Herbs: Care Guides & Growing Advice

Growing Herbs

Herbs make a useful and aromatic addition to any garden and are also a great option for windowsills, kitchen gardens, or other small spaces.
Closeup of Thai basil growing in a garden
How to Grow Thai Basil in Your Herb Garden
rock wall with herbs
30 Clever Herb Garden Ideas for Indoor or Outdoor Spaces
Green and purple basil leaves
17 Types of Basil to Grow in Your Herb Garden
Closeup of a growing epazote plant
How to Grow and Care for Epazote Plant
Lavender plant next to harvested stems
How to Harvest Lavender
Spotted bee balm plant with spotted tubular flowers below leafy bracts
How to Grow and Care for Spotted Bee Balm
Potted basil plant with dense leaves being pruned with basket full of harvested leaves
How to Prune Basil From Top to Bottom
Closeup of someone harvesting basil in a garden
How to Harvest Herbs & Keep Them Growing
Potted herb plants sitting on windowsill with bright light
10 Herbs to Grow Indoors All Year
Motherwort plant with tall stems and jagged leaves and pink flower spikes
How to Grow and Care for Motherwort
Texas sage plant with purple stems and bright red flowers
How to Grow and Care for Texas Sage
Angelica plant with brown-purple trunk and branches with green starburst-like foliage
How to Grow and Care for Angelica Plant
Black mustard herb plant with bright yellow flowers on thin stems against blue sky
How to Grow and Care for Black Mustard
Ginger roots laid next to each on large leaf
How to Grow and Care for Ginger Root (Zingibar officianale)
Lemon thyme herb plant growing in square container with tiny ovate leaves closeup
How to Grow and Care for Lemon Thyme
Garlic chives plant with small white flowers clumped on stem ends
How to Grow and Care for Garlic Chives
Peppermint plant with small crinkled leaves clustered together closeup
How to Grow Peppermint
Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) maturing for harvest
How to Grow Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
Krishna Tulsi or Holy basil plant in bloom.
How to Grow and Care for Holy Basil
Mint herb plants with small veined leaves closeup
11 Types of Mint to Grow in Your Garden
Glossy green rounded leaves with tiny pink five petalled flowers
How to Grow and Care for Corsican Mint
Society garlic plant with small purple star-shaped flower and bud clusters
How to Grow and Care for Society Garlic
Lemon verbena plant with spear-shaped leaves and tiny white flower buds on thin stem closeup
How to Grow Lemon Verbena
St John's Wort
St. John's Wort Plant Profile
rue flowers
How to Grow and Care for Rue
catnip plant
How to Grow Catnip Plants
overcrowded herb garden
The Most Common Herb Garden Mistakes
fresh and dried eucalyptus in a vase
How to Grow and Care for Eucalyptus
garden herbs
5 Best Perennial Herbs for Your Garden
herbs growing on a sunny windowsill
How to Grow Herbs Indoors on a Sunny Windowsill
closeup of rosemary
How to Grow Rosemary: Planting, Cuttings, & Care
freezing fresh herbs
How to Freeze Fresh Herbs as Leaves and Ice Cubes
an assortment of dried herbs
How to Dry and Store Fresh Garden Herbs
oregano growing in containers
How to Grow and Care for Oregano
Ornamental herb with dark pink flowers next to gloves, pruning sheers and outside scissors
How to Prune Woody Herbs
Garlic plants growing in long orange container with soil
How to Grow Garlic in Containers
basil growing in various containers
5 Tips for Growing Basil in Pots
chocolate mint plant
How to Grow and Care for Chocolate Mint
cilantro
How to Grow Cilantro (Coriander)
herbs in containers
Easy Tips for Growing Herbs in Containers
A handful of dandelion flowers
How to Grow Dandelion Greens
catmint as edging in a landscape
Catmint Plants
Annual and biannual flowers with yellow, orange, blue and white petals in garden
Herbaceous Plants: Definition and Examples
English lavender
How to Grow and Care for English Lavender
potted thyme
How to Grow Thyme Indoors
closeup of rosemary
How to Grow Rosemary Indoors
cilantro on a kitchen countertop
How to Grow Cilantro (Coriander) Indoors
Herb plants growing in six separate square containers
Mold and Mildew on Your Herbs
Person pruning an herb garden
Horoscope Signs and Corresponding Herbs
rosemary in a container by a windowsill
How to Transplant Rosemary Indoors for the Winter
flowering herbs
5 Recommended Herbs for Your a Shady Garden
Overhead view of an herb garden
How to Avoid Herb Garden Design Mistakes
Lemon balm tea
Herb Garden Plants That Smell Like Lemon
tomato plants
Companion Herbs for Tomato Gardens
Herb plant being watered with watering can
How to Tell If You Are Overwatering Your Herb Garden
closeup of cilantro
What Is Cilantro And Is It the Same As Coriander?
basil
Where to Buy Herb Plants Online
Horseradish plant with large thick leaves growing in raised container
How to Grow Horseradish
Catmint plant with small lavender-blue flowers on thin spikes above billowing foliage
How to Grow and Care for Catmint
Vegetable garden with flowers, vegetables and herbs mixed in raised beds
Companion Planting Flowers and Herbs in the Vegetable Garden
Thyme herb plant closeup of leaves
How to Grow and Care for Thyme
mint leaves
How to Grow and Care for Mint
Borage flowers
How to Grow and Care for Borage (Starflower)
basil plant by a window
How to Grow Basil

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