Herb plants

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

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

The Herb Society United Kingdom

Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages Information on a huge range of herbs and spices, common and unusual

SupHerb! For Superb Herbs Informative blog about herbs

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

Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Herbs (PDF)

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

The Fruit and Spice Park, Florida

Knot Gardens Filioli Estate, near San Francisco (PDF)

A Short History of Herb Garden Design Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Herbes de Provence - An Elegant, Potted-Garden Design Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden United Kingdom

Rosemarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' University of Arizona

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

Santa Barbara Rosemary Rosemary 'Lockwood de Forest' The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Golden Rosemary The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

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 Herb Society of America factsheet (PDF)

Basil: An Herb Society of America Guide A comprehensive 45-page document (PDF)

Growing, Selecting And Using Basil Ohio State University Extension

Basil North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Basil Clemson University, South Carolina

Basil in the Garden Utah State University Cooperative Extension

The Beauty of Bombastic Basil University of Illinois

Growing and Using Thyme Iowa State University

Thyme for Herbs Blog from Michigan, USA

Thymus vulgaris (Common thyme) Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Thymus vulgaris 'Provencal' The Herb Society of America

Origanum rotundifolium The Herb Society of America

Origanum vulgare (European oregano, wild majoram) Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

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

Cilantro, (Chinese Parsley, Coriander) Texas A&M University

Plant cilantro in summer and get coriander seeds Extension Service Garden Hints, Oregon State University

Cilantro, Coriandrum sativum, Apiaceae Washington State University Clark County Extension

Coriander/Cilantro/Yuen sai The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Eryngium foetidum also known as "Thai coriander" or "culantro"

Culantro: A Much Utilized, Little Understood Herb

Your Coriander Substitute Green Culture Singapore (PDF)

Growing Recao/Culantro in Southern New England University of Massachusetts Amherst (PDF)

Some Sage Advice University of Illinois

Using Garden Sage Wisely Washington State University Clark County Extension

Included on the Onions & Relatives page

Chocolate Mint Texas A&M University

Go to Tomatoes, Capsicums, Chillies, Eggplant

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)

Vanilla, the spice that is not a spice University of California

Vanilla University of Illinois Extension

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

Training Vanilla Orchid Vines to Improve Flowering At the Echo Farm blog

Vanilla planifolia Post at "Albert's Greenhouse" blog

Vanilla planifolia Belize Botanic Gardens

The Vanilla Orchid Purdue University

Fast, Fascinating Factoid on Vanilla Texas A&M University

Vanilla Research Project in the Amazon American Botanical Council

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)

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.

THE FOUR P.M. HABIT University of California

Tea Growing in the Florida Home Landscape University of Florida

Camellia sinensis Landscape Plant Propagation Information, University of Florida

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)

Parsley - More than a Decorative Green Leaf Hendry County Extension Service, Univ Florida

Laurus nobilis Bay leaves. Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Bay: An Herb Society of America Guide (PDF) Herb Society of America

Anethum graveolens Dill. Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Florence Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum) Washington State 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)

Mexican tarragon is the marigold of the herb garden University of Florida (PDF)

Tarragon little dragon French Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

The Three Tarragons: French, Russian and Mexican Texas A&M University

Rare sight - Indian Borage flowering! Gardening with Wilson, Singapore

Growing Horseradish National Vegetable Society, UK

Horseradish, Armoracia rusticana University of Wisconsin-Extension Master Gardener Program

Murraya koenigii Curry-leaf Tree. Cal's Plant of the Week, University of Oklahoma

Stevia rebaudiana (Sweet Honey Leaf) Australian New Crops Newsletter

Stevia rebaudiana Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Stevia Washington State University Clark County Extension

Pineapple Sage Washington State University Clark County Extension

Perilla frutescens Shiso. Cal's Plant of the Week, University of Oklahoma

Eugenia aromatica Cloves (= < i>Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllata, Eugenia caryophyllus) Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Myristica fragrans Nutmeg and Mace. Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Allspice Pimenta dioica San Diego Zoo

Fragrant Pandan - Pandanus Amaryllifolius James Missier Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia (Blog)

Look - Salad Burnet in Singapore! Gardening with Wilson, Singapore

Caraway North Carolina State University

Licorice: An absolutely delicious crop Australian New Crops Newsletter

Non-wood forest products from conifers Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations