Herbs and spices

Growing basil in pots is easy, and it is even a great idea to start growing potted basil in spring.

Growing basil yourself is easy, and it is even a great idea for all who like to spice up their salads and summer meals!

Anise, from which aniseed is harvested, is an herb that is simple to grow. Its digestive properties paired up with the fact that it freshens one’s breath make it

The Sichuan pepper tree is a shrub that bears the delicious Sichuan pepper.

Coriander is an annual perfectly suited to our climates. It is a very fragrant spice herb.

Thyme is both a cute little perennial and a fabulous herb.

Chives are aromatic herbs that are very easy to grow. They produce an abundance of leaves.

Preparing your own bouquet garni is something enjoyable and very simple. A bouquet garni is an assortment of herbs and spices

Marjoram is a delicate strong-tasting herb, very fragrant and easy to grow. It is perfect to flavor meals.

Tarragon is a delicious herb plant perfectly suited to our climates.

Dill is delicious with its delicate aniseed-like flavor and it is perfect paired with sauces, marinades and fish.

Wild thyme is a low-lying perennial that is as useful as a herb as it is ornamental.

Chamomile is well-known for its herbal and medicinal properties. Whether the variety is Roman, German or wild, they all belong to the large Asteraceae family.

Parsley is a commonly used spice that grows easily.

Mertensia maritima, also called oyster plant or oysterleaf, is a surprising plant that tastes quite uncanny for a member of the plant kingdom.

Herbs and spices are unavoidable for those who love both gardening and cooking. It is truly enjoyable to snip a leaf of your very own chives to flavor a lettuce salad, your own mint to pair with strawberries and your own basil to chop onto freshly-picked tomatoes… isn’t it?

Sorrel is a delicious herb plant from which the leaves are eaten. Their acidic taste is quite distinctive.

Garden angelica is a very tall herb spice that belongs to the Umbelliferae family. It is much appreciated in cooking, pastries more specifically.

Absinthe is more famous for the liquor that is produced from it than for its many uses in the garden.

Medicinal verbena is a very interesting wild plant, both for its health benefits and therapeutic value as for its qualities as a fragrant herb.

Lemon thyme is both a cute little perennial and a fabulous herb.

Rosemary is both a beautiful shrub and a formidable herb plant.

Herbs and spices are easy to grow and cook and it’s possible to squeeze them into any nook and cranny of the vegetable patch, flower beds and garden boxes.

Chervil is a very tasty herb that loves cool and shaded locations.

Growing and producing pineapple mint is perfectly possible and even recommended for all those who love to flavor meals!

Growing mint yourself is easy, and it’s recommended for every person who likes to flavor their desserts and meals with mint!

Yarrow, also called “soldier’s woundwort”, is a nice perennial very much liked for its foliage and for its value as a herb and therapeutic relief agent.

When taking a stroll in the woods or in the fields, rediscover the joys of collecting edible wild plants!

Medicinal sage or salvia officinalis is a fabulous herb with a very specific flavor.

Sage is a plant that counts a great many species, over 900, and it exists as a perennial, an annual, a biennial, and as shrub, too.

Bunching onion, also called Welsh onion or even sometimes long green onion, is a delicious vegetable but also an herb that has a distinctive taste.

Origanum rotundifolium, known sometimes as oregano or marjoram, is a delicate strong-tasting herb, fragrant and easy to grow.

Stevia is a cute herb and an excellent alternative to sugar.