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
Wild Herb Garden Indigiscapes in the Redland Shire (SE Qld) has a number of demonstration gardens featuring native plants
Australia
International (Assorted)
Asia Food Glossary of Asian ingredients including many herbs and spices. Asia Society
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)
Herb garden design
See if there's a link to roses from herbs page
Rosemary
Growing Rosemary Backyard Gardener column, June 4, 2003. Arizona Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona
Rosemary Producton This article is aimed at nursery owners, but has some propagation information. Grower Talks, USA
Basil
Thyme
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
Coriander Download a PDF document from this page. Bioversity International.
Eryngium foetidum also known as "Thai coriander" or "culantro"
Sage
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
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
Ginkgo biloba
The Ginkgo Pages Astounding amount of information about this tree in one website
(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)
Goji berries
Box Thorn (
Lycium barbarum) Washington State University
(possible misspellings: Gojii, Gogi, Gogii)
Various Others
I am not a mint! Article about
Plectranthus amboinicus at Green Culture Singapore (PDF)
