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Herbs for useful gardens

Find useful kitchen and garden herbs that fit your light, space, and harvest plans.

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Bay Laurel shrub with glossy evergreen leaves growing in a raised herb bed
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Best Fertilizer for Indoor Plants Depends on the Pot

Fertilizer is where a lot of indoor plant care goes sideways. Too weak and you get leggy, pale growth; too strong and…

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Basil vs Cilantro: Warm- or Cool-Season Herb?

Choose Basil when you want steady summer harvests for warm-weather cooking. Choose Cilantro when cool-season sowings…
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Bay Laurel shrub with glossy evergreen leaves growing in a raised herb bed

Bay Laurel: Evergreen Herb for Pots and Hedges

Laurus nobilis

Leaves that stay green through winter and keep flavor for years in the pantry are what make Bay Laurel such a workhorse…

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Dense clump of chives with upright hollow green leaves growing in a raised herb bed

Chives: Easy Clumping Herb for Beds and Pots

Allium schoenoprasum

Most gardeners treat chives like disposable garnish, then rip them out when they flop. Grown as a true perennial clump in…

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Cilantro plants with flat green leaves growing thickly in a raised herb bed

Cilantro: Fast-Growing Herb for Cool Weather Beds

Coriandrum sativum

Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is a cool-season annual herb grown for both its fresh leaves and dried seeds (coriander). In…

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Anethum graveolens

Dill: Feather-Light Herb for Quick Harvests

Kitchen shears might be the most-used tool around dill because this herb grows fast and begs to be snipped often. For Zone 4-10…

Grown as annual in Zones 4-10 Pet Safe

Mentha spp.

Mint for Beds, Pots, and Windowsills

Cool nights in northern gardens and long summers in the South both push mint into fast, leafy growth, which is great for your…

Perennial in Zone 4-10 Pet Safe

Origanum vulgare

Oregano: Hardy, Fragrant Perennial Herb

Zone 4-10 gardeners can treat Oregano (Origanum vulgare) like a tough, drought-tolerant groundcover that also flavors pizza and…

Zone 4-10, perennial (annual below Zone 4) Pet Safe