• Teas or garnishes
• Rock walls and gardens

Height: 12-18"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

'Chocolate' features small, rounded to lance-shaped, glossy dark green leaves tinged with burgundy and terminal spikes of small lavender flowers in July. The leaves have both a chocolate-mint fragrance and taste.

Great For:

• Container plantings
• Teas and garnishes

Height: 12-18"   Width: 12-24"    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

An old fashioned plant that has a well earned reputation for sending cats into states of kittenish friskiness and euphoria! This perennial herb of the mint family will be a special treat for our feline friends.

Great For:

• Cat toys and treats
• Near stone and retaining walls

Height: 36-48"   Width: 15-18"    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: White (Summer, Fall)

The new leaves of 'African Blue' are overcast with purple, but mature to a bright green with purple veining and reddish-purple undersides. Hairy stems that are deep violet will carry violet-infused bracts around light lavender flowers.

Great For:

• Ornamental herb garnish
• Container plantings

Height: 24-36"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

Boasting huge, highly aromatic leaves with a sweet taste that retain their soft texture, this is the best all-around basil variety. White terminal flowers are a bonus in late June.

Great For:

• Sauces, garnishes, and pestos
• Drying

Height: 18-30"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Summer)

With a rounded habit, this herb makes an excellent container variety and will grow into an aromatic, bushy plant with ovate, glossy, bright green leaves that often feature a toothed edge. Small white flowers arrive in late July.

Great For:

• Italian and Thai dishes
• Salads, soups and sauces

Height: 6-12"   Width: 6-12"    Shape: Rounded

Blooms: White (Summer)

'Cinnamon' produces vigorous stems that are deep purple-red with terminal racemes of pink flowers in late June thru September. The dark green, cinnamon-scented leaves also offer a slight sheen.

Great For:

• Garnishes
• Container ornamental

Height: 18-24"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

This herb offers a mild and sweet oregano flavor with a hint of balsam. The small, very aromatic, deep green and hairy leaves give rise to tiny lavender-white flowers in July.

Great For:

• French, Italian and Mediterranean cooking
• Teas to soothe colds, nerves and headaches

Height: 12-24"   Width: 12-24"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

The small, hairy leaves of 'Variegata' are splashed with cream and gold and create a low, prostrate habit boasting a fragrance and flavor with hints of sweet oregano and balsam. Light lavender flowers emerge in July.

Great For:

• Potpourri, stews and vinegars
• Ornamental container or rock garden specimen

Height: 10-14"   Width: 12-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

'Hirtum' features small, slightly hairy leaves that have a pungent aroma typified by Italian cooking. The stems will carry tiny white to lavender clusters of flowers in July.

Great For:

• Italian and Mediterranean dishes
• Rock gardens

Height: 18-24"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: Purple, White (Summer)

Citronella Geranium has been known to keep mosquitoes, black flies and other biting insects away while also offering a very pleasing lemon scent if you bruise the leaves or roll them between your fingers. Occasional lavender flowers are a bonus.

Great For:

• Potpourri, sachets, and baked goods
• Deck plantings and insect repellant

Height: 12-24"   Width: 18-30"    Shape: Mound, Wide

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

'Black Pearl' produces good yields of shiny black ornamental hot peppers that are very hot, grow upright, and turn from black to red when mature. The plant also features black leaves, black stems and white flowers.

It may look like a baby carrot, but the flavor is pure pepper! Medium to very hot, spicy, and with an irresistible crunchy bite, 'Bulgarian Carrot' is one of the best varieties you can find for roasting or chopping into salsa and chutney.

This early variety features dozens of cylindrical fruits that are twice the size of regular serrano chiles. 'Serrano del Sol' quickly sizes up, turns from dark green to scarlet, and has excellent, very hot flavor.

The pointed, thin-fleshed fruit of this variety are elongated and change from light green to red as they mature. They are very hot and ideal for drying or using fresh to sharpen up your cooking.

The flat, dark green leaves of this variety form a rosette of foliage with dainty white flowers in the second season. 'Italian' is preferred by cooks for better flavor than curley parsley and is much easier to chop!

Great For:

• Mild flavoring or garnish
• Container plantings

Height: 12-18"   Width: 6-14"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: White (Summer)

The curly, dark green leaves of this selection form a rosette of foliage that will produce dainty white flowers in July during its second season.

Great For:

• Mild flavoring or garnish
• Container plantings

Height: 10-12"   Width: 8-16"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: White (Summer)

These upright, irregularly conical, compact plants offer gray-green, highly fragranced, needle-like leaves and deep blue flowers in July on old growth.

Great For:

• Mediterranean dishes
• Fragrant accent, interior plant

Height: 3-5'   Width: 2-3'    Shape: Medium, Upright

Blooms: Blue (Summer)

This variety will produce huge, bushy, "BBQ skewer" branches. The extremely upright habit makes this plant perfect for topiaries.

Great For:

• Mediterranean dishes
• Topiaries

Height: 4'   Width: 1-4'    Shape: Concial, Upright

Blooms: Blue (Summer)

A low-growing cultivar of the commonly available rosemary with aromatic, deep green, needle-like foliage. Pale blue flowers adorn this selection in July.

Great For:

• Italian cooking
• Interior hanging baskets

Height: 6-12"   Width: 8-24"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Blue (Summer)

The pointed, ovoid leaves of this herb are slightly hairy and have a strong pineapple scent. If there's a long enough growing season, bright cardinal red flower spikes will be borne in late summer.

Great For:

• Teas to settle upset stomachs
• Butterfly and hummingbird attractant

Height: 3-6'   Width: 2-4'    Shape: Upright, Wide

Blooms: Red (Fall)

A woody sub-shrub with fragrant, oblong, 2-4" gray-green textured foliage and blue-purple flower spikes that appear in July for an extended period, this variety makes for a good ornamental specimen.

Great For:

• Seasoning meat or poultry
• Sore throats and gastritis

Height: 14-24"   Width: 8-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

Winter Interest: Form

With lilac-blue flowers in midsummer and purple, aromatic, young leaves that mature to gray-green, Purple Sage will look stunning planted next to golden oregano in a sunny herb garden.

Great For:

• Container plantings
• Stuffings, herb teas & sage butter

Height: 12-18"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Mound, Wide

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

Carmine-rose flowers appear on slender spikes in late June over the tiny, glossy green foliage of this variety. Feel free to shear this plant back to form neat mounds or hedges.

Great For:

• Low hedge or accent perennial
• Benefits from winter protection

Height: 12-15"   Width: 8-14"

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

An ornamental variety with light lavender flowers in July, variegated cream and silver leaves make this plant one of the more unusual thyme selections.

Great For:

• Fish or chicken marinades
• Near stone features

Height: 4-8"   Width: 6-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

A textural masterpiece, Wooly Thyme is the perfect landscape groundcover thanks to its flat growth, spreading habit and pink-lavender flowers in June. The silvery-gray, wooly foliage is just so touchable!

Great For:

• Rock gardens
• Spreading groundcover

Height: 4-6"   Width: 9-12"

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

Primarily used for cooking, this variety of thyme has aromatic leaves, an upright plant habit and white to lavender flowers in July.

Great For:

• Many over-the-counter preparations
• Container plantings

Height: 6-12"   Width: 6-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

'Striped German' produces moderate sized fruits with a bi-colored center of yellow with red marbling and great tomato flavor.

Great For:

• Slicing
• Fresh eating

Height: 2-6'   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Tall, Upright

Blooms: Yellow