Category Archives: Herbs
Borage
With it’s blue star-shaped flowers borage makes a lovely ornamental. Its young leaves have a refreshing mild cucumber-like fragrance and traditionally been used in salads and lemonade. The flowers can be candied.
Chives Garlic Organic
The flat tender leaves have a flavor midway between garlic and onion. Delicious in salads spreads and flavored vinegars. Grows best in full sun. Perennial in Zones 3-10. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost. We searched the
Catnip Organic
Cats go crazy for this easy-to-grow plant. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost. Certified Organic.
Basil Christmas
Flavor and fragrance impart accents of sultry mulled wine scent with a hint of pine. Create a savory pesto without pine nuts. Cold-tolerant plants fragrantly carry on until seasons end.
Basil Greek
Native to Southeast Asia basil has been used in cooking and for fragrances for centuries. Brought to Europe in the Middle Ages it thrived in the Mediterranean region as well as around the Caspian and Black Seas. Burpee first offered
Sage Common
Sage is one of the essential herbs and can be used to enhance virtually any dish. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost.
Basil Purple Ruffles
Purple Ruffles has large and frilly purple ruffled leaves and a fragrance and flavor stronger than Sweet Basil but milder flavor than Green Ruffles. It will add color and flavor to herb vinegars. Start early indoors or outside after danger
Basil Boxwood
Discovered in a friend’s garden even on one of the hottest days of August these plants remained in perfect form extremely bushy and productive. Tight mounds of small leaves that resemble boxwood plants make a highly ornamental edging for the
Fennel Florence
The bulbous stem can be steamed grilled or served raw; it’s like celery with a delicate anise aroma. Chopped and sauteed it’s great with shrimp. Likes full sun and mild to cool weather. Start outside after danger of frost.
Dill Mammoth
Use seeds to flavor pickles and the leaves to brighten salads soups omelets and vegetables. Likes full sun. Plant seeds or plants outside after all danger of frost.
Catnip
Cats go crazy for this easy-to-grow plant. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost.
Marjoram Sweet
Use fresh or dried leaves in salads dressings meat sausage lamb dishes beans and soups. Annual. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost.
Herb Dill Bouquet Organic
Seeds flavor pickles; leaves enhance salads soups omelets and vegetables. We searched the world to find the best organic seed-Burpee fully guarantees that not a drop of synthetic chemicals was used to make these excellent seeds. Certified Organic Seed.
Cat Grass Variegated
This annual cat grass sprouts fast-growing bold leaves in bright white and green! Easy and fun to grow indoors or out.
Thyme Creeping
This gorgeous creeping herb makes great ground covers in small spaces. Use creeping thyme as scented soft carpets for garden paths or as fillers between pavers or stepping stones. Zones 5-9. Start early indoors.
Fennel Orion Hybrid
A new twist on an old favorite-this compact fennel will no longer shade out your herb garden yet allows for the same rich distinctive flavor. Very uniform and resistant to tip burn these high-quality smooth bulbs are best for spring
Chives Common
Customer favorite! Perennial in Zones 3-10. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost. We searched the world to find the best organic seed-Burpee fully guarantees that not a drop of synthetic chemicals was used to make these excellent
Chives Allion
Chives are always in season and ready to impart their multifaceted flavor to salads stews soups and sandwiches. Perennial plants will bring you years filled with scrumptious flavor. Each year the hardy plants unleash ever-larger crops of pungent scrumptious onions.
Stevia Sweet Leaf
Leaves are 30 times sweeter than sugar. Single plant yields up to a 1/2 lb. of dried leaf. All parts of the plant are sweet but pick the herb’s short-stemmed leaves for fresh use. Leaves can be sun-dried powdered and
Parsley Double Curled Organic
Parsley is great for garnishing and added flavor. The vigorous compact plants have dense dark green finely crumpled closely curled leaves and are frost tolerant. Certified Organic Seed.
