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My Herb/Tea Garden 🌿🧄🫖
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items Whether you're looking to brew the perfect midday escape or spice up your culinary game, this collection is your “starter pack” for a thriving, fragrant sanctuary.
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Greens
Florals
Similar in taste to certain types of cucumber, borage is a tasty culinary herb that is widely used in Europe and increasingly popular in the United States. Borage also produces very attractive edible flowers. Plant borage seeds in a sunny spot with w...
Borage Seeds
Geisha Girl Calendula is an easy to grow, low maintenance annual offering a bounty of deep orange blooms throughout the season! Blooming from late spring all the way through early fall, Geisha Girl is a sure thing!
Calendula Seeds - Geisha Girl
German Chamomile is a delicate herb that contains both ornamental and culinary qualities. German Chamomile is most famously used in the brewing of tea, but is also routinely used in shampoos and other cosmetic products. As far as the garden goes, it'...
Chamomile Seeds - German
Purple Coneflower or Echinacea purpurea is one of the most popular perennials in the garden. In addition to being beautiful the flowers can also be used to make an extremely popular herbal tea, purported to help strengthen the immune system. With ste...
Purple Coneflower Seeds (Echinacea)
A favorite herb of beekeepers, Hyssop creates a strong, aromatic honey! Pollinators love Hyssop flowers, and in mid-summer gardeners can enjoy spikes of violet-blue flowers on woody stems. Used for centuries for medicinal purposes, Hyssop has soothin...
Hyssop Seeds
Leaves can be used raw or cooked for flavoring in salads, cooked foods, and for tea.
Lemon Mint Seeds
Of all the scores of different lavenders, this one - Lavandula angustifolia, or Lavender Vera, meaning "True Lavender" - is arguably the most popular. A delicate and versatile variety, lavender is especially cherished for its elegant appearance and l...
Lavender Seeds
Greens
Lemon Balm is a long-cultivated culinary herb that is primarily used in herbal teas. Plant Lemon balm seeds indoors or outdoors in full sun.
Lemon Balm Seeds
Green Leaf Holy Basil, also known as Tulsi, is a highly aromatic variety with vibrant green leaves and a sweet, clove-like fragrance. Revered in Ayurvedic tradition, it’s both a sacred herb and a flavorful addition to teas, stir-fries, and herbal rem...
Basil Seeds - Holy
Easy to grow and quite ubiquitous across the Northern Hemisphere, Spearmint seeds can sometimes be a chore to find. We are pleased to now be able to offer a selection of the lovely and useful Spearmint to our gardeners! Highly aromatic, Spearmint is ...
Spearmint Seeds
Florence Fennel, or finocchio, has a mild anise-like flavor, but is sweeter and more aromatic. The inflated leaf base forms a type of "bulb" and can be eaten as a vegetable - sauteed, stewed, braised, grilled or eaten raw. Fennel seeds are the primar...
Fennel Seeds - Florence
Bouquet Dill is an excellent accompaniment to sauces and seasonings. Bouquet Dill is also widely used in pickling. An essential - and affordable - addition to any herb garden.
Dill Seeds - Bouquet (Common)
Italian Parsley typically has a denser coloring and richer flavor than its curled cousin. Use Italian Parsley as an accompaniment to virtually any dish. A very easy herb to cultivate, plant Italian Parsley seeds indoors or out.
Parsley Seeds - Italian
Sage seeds - also called Broadleaf Sage or Common Sage - can be planted indoors or outdoors. An extremely flavorful and versatile herb, sage is commonly used to spice poultry, vegetables, stuffings, sausages, and many other foods. Sage is also an att...
Sage Seeds
Sweet Basil (also sometimes called Common Basil is the undisputed king of the Italian basils), and one of the most popular herb seeds in the world. As versatile as it is tasty, sweet basil can be used to make just about any dish taste delicious. Plan...
Basil Seeds - Sweet Basil (common)
Perhaps the most versatile of all the culinary herbs, Coriander (Cilantro) can be used to add fresh and delicious flavor to almost anything - from soups, salsas, and salads to meat and fish! Coriander (Cilantro) is very easy to grow from seed. An ann...
Cilantro/Coriander Seeds