Herbs - for cooking
The pleasure of gathering herbs to fragrance your cooking is hard to beat. It is easy to grow the 'common' herbs. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, French tarragon, chives^, and even annuals such as coriander are readily attempted. Check the plant sizes and arrange them so that the dainty thymes and oreganos edge the borders. Grow sufficient plants so you can harvest your herbs without destroying the beauty of the plants themselves.
Plants (149)
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'
Purple sage, Common sage, Kitchen sage, Garden sage
Salvia officinalis 'Robin Hill'
Common sage, Kitchen sage, Garden sage
Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'
Common sage, Kitchen sage, Garden sage
Salvia officinalis - broad-leaved
Common sage, Kitchen sage, Garden sage
Salvia roemeriana
Cedar sage
Salvia viridis
Annual clary, Bluebeard, Painted sage, Joseph sage
Sanguisorba minor
Salad burnet, Garden burnet
Silybum marianum
Blessed thistle, Our lady's milk thistle, Holy thistle, St Mary's thistle
Tagetes lucida
Sweet scented marigold, Sweet mace, Sweet scented mexican marigold
Tanacetum balsamita
Alecost, Costmary, Mint geranium, English mace
Tanacetum parthenium
Green feverfew, Bachelor's buttons, Parthenium chrysanthemum
Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum'
Golden feverfew, Golden feather, Bachelor's buttons, Parthenium chrysanthemum
Taraxacum officinale
Common dandelion, Clock flower, Piss-a-bed, Irish daisy, Lions teeth, Swines snout
Teucrium scorodonia
European wood sage, Sage-leafed germander, Woodland germander
Thymus 'Doone Valley'
Thyme
Thymus 'Silver Posie'
Thyme
Thymus 'Silver Queen'
Silver Thyme
Thymus cilicicus
Cilicia thyme
Thymus Coccineus Group
Creeping red thyme, Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme
Thymus herba-barona
Caraway thyme
Thymus praecox
Hairy thyme
Thymus praecox 'Albiflorus'
Hairy thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Grey woolly thyme
Thymus pulegioides
Broad leaved thyme, Large thyme
Thymus pulegioides 'Archer's Gold'
Broad leaved thyme, Large thyme
Thymus pulegioides 'Bertram Anderson'
Lemon Broad leaved thyme, Large thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Breckland thyme, Mother of thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Annie Hall'
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Mother of thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Minor'
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Breckland thyme, Mother of thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Russetings'
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Breckland thyme, Mother of thyme
Tropaeolum majus
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Canary creeper
Valeriana officinalis
All heal, Common valerian, Garden heliotrope, Cat's valerian
Viola odorata
Sweet violet, Garden violet, English violet
Viola tricolor
Heartsease, Wild pansy, Love in idleness, Johnny jump up, Pink of my john, Loving idol
Rosa rugosa
Rugosa rose, Ramanas rose, Japanese rose, Turkestan rose, Hedgehog rose
Allium cepa
Shallot, Tree onion
Brassica juncea 'Red Giant'
Purple sprouting broccoli, Indian mustard
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Cheddar pink
Fedia cornucopiae
African valerian, House of plenty
Foeniculum vulgare 'Smokey'
Fennel
Ligusticum scoticum
Scottish lovage, Sea lovage
Mentha requienii
Corsican Creme de menthe mint, Creeping mint
Mentha x smithiana
Tall mint
Micromeria thymifolia
Winter savory, Mountain mint, Thyme-leaved savory
Pelargonium odoratissimum
Tender geranium, Apple geranium
Portulaca oleracea
Summer purslane, Common purslane, Pussley
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessopp's Upright'
Rosemary