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Herbs

and Spices

Herbs as a group are very popular plants in the garden, and in containers. You're bound to find plenty of general information about popular types of herbs on the internet and in gardening books and magazines.

This page will concentrate on topics of particular relevance to Queensland such as gardening with traditional herbs in tropical and subtropical climates, exploring some of the less familiar tropical herbs and spices, discovering places to see herbs growing and advertising specialist herb nurseries.

Where to buy herb plants

Most garden centres will offer a selection of popular herbs for sale, and maybe a few unusual ones, too. For the best range herb varieties, however, you'll probably need to find a specialist herb nursery, especially if you're interested in rare or obscure species.
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ALL RARE HERBS

PO Box 91
Mapleton, Qld 4560
Ph: (07) 5446 9243
www.allrareherbs.com.au

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All Rare Herbs is a specialist mail-order herb nursery offering a diverse range of herb, spices, unusual vegetables and other interesting plants.

The range includes many hard-to-find temperate and tropical species.

Herbology, the herb magazine, is all about growing and using herbs. It's published quarterly in Australia by All Rare Herbs and is only available by subscription. A selection of herb books and other publications also available for purchase.

For more information, Herbology subscriptions, and a full list of plants available, visit the All Rare Herbs WEBSITE

GARDEN EXPRESS

Garden Express

Check the current range and availability of herbs and other edibles offered by Garden Express at their WEBSITE


If you operate a retail herb nursery in Queensland (or selling to Qld e.g. online or mail order), you can list your business on this page. More about advertising.

More Links

These links are primarily intended for people wanting to grow herbs for ornamental purposes or botanical interest. It's your repsonsibility to thoroughly research the safety of any plant before using it for culinary, cosmetic or medicinal purposes.

Queensland
Redcliffe Botanic Gardens, which includes the Peninsula Herb Garden
Wild Herb Garden Indigiscapes in the Redland Shire (SE Qld) has a number of demonstration gardens featuring native plants

Australia
Storing and handling culinary herbs Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, Australian Government

International (Assorted)
The Herb Society United Kingdom
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages Information on a huge range of herbs and spices, common and unusual
Asia Food Glossary of Asian ingredients including many herbs and spices. Asia Society
Plants For A Future Information about unusual plants useful to mankind
Herbs in the Florida Garden University of Florida
Kitchen Gardening A variey or articles including some unusual herbs and vegetables. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Subrosa The Newsletter of the Rose and Perennial Gardens, Huntington Botanical Gardens, California (some articles about herb gardens)
Horesetail Haven Austin, Texas

Herb garden design
Knot Gardens Filioli Estate, near San Francisco (PDF)
A Short History of Herb Garden Design Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
See if there's a link to roses from herbs page
Chelsea Physic Garden United Kingdom

Rosemary
Rosemary for Texas Gardens Horticulture Update, Texas A&M University
Growing Rosemary Backyard Gardener column, June 4, 2003. Arizona Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona
Ask Rosemary to Your Next Dinner University of Illinois
Rosemary Producton This article is aimed at nursery owners, but has some propagation information. Grower Talks, USA
Dwarf Rosemary, Trailing Rosemary Encyclopedia of Stanford Trees, Shrubs & Vines (PDF)
When ANZAC day approaches, you might consider planting some rosemary. Here are some links to information about the significance of rosemary in relation to that special day:
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Qld) Inc
Australian War Memorial
Returned Services League of Australia (New South Wales) (PDF)

Basil
The Beauty of Bombastic Basil University of Illinois

Thyme
Growing and Using Thyme Iowa State University
Thyme for Herbs Blog from Michigan, USA

Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
Cilantro -- Coriandrum sativum L. University of Florida
Coriander Download a PDF document from this page. Bioversity International.
Coriandrum sativum - L. Plants for a Future
Coriandrum sativum N.C. State University, North Carolina
Eryngium foetidum also known as "Thai coriander" or "culantro"
Your Coriander Substitute Green Culture Singapore (PDF)
Growing Recao/Culantro in Southern New England University of Massachusetts Amherst (PDF)

Sage
Some Sage Advice University of Illinois

Chillies
See Capsicums and Chillies on the Vegetables page.

Rosella
Because these are typically grown as a crop like vegetables, they are covered in the Vegetables page.

Vanilla "beans"
Many people are probably interested in trying to grow a vanilla orchid. If you want to have a go at producing vanilla pods, check out the links below for some more information (note the climatic, pollination and processing requirements and precautions).
Vanilla Fact Sheet Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Australia
Sharon's Orchid Page has some great information and pictures from the perspective of a hobby grower, including a demonstration of hand pollination
Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants by S.E. McGregor, United States Department of Agriculture (see chapter 9 for information about vanilla)
Spice Crops Scroll down the page to see section on vanilla which includes pictures of various stages of development and production. Center for New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue University, USA
Vanilla planifolia Post at "Albert's Greenhouse" blog
Vanilla planifolia Belize Botanic Gardens
The Vanilla Orchid Purdue University
Vanilla Research Project in the Amazon American Botanical Council

Ginkgo biloba
The Ginkgo Pages Astounding amount of information about this tree in one website
The Ginkgo Pages Forum - Blog Blog associated with the above website contains up-to-date ginkgo news from around the world
(possible misspelling: Gingko)

Aloe vera
The Definitive Aloe vera, vera? Discusses use of aloes througout history, and the problems of sorting out their correct names. Huntington Desert Garden, California
See also the Aloe page on this site, which covers a range of species within the genus.

Tea (Camellia sinensis)
THE FOUR P.M. HABIT University of California
Camellia sinensis Landscape Plant Propagation Information, University of Florida

Goji berries
Can I grow matrimony vine? (Lycium barbarum) University of California, Davis
Goji berries: the new miracle fruit? Columbia News Service Columbia University, New York
Box Thorn (Lycium barbarum) Washington State University
(possible misspellings: Gojii, Gogi, Gogii)

Various Others
Chocolate Mint Texas A&M University
International Symposium on Chamomile Research, Development and Production Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
Why is lavender such a good Mediteranean genus? in: Harrisiana, Newsletter of the friends of the Harris Garden, UK (PDF) Discusses vegetation of the region.
I am not a mint! Article about Plectranthus amboinicus at Green Culture Singapore (PDF)
Pepper Seedling Propagation by Single Internode Food & Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific region
Growing Horseradish National Vegetable Society, UK
Non-wood forest products from conifers Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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