Herbs in the botanical sense: plants with soft, non-woody stems that die back each year or hold on through mild winters. This section brings together our profiles of culinary herbs, medicinal species, and wild herbs of field and forest, from household names like cilantro and licorice to obscure species we have raised from field-collected seed. Every entry is written from work with the living plant: where it grows naturally, how its seed germinates, and what it needs in cultivation to thrive. If you want to understand an herb before you sow it, start with its profile here.
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Centaurea montana Seeds | Mountain Cornflower
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Centaurea jacea Seeds | Brown Knapweed
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Carduus nutans Seeds | Musk Thistle
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Carduus acanthoides Seeds | Spiny Plumeless Thistle
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Cardamine pratensis Seeds | Cuckoo Flower
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Campanula trachelium Seeds | Nettle-leaved Bellflower
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Campanula glomerata Seeds | Clustered Bellflower
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Calendula arvensis Seeds | Field Marigold
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Arctium minus Seeds | Lesser Burdock
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Arctium tomentosum Seeds | Woolly Burdock
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Akebia quinata Seeds | Chocolate Vine
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Angelica sylvestris Seeds | Wild Angelica
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Aegopodium podagraria Seeds | Ground Elder
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Aconitum lycoctonum Seeds | Wolfsbane
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Cannabis indica Seeds | Indian Hemp
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Salacia chinensis Seeds | Chinese Salacia
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Astragalus onobrychis Seeds | Sainfoin Milkvetch
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Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima Seeds | Banana Passionfruit
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Artemisia carvifolia Seeds | Caraway-leaved Mugwort
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Artemisia absinthium Seeds | Wormwood
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Manihot esculenta Seeds | Cassava
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Caragana korshinskii Seeds | Korshinsk Peashrub
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Dictamnus dasycarpus Seeds | Densefruit Burning Bush
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Hesperis matronalis Seeds | Dame’s Rocket