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Herbs and spices

A leaf or sprig make any dish a delight. That’s what herbs and spices can do for you! And they’re so easy to grow, they spice up day-to-day life!

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Salvia elegans

Salvia elegans: expert tips for growing elegant sage

Herbs and spices
Mentha requienii

Mentha requienii: expert tips for growing creeping mint

Herbs and spices
Mountain mint silvery bracts and flowers

Mountain mint: expert tips and planting advice

Herbs and spices
Perilla frutescens

Perilla frutescens: varieties, planting and garden uses

Herbs and spices
Levisticum officinale

Lovage: expert tips and planting advice

Herbs and spices
Why Gardeners Are Growing Fennel As A Butterfly Magnet This Summer

Why Gardeners Are Growing Fennel As A Butterfly Magnet This Summer

Herbs and spices
Growing herbs from cuttings cut my grocery bills by £180 this summer

Growing herbs from cuttings cut my grocery bills by £180 this summer

Herbs and spices
Salvia officinalis

Growing Sage: Expert Tips for Healthy Culinary Harvests

Herbs and spices
Agastache foeniculum

Anise Hyssop: Growing Guide, Care Tips & Varieties

Herbs and spices
Harvest Basil Leaves Before Summer Heat Peaks: The Right Way

Harvest Basil Leaves Before Summer Heat Peaks: The Right Way

Herbs and spices
Thymus serpyllum

Growing Creeping Thyme: care tips and garden uses

Herbs and spices
Origanum vulgare

Origanum vulgare: growing guide, care tips and best varieties

Herbs and spices
Bundles of freshly harvested summer herbs hanging to dry in warm sunlight on a wooden rack

Air-drying herbs takes 2 weeks — this summer method does it in 3 days with stronger flavour

Herbs and spices
Close-up of spent rosemary flower stems with dried brown blooms on a woody shrub in summer heat

Rosemary flowering in summer: why blooms stop and how to get a second flush before autumn

Herbs and spices
Stressed rosemary plant with dry brown woody stems in summer garden heat

Rosemary in summer heat: how to recognise stress and prune it back to health

Herbs and spices
Wilting SunPatiens plants in a summer garden bed, drooping in intense afternoon heat

Your SunPatiens Are Wilting in the Heat — Here’s How to Revive Them Fast

Herbs and spices
Lush green mint plant with fresh stems ready for harvest in a summer garden

Your Mint Smells Amazing — But Are You Harvesting It All Wrong?

Herbs and spices
Close-up of basil leaves with dark black edges and browning tips in summer garden

Your Basil Leaves Are Turning Black at the Edges — Here’s Why

Herbs and spices
Fresh parsley plant with yellowing lower leaves growing in a garden pot in summer sunlight

Your Parsley Is Going Yellow in June — Here’s Exactly Why

Herbs and spices
Fresh coriander plant with feathery green leaves wilting and bolting in summer garden bed

Your Coriander Keeps Dying in Summer — Here’s the Real Reason Why

Herbs and spices
Close-up of thyme plant with tiny purple flowers blooming in summer garden

Your Thyme Is Flowering Right Now — That’s Actually a Problem

Herbs and spices
Rosemary plant with brown woody stems and dying branches in a summer garden

Your Rosemary Is Dying From the Inside — And Summer Is Why

Herbs and spices
Vigorous mint plant spreading aggressively across a garden bed in summer sunlight

Why Is Your Mint Taking Over Everything — And How Do You Stop It?

Herbs and spices
Lush green basil plant with flower spikes beginning to form in summer garden

Your Basil Is About to Bolt — Here’s What to Do Right Now

Herbs and spices
Lush fresh mint, basil, and rosemary herbs growing together in terracotta pots on a sunny patio

The Herb I Nearly Killed Three Times (And Why It’s Worth Every Effort)

Herbs and spices
Ginger

Grow ginger in your garden or in pots

Herbs and spices
Wild garlic, bear's garlic

Wild garlic, bear’s garlic: a healing herb with a tasty bite

Herbs and spices
Curly parsley

Curly parsley, Sow & Grow this ornamental herb!

Herbs and spices
Laurus nobilis

Laurus nobilis, the nobleman’s true bay laurel

Herbs and spices
Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris, how to grow the mugwort herb

Herbs and spices
Savory, a herb that's delicious and easy to grow

Savory, an herb for even tastier grilling and cooking

Herbs and spices
Close-up of grand vert basil young leaves

Grand Vert, the basil with large, even tastier leaves

Herbs and spices
hyssop

Hyssop, a flowery plant that does lots for health

Herbs and spices
Tea tree, the tree that grows leaves for tea

Tea tree growing, care… harvest and drinking, too!

Herbs and spices
Herb garden

The dizzying beauty of a herb spiral right in your own garden

Herbs and spices
White mustard - spice and green manure fertilizer

White mustard, both spice and green manure fertilizer

Herbs and spices
Yarrow

Yarrow, an easy herb

Herbs and spices
Medicinal sage

Medicinal sage, tips on how to grow and care for it

Herbs and spices
Round leaves and pale pink flowers are the mark of the Kent Beauty origanum rotundifolium variety

Origanum rotundifolium, the Kent Beauty oregano

Herbs and spices
Mint

Mint, refreshments for the summer

Herbs and spices
Herbs and spices growing in a garden

Herbs and spices, everything there is to know about them

Herbs and spices
Absinthe

Absinthe, an herb that bestows many benefits

Herbs and spices
Best herbs for garden

Grow herbs and spices, the 10 Best Basic Herbs

Herbs and spices
Verbena officinalis

Medicinal verbena for delicious herbal tea

Herbs and spices
Medicinal angelica flower head

Medicinal angelica, a delicious garden spice

Herbs and spices
Pineapple mint with variegated leaves

Pineapple mint, beautifully variagated

Herbs and spices
Chamomile growing, with a gray background

Chamomile, growing, harvest and health benefits

Herbs and spices
Wild thyme

Wild thyme, ornament & condiment!

Herbs and spices
Chervil in a patch

Chervil, a delicious herb

Herbs and spices
Colocynth, bitter apple

Colocynth, an African herb vegetable

The Vegetable Patch
Oyster plant

Mertensia maritima, the oyster plant

Herbs and spices