Herb Information Sheets

This month we celebrate Bergamot, but not the bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia) that famously flavours Earl Grey and Lady Grey…

For 2020 we are kicking off Herb of the Month with the International Herb Association's Herb of the Year -…

Aloe vera is an evergreen succulent perennial with narrow fleshy dull green leaves with spiny margins. Its healing gel (plant sap) is…

Many herbs and vegetables fall in the mustard family (Brassica spp). Commonly known as cruciferous vegetables, they include numerous species of wild…

You either love it, or hate it. Coriander, cilantro or dahnia, is an annual herb much used in Indian and…

There is such a large variety of basil available! From sweet to spicy cinnamon or lip-smacking lemon flavoured, some are small-leaved…

Fresh peppery leaves of rocket (either the cultivated salad rocket, or what is known as wild rocket) are a delightful…

These beautiful poppies are a delight in any springtime garden – their nodding heads of fragile looking tissue-papery blooms come in…

The shoo-fly plant is a pretty addition to any garden with its beautiful bell-shaped purple flowers and Chinese-lantern style fruit,…

Even-though Agastache, or Liquorice Mint, is also known as Anise Hyssop, Lavender Hyssop, or Blue Giant Hyssop, it is not a true…