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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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Herbs and spices, everything there is to know about them

 Herbs and spices growing in a garden

Grow ginger in your garden or in pots

 Ginger

Grow herbs and spices, the 10 Best Basic Herbs

 Best herbs for garden

Sage, how to plant and grow it best

 Growing sage

Potted basil for terraces, balconies, decks and indoors, too

 Basil growing in a container pot.

Coriander, so fragrant!

 Coriander growing in a bare patch of clay soil.

Aniseed, a delicious seed to crunch on after meals

 Aniseed plant flower umbels.

Tarragon, a very fragrant plant

 Tarragon leaves with a golden yellow flower blooming.

Mertensia maritima, the oyster plant

 Oyster plant

Chamomile, growing, harvest and health benefits

 Chamomile growing, with a gray background

Chives, a delicious herb

 Chives

Bouquet Garni, the perfect way to flavor meals

 Bouquet garni ingredients: thyme, bay laurel, leek greens, parsley, rosemary (not shown).

Dill, growing this herb from seed to harvest

 Dill

Basil, very tasty leaves: how to grow and harvest Ocimum basilicum

 Basil

Parsley, flat-leafed or curly-leafed, it is everywhere!

 Parsley

Thyme, an herb with little care for such taste and blooms

 Thyme

Sichuan pepper, a unique fragrance

 Sichuan pepper tree - Zanthoxylum

White mustard, both spice and green manure fertilizer

 White mustard - spice and green manure fertilizer

Hyssop, a flowery plant that does lots for health

 hyssop

Rosemary, beautiful in the garden, useful in the kitchen

 Rosemary

Colocynth, an African herb vegetable

 Colocynth, bitter apple

Stevia, a great alternative to sugar!

 Stevia

Laurus nobilis, the nobleman’s true bay laurel

 Laurus nobilis

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

 Wild garlic, bear's garlic

Curly parsley, Sow & Grow this ornamental herb!

 Curly parsley

Lemon thyme, a citrus-scented variety of the famous Mediterranean herb

 Planting lemon thyme

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

 Herb garden

Artemisia vulgaris, how to grow the mugwort herb

 Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort

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

 Medicinal sage

Sorrel, a unique taste

 Sorrel

Wild thyme, ornament & condiment!

 Wild thyme

Absinthe, an herb that bestows many benefits

 Absinthe

Chervil, a delicious herb

 Chervil in a patch

Bunching onion (or Welsh onion), a delicious herb

 Bunch of bunching onion

Marjoram, garden oregano

 Marjoram flowers with a bee

Origanum rotundifolium, the Kent Beauty oregano

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

Pineapple mint, beautifully variagated

 Pineapple mint with variegated leaves

Mint, refreshments for the summer

 Mint

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

 Tea tree, the tree that grows leaves for tea

Medicinal verbena for delicious herbal tea

 Verbena officinalis