Cilantro
Cilantro and coriander are one plant at two stages, and the two crops need different spacing from the day the seed goes in.
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Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Basil is a tender annual that turns a warm season into armfuls of soft leaves, as long as it goes out into warm soil, gets…
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Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis
Bay laurel is a tree grown as a container plant, which is why every decision about it looks the way it does.
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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Chives are an Allium, in the same genus as onion and garlic, and that explains the flavor, the clump of small bulbs that…
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Dill
Dill reaches two and a half to five feet, which the small pot it is sold in does not prepare anyone for, and it transplants…
Lemongrass
Lemongrass is a tender tropical grass that does almost nothing until summer heat arrives and then increases dramatically, which…
Mint
Mint spreads two ways at once. Its square stems root wherever they touch the ground and its rhizomes travel sideways underground…
Oregano
Two oregano plants of the same species can taste completely different, because seed-grown plants do not come true and a cutting…
Parsley
Parsley is a hardy biennial grown as an annual, and the gap between those two is what makes a returning plant disappointing.