Agastache foeniculum
ANISE HYSSOP
- AKA Agastache anethiodora, Agastache anisata
- Tall upright clumping perennial
- Dense spikes of lavender-purple flowers with violet bracts
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Allium schoenoprasum
WILD CHIVES
- Purple-pink balls of star-like flower clusters
- Both leaves and flowers are edible
- Used for onion flavouring
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Allium schoenoprasum 'Album'
WILD CHIVES
- White balls of star-like flower clusters
- Grassy-like leaves and flowers are edible
- Used for onion flavouring
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Anethum graveolens
DILL
- AKA Peucedanum graveolens
- Dill leaves are harvested just before flowers form and only the top half of the plant should be gathered
- Tall blue-green feathery stalks produce clusters of tiny yellow flowers
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Artemisia dracunculus
TARRAGON
- Culinary herb with lance-like dark green leaves
- Non or rarely flowering
- Leaves can be harvested fresh, or cut and hung to dry for later use
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Coriandrum sativum
CORIANDER
- A parsley-like garnish with a distinctive, fresh fragrance
- Flat-topped clusters of white, sometimes pink flowers
- Fine, dissected foliage on tall stems
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Cymbopogon citratus
LEMON GRASS
- Considered a clumping annual in Ontario climates
- Popular herb with lemony flavouring often used Thai dishes
- Light green arching foliage emits a strong lemon fragrance when crushed
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Foeniculum vulgare
FENNEL
- Grown for its anise-flavoured foliage and seeds
- Flat-topped clusters of small, yellow flowers
- Seeds ripen in early fall
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Melissa officinalis
LEMON BALM
- Typically grown as a herb
- Medium green foliage is lemon-scented
- Tiny two-lipped white flowers
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-80 cm
Mentha piperita
PEPPERMINT
- Small sterile tubular pink flowers
- Ovate lance-shaped toothed mid-green leaves on red stems
- Plants are edible raw or cooked
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Mentha spicata
SPEARMINT
- AKA Mentha viridis
- Light purple flowers in interrupted terminal spikes
- Spearmint-scented lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata'
PINEAPPLE MINT
- AKA Mentha rotundifolia 'Variegata'
- Dense spikes of tiny mauve flowers in late summer
- Variegated green with irregular white-edged leaves, 3-5 cm long
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Mentha x villosa
MOJITO MINT
- Light purple flowers in interrupted terminal spikes
- Spearmint-scented round leaves
- Plants are edible raw or cooked
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Ocimum basilicum
SWEET BASIL
- Erect bushy annual herb
- Small white blooms
- Narrowly oval to elliptic leaves
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Ocimum basilicum 'Purple Ruffles'
PURPLE BASIL
- Erect bushy annual herb
- Narrowly oval to elliptic leaves
- Attractive ruffled deep purple foliage
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Ocimum minimum
BUSH BASIL
- Small clusters of white to lavender coloured flowers
- Grown both for its ornamental appeal and culinary uses
- Uses fresh or dried to add flavour to soups, salads and pastas
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 15-30 cm
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum'
GOLDEN OREGANO
- Hardy herb used for culinary purposes
- Rhizomatous, woody perennial
- Spreading stems bear rounded to ovate foliage
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Origanum vulgare 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED MAJORAM
- Hardy herb used for culinary purposes
- Rhizomatous, woody perennial
- Spreading stems bear rounded to ovate foliage
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum
GREEK OREGANO
- Woody perennial with rounded to ovate foliage
- Tiny two-lipped white blooms
- Flavorful foliage when used fresh or dried
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Origanum x marjoricum
ITALIAN OREGANO
- Hardy herb used for culinary purposes
- Rhizomatous, woody perennial
- Spreading stems bear rounded to ovate foliage
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Petroselinum crispum
CURLED PARSLEY
- Culinary herb that is grown for its fragrant edible leaves
- Clump-forming biennial, typically grown as an annual
- Harvest fresh or dry for later use
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Petroselinum var. neapolitanum
ITALIAN PARSLEY
- Culinary herb that is is grown for its fragrant edible leaves
- Clump forming biennial, typically grown as an annual
- Harvest fresh or dry for later use
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Rosmarinus officinalis
ROSEMARY
- AKA Salvia rosmarinus
- Upright to rounded bushy shrub
- Aromatic evergreen leaves are used for culinary purposes
HEIGHT: 2 m
Salvia officinalis
COMMON SAGE
- Sub-shrub, with an upright habit
- Gray-green woolly oblong to ovate leaves, 8 cm long
- Lilac-blue flowers
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 80-90 cm