Category: Herbs

If you’ve ever had a dill pickle, you know this flavor!  Dill is a fast-growing annual herb. Although the typical type can reach 3ft or more, the variety ‘Fernleaf’ is a much more compact version.  Yellow blooms appear in summer followed by flavorful seeds. These are a butterfly caterpillar magnet.  Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars love this plant and will appear in summer. Encourage these flying flowers in your garden and plant some dill!

Uses:  Delicious to flavor fish or chicken, in soups, dips or of course, pickles.  Seeds can be dried for later use.

Varieties:

• Bouquet

This herb, an annual in our climate, has intensely aromatic leaves that have a fine, lacey texture.
Uses:  Fresh leaves (cilantro) and seeds (coriander) are a staple in both Latin-American and Mexican dishes… including salsa.  But they are also used in many Middle Eastern and Asian dishes.  Both leaves and seeds act as a digestive and have an spicy citrus flavor.

There are both annual and perennial versions of chamomile.  Both will have fine, airy green foliage and fresh white flowers.  Grow in well-drained soil in a sunny spot.

Uses:  Most common use is to infuse flowers, fresh or dried to make tea.  However, you can also use in potpourri.

Basil may be our most popular herb. It’s simple to grow as long as you don’t plant too soon as it does not like cold weather! Plant it after the soil has warmed and give it lots of sun. The most popular are the Italian/Genovese types used in all kinds of Italian dishes… and of course pesto! However, we carry other types that offer unique flavors that are fun to experiment with. Hint: For best flavor, keep flowers pinched.

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Varieties:

Blue Spice
Everleaf Emerald Towers: space saver! Columnar Genovese type bred to delay flowers/seed
Columnar Thai: bred to delay flowers/seed, less deadheading!
Dolce Fresca
Genovese/Italian Large Leaf
Genovese “Emily”
Holy/Sacred Basil
Lemon
Pesto Perpetuo