Herbs and spices

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

Herbs, today, are definitely among favored options when planting an ornamental garden. Purple basil, the many varieties of oregano and thyme, graphic-leaved fennel… All these fragrant wonders turn flower beds into olfactory landscapes, too! Most even have no fear of drought or excess sun: they’ll just keep growing even in rocky soil, flower beds, sneak […]

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

Herbs and spices are a perfect match 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 tomato… isn’t it?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Parsley is a commonly used spice that grows easily.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

White mustard is turning increasingly popular: many are discovering its use as a green garden fertilizer, with the side benefits of being a delicious edible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 bed and garden box.

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.

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