| Image | Plant Name | Botanical Name | Annual / Biennial / Perennial | Sun / Shade | Indoor/Outdoor Seed Date | Days Until Harvest | Available As |
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ANISE | Pimpinella anisum | Annual | sun | na/May 15-30 | 70-75 | seed/plant |
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BASIL | Ocimum basilicum | Annual | sun | n/a/May 15-30 | 80-85 | seed/plant |
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BAY/LAUREL | Laurus nobilis | Shrub, indoors for winter | sun to part shade | n/a | n/a | plant |
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BEEBALM | Monarda didyma | Perennial | sun or part shade | n/a/May 1-15 | 90-120 | plant |
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BORAGE | Borago officinalis | Annual | sun | n/a/May 15-30 | 80-85 | seed/plant |
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CARAWAY | Carum carvi | Biennial | sun/part shade | n/a/May 15-30 | harvest seeds 2nd year | seed/plant |
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CATMINT/CATNIP | Nepeta cataria | Perennial | sun or part shade | n/a/May 10-20 | 75-80 | seed/plant |
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CHAMOMILE | Matricaria recutita | Annual | sun or part shade | n/a/May 10-20 | 75-80 | seed/plant |
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CHERVIL | Anthriscus cerefolium | Annual | sun or part shade | n/a/May 15-30 | 70-80 | seed/plant |
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CHIVES | Allium schoenoprasum | Perennial | sun | n/a/May 15-30 | 80- 90 | seed/plant |
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CHIVES-GARLIC | Allium tuberosum | Perennial | sun | n/a/May 15-30 | 85-90 | seed/plant |
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CILANTRO/CORIANDER | Coriandrum sativum | Annual | sun/part shade | n/a/May 10-20 | 20- 90 | seed/plant |
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DILL | Anethum graveolens | Annual | sun | n/a/May 15-30 | 90 | seed/plant |
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ECHINACEA | Echinacea angustifolia | Perennial | sun | Apr. 1-15/n/a | 120 | plant |
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FENNEL | Foeniculum vulgare | Annual | sun | n/a/June 1-10 | 80-90 | seed/plant |
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FENUGREEK | Trigonella foenum | Annual | sun | n/a/May 10-20 | 90-120 | seed/plant |
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GARLIC | Allium sativum | Annual | sun/ part shade | n/a/May 1-15 | 100-120 | bulb/plant |
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HORSERADISH | Armoracia rusticana | Perennial | sun | n/a/May 1-15 | 100-120 | bulb/plant |
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HYSSOP | Hyssopus officinalis | Perennial | sun | n/a May 10-30 | 30-60 | seed/plant |
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LAVENDER - ENGLISH | Lavandula angustifolia | Perennial | sun | Mar. 1-10/n/a | 100-120 | seed/plant |
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LEMON BALM | Melissa officinalis | Perennial | sun to part shade | Apr. 10-20/n/a | 90-100 | seed/plant |
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LOVAGE | Levisticum officinale | Perennial | sun to part shade | Apr. 1-15/June 1-10 | harvest leaves as needed | seed/plant |
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MARJORAM - SWEET | Origanum majorana | Annual | sun | Apr. 10-20/n/a | 90 | seed/plant |
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MINT - PEPPERMINT | Mentha x piperita | Perennial | part shade | Apr. 1-10/n/a | 90 | seed/plant |
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MINT - SPEARMINT | Mentha spicata | Perennial | part shade | Apr. 1-10/n/a | 90 | seed/plant |
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OREGANO | Origanum vulgare | Perennial | sun | Apr. 10-20/n/a | 80-90 | seed/plant |
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PARSLEY - CURLED | Petroselinum crispum | Annual | part shade | Apr. 15/May 30 | 90 | seed/plant |
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PARSLEY - ITALIAN | Petroselinum neopolitanum | Annual | part shade | Apr. 1-15/May 15-30 | 90 | seed/plant |
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ROSEMARY | Rosemarinus officinalis | Perennial, indoors in winter | sun | Feb. 1-15/May 10-20 | 125 | seed/plant |
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SAGE | Salvia officinalis | Perennial | sun | Apr. 10-20/n/a | 80-85 | seed/plant |
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SAVORY - SUMMER | Satureja hortensis | Annual | sun | n/a/May 10-20 | 60-65 | seed/plant |
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SAVORY - WINTER | Satureja montana | Perennial | sun | n/a/May 10-20 | 60-65 | plant |
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SORREL - FRENCH | Rumex acetosa | Perennial | sun or part shade | n/a/May 15-30 | 60 | seed/plant |
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STEVIA | Stevia rebaudiana | Annual | sun to part shade | n/a | 60-80 | plant |
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TARRAGON - FRENCH | Artemesia dranunculus 'sativa' | Perennial | sun or part shade | April 1-10/n/a | 110 | seed |
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THYME - ENGLISH | Thymus vulgaris | Perennial | sun or part shade | Apr. 1-10/n/a | 85-90 | seed/plant |
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THYME - LEMON | Thymus citriodorus | Perennial | sun | Apr. 1-10/n/a | 85-90 | seed/plant |
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VERBENA - LEMON | Aloysia citrodora | Annual | sun | April 1-10/n/a | n/a | plant |
Know your limits and keep it manageable. If space is limited, or, you're new to gardening consider choosing two or three herbs to begin with. Choose the ones you like best or use in the kitchen the most often.
Herb Plants Growing Guide
FAST TIP 1
Watch the Drainage! Most herbs prefer moist, but well-drained soil with plenty of sun. Ensure you have ample zeolite or perlite in your medium. Very wet soils will not produce happy herbs.
FAST TIP 2
Every herb has somewhat different requirements for sun and soil. Read up before you purchase or plant, especially if you're planning on different varieties sharing pots. Put plants with the same basic needs in the same pot. When planting outdoors especially know which herbs are annual, biennials, and perennial will help you decide about how to arrange your plantings.
FAST TIP 3
A well-prepped garden with fresh soil can go along way. Using soil that is tired, with no nutrients left to offer you herbs isn't conducive to success. Ensure you add ample organic material like a compost and earth worm castings. When transplanting or starting from seed use Myke herb and veggie. It will give your plants a great head start and a super healthy root system. In your garden, turn over the soil and working in some digested compost is a more fitting home. In pots, avoid garden soils like topsoil or black earth! Using potting soil or ProMix it will be lighter and fluffier, perfect for herb growing.
FAST TIP 4
Know your limits and keep it manageable. If space is limited, or, you're new to gardening consider choosing two or three herbs to begin with. Choose the ones you like best or use in the kitchen the most often.