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Herbs

  • Basil

    2025-11-24

    Basil is well known and loved for its fragrant leaves and delicious taste that especially go well in pesto, tomato sauces and on homemade pizza.

  • Chives

    2025-11-24

    Chives are both a useful and colourful addition to the garden. With their edible leaves and pink-purple flowers they can add flavour to your meals, provide food for pollinators and deter potential pests from plants. There is a similar species Allium tuberosum often called Garlic/Asian/Chinese Chives which is also edible and beneficial to wildlife. Its leaves are flat and its flowers white.

  • Lavender

    2025-11-24

    Lavender has been a popular herb for thousands of years. Native to the Mediterranean, it is said to be one of the herbs used to ward off the plague while the Romans added Lavender to their baths. This is probably how it got its name, as Lavare is Latin and means “to wash.” To this day, Lavender is still used to treat a variety of ailments and to scent clothes and rooms. There are several species of Lavender and many cultivars of each kind. One of the most popular ones are English Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) which is the largest and hardiest of the lot, growing to one metre tall. Another popular species is French Lavender (Lavendula stoechas) that grows to just over a half a metre and needs help in the colder regions of our Canadian climate to survive the winter.<p></p><p> While this much loved herb is known for its spikes of purple flowers, one can find plants with blue, white and pink flowers as well. </p>

  • Parsley

    2025-11-24

    Parsley is a popular herb in many cultures that is both nourishing and flavourful. It is also a larval host plant for two of Canada’s swallowtails.

  • Rosemary

    2025-11-24

    For thousands of years, people have been using Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) for both food and medicine. It has a unique smell, grey green leaves and either white, pale pink or blue-purple flowers. Its name “Rosmarinus” is Latin for mist or dew (Ros) of the sea (marinus), probably due to its appearance growing in its native range along the cliffs of the Mediterranean Sea.