This is the traditional thyme. There are a number of other varieties of Thyme all with their own distinct flavour.

Growing Instructions:

• Easy to grow almost anywhere.
• Thyme's trailing habit and tough stems make it a great ground cover as well as a tasty herb.
• There are a number of types ie. Lemon Thyme with a very distinct lemon smell and flavour.
• Thyme likes your hottest part of the garden, poor soil and relatively dry conditions.

A standard in everyone's kitchen, this is the traditional strain producing long thick blue/green leaf spikes.

Growing Instructions:

• Great in containers and in the garden.
• Rosemary likes well drained soil and a warm sunny spot.
• Keep on the dry side. Wet feet can cause it to die.
• If you grow it in a container you can bring it inside in the fall and grow it on a window sill till spring.
• Our winters are too cold for it to winter in the garden.
• Keep rosemary pruned and it will reward you with new growth.

The Sage grows to a nice compact bush about 12-15" high covered with lots of grayish leaves for fresh use of drying.

Growing Instructions:

• Sage loves sunny warm soil.
• Great for the centre of a container with trailing herbs around it.

This variety grows about 12" high and will be covered with lavender blue spikes.

Growing Instructions:

• Lavender loves sunny warm soil.
• Great for the centre of a container with trailing herbs around it.

Smaller leaves and more pungenet flavour makes this oregano a garden favourite.

Growing Instructions:

• Oregano is a trailling low growing plant that is great in both containers and in the garden.
• The more you cut it the more it grows.
• Little care is needed once planted it just keeps growing until frost.
• It does like a little extra moisture.
• Plant around the edge of a planter and it will drape over the sides.

Bouquet is a vigorous, tall dill with the best flavour of all the dill varieties.

Growing Instructions:

• Dill likes sun best but will grow almost anywhere.
• Try direct seeding some later in the season for late harvest.
• Dill does drop its seeds as it matures. The young plants provide the best fresh dill.

Deep green leaves and a tolerance to summer heat makes this coriander a standard. Coriandor needs to be trimmed regularly to avoid going to seed. A salsa or brochette just isn't the same without some fresh coriander.

Growing Instructions:

• Coriander like a warm sunny spot in the garden.
• They will keep growing as you trim the tops.
• A little extra Nitrogen fertilizer helps growth.
• You may want to stagger the planting dates to keep a fresh supply.

Garlic Chives grow and look like regular chives except their distinct garden flavour making them a great substitution for garlic in sauces and salads.

Growing Instructions:

• Chives like warm sunny spot in the garden.
• They will keep growing as you trim the tops.
• A little extra Nitrogen fertilizer helps growth.

The traditional garden Chives. Great in a container or in the garden.

Growing Instructions:

• Chives like warm sunny spot in the garden.
• They will keep growing as you trim the tops.
• A little extra Nitrogen fertilizer helps growth.
• Best to start from plants rather than seed because they grow slowly.
• Plant in clumps and divide every few years to keep fresh.
• Cut off the flowers or they will drop their seed and become weeds.
• Cut as needed and they will keep growing.

Don't let the plain green leaves fool you. For the strongest parsley flavours this Italian parsley is the one to grow. Curly is best for looks this is where the flavour is.

Growing Instructions:

• Parsley is easy to grow in the garden or pot.
• It likes rich soil and is a heavier user of water.
• A little extra Nitrogen fertilizer early keeps it green and growing.

Traditional dark green curly parsley. Each plant will grow into a large mound of parsley ready to trim.

Growing Instructions:

• Parsley is easy to grow in the garden or pot.
• It likes rich soil and is a heavier user of water.
• A little extra Nitrogen fertilizer early keeps it green and growing.
• Parsley is very tolerant of frost.
• Can be planted early and left very late in the garden.
• Parsley grows well in containers and looks great as a green border for a flower garden.

This Basil is dark purple and grows to a nice bush of dark purple leaves. Not as big as Large Leaf and a little less flavour but the dark purple colour adds to any dish.

Growing Instructions:

• Does well in the garden or container.
• Like lots of sun.
• Does well as an accent plant in containers because of its dark colour.

A sturdy plant that grows vigorously producing lots of large dark green leaves great for your favourite pesto and other culinary delights.

Growing Instructions:

• Great for container of garden.
• Easy to grow.
• It likes lots of sun and will perform with the same watering as most plants in your vegetable garden.
• There are lots of different types of basil. Some just for their aroma rather than for eating.
• Basil does not like to get cold. Cold wind can burn the leaves just as easily as frost.
• The more you keep it trimmed the more it will grow.
• Try it as a window sill plant in the winter.