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Arugula is an aromatic salad green. It is also known as rocket, roquette, rugula and rucola.Arugula is a simple green to grow at home. Arugula performs best in spring to early summer.
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Lemon Basil has a lemon/citrus fragrance and flavor. As a culinary herb, its unique lemon flavor makes is particularly good in vinegar, with fish, in salad dressings & sauces, and in oils. It is great in pesto and other standard basil dishes, too. There i
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This is a rare and tasty basil, the leaves and flowers have a lime flavour. All basils are tender annuals which are easy to grow, but are very susceptible to cold weather.
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Red Rubin is more uniform in color than other purple basils. The foliage has a clove-like spiciness. This highly ornamental cultivar grows 24 inches high and 12 inches wide. Red Rubin is also a good container variety.
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These seeds produce small, globe-shaped plants with small leaves. The taste of spicy flavored sweet basil packed into 1" long leaves. Decorative plants can be grown in pots or used in garden beds. Ht. 8-14".
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Italian basils are bred for a sweet, smooth, yet robust flavor. This is one of the most used basils for cooking. All basils are tender annuals which are easy to grow, but are very susceptible to cold weather.
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Thai Basil seeds produce basil plants with a hint of mint and clove and perfect for soups, stir fries and Thai curries. Thai Basil has dark green leaves and purple flowers.
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Borage (Borago officinalis or echium amoenum), also known as "starflower"is an annual. The leaves taste like fresh cucumber and are used in salads and soups The flower has a sweet honey-like taste and is often used to decorate desserts and dishes.
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Salad Burnet is a hardy, evergreen perennial that is great for novice gardeners and gormets. It is an attractive plant that looks like rustic maiden hair fern and can be planted in rock gardens, flower beds, and containers. Burnet does best in full sun,
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Catnip is a perennial herb. It is well known for it's ability to get cat's high. It is very hardy, good to -40 so if the roots remain you will see it year after year.
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Chamomile (German) - has pretty daisy-like flowers and is popularly used for aromatic lawns and smells faintly of apples when stepped on. Chamomile is easy to grow. It has great medicinal qualities in tea.
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Chervil is one of the classic fine herbs, has a delicate aniseed flavor and compliments and improves the flavor of other herbs when combined. It is excellent in soups, salads, with eggs, sauces and in herb butter.
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Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) produce mild garlic-flavored flattened leaves and beautiful, white, star-shaped flower clusters. The subtle garlic flavor perfect for use in dishes where raw regular garlic might be overwhelming. All parts are edible.
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Smallest member of the onion family.Chives - the smallest member of the onion family, chives have a mild oniony flavor. The flowerheads have a very mild flavor and are perfect in salads, as a garnish or as a decorative addition to vinegars.
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The plant is called Cilantro, while the seeds are called Coriander. It is also called Chinese Parsley. This plant is a must for salsa. Cilantro needs full sun or light shade in southern zones since it bolts quickly in hot weather.
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Dill grows up to 3 feet tall and is an attractive addition to the garden's back border with its clusters of star-shaped yellow-green flowers and its airy, feather-like blue-green foliage.
Dill is commonly used to flavor potato salads and fish.
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Epazote is used as a leaf vegetable and herb for its pungent flavor. Raw, it has a resinous, medicinal pungency, similar to the liquorice taste of anise, fennel, or even tarragon, but stronger.
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Bronze fennel is a butterfly magnet so plan on harvesting early because once the caterpillars start munching it won't take long for it be eaten.Bronze Fennel - Height: up to 6 feet. Striking for use as an ornamental. Especially effective as a perennial.
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Fennel is a relatively hardy perennial that is indigenous to the Mediterranean area. Fennel - Height: up to 6 feet. Especially effective as a perennial. The entire fennel plant is edible. Nibble seeds for a breath freshener.
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Feverfew is also known as featherfew, compositae, bachelor's or bride's button and midsummer daisy. The plant grows into a small bush up to around 18 inches high, with citrus-scented leaves and is covered by daisy like flowers.
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Lambs Ears is an old fashioned favorite and one of the finest foliage plants for a sunny garden border or rock garden. It is a perennial plant that has lush grey-green leaves that feel soft and fuzzy like a lamb's ear.
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Munstead Lavender is the best of the English Lavenders for tolerating summer heat. Munstead lavender is compact and early flowering. It has a strong scent and small leaves.
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Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) is a lemon scented member of the mint family. Lemon Balm is antibacterial and anti viral in nature.Some people pick leaves and rub on skin and clothing for a quick mosquito repellent. Use to flavor fish and chicken.
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Lovage is a true perennial and does best in deep, fertile soil that is well drained and prefers full sunlight, but can be grown in partial shade. It will require watering in hot dry periods.
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Marjoram is a close relative of Oregano. It goes by several common names: sweet marjoram, garden marjoram, and annual marjoram. Marjoram is easy to grow. It prefers full sun and a well drained soil.
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Oregano is a perennial with purple-brown stems and 1 1/2 inch broadly ovate leaves that may have a red flush. Grows to 18 inches tall and wide. Oregano is one of the most important herbs of Italian, Greek and Mexican cooking.
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Curly Parsley seeds produce an attractive, bright-green, well-branched, compact plant that makes a fine border or edging plant. It has finely cut, tight curled leaves with a strong aroma and flavor. Parsley is a hardy biennial and grows 10 –12 inches tall
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Flat-leaf Parsley seeds produce a plant that is an attractive, bright-green, well-branched, compact plant that makes a fine border or edging plant. It has finely cut leaves with a strong aroma and flavor.
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Pennyroyal is quite unlike any other varieties of the mint family. Rather than producing a bushy plant, it grows as a low-lying, creeping half-hardy perennial, making it an ideal ground cover.
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Red shiso seeds produces an annual herb whose taste is hard to describe. It's pungent flavor is described as a combination of cumin, cilantro and parsley with a hint of cinnamon.
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