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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Curcuma longa Seeds | Turmeric
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Lycoris radiata Seeds | Red Spider Lily
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Lycoris squamigera Seeds | Surprise Lily
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Capsella bursa-pastoris Seeds | Shepherd’s Purse
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Aconitum ferox Seeds | Indian Aconite
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Camellia sinensis Seeds | Pu-erh Tea
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Bauhinia championii Seeds | Champion’s Bauhinia
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Tetrapanax papyrifer Seeds | Rice-paper Plant
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Kalimeris indica Seeds | Indian Aster
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Rosa xanthina Seeds | Yellow Rose
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Scutellaria barbata Seeds | Barbed Skullcap
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Canavalia ensiformis Seeds | Jack Bean
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Linum usitatissimum Seeds | Flax
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Ligusticum sinense Seeds | Gao Ben
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Notopterygium incisum Seeds | Incised Notopterygium
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Glycine max Seeds | Black Soybean
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Lithospermum erythrorhizon Seeds | Red-root Gromwell
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Rubus chingii Seeds | Raspberry Rubi
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Capparis masaikai Seeds | Masaikai Caper
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Cerasus serrula Seeds | Paperbark Cherry
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Sambucus chinensis Seeds | Chinese Elder
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Pyrus betulifolia Seeds | Birchleaf Pear
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Akebia trifoliata Seeds | Three-leaf Akebia
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Euonymus phellomanus Seeds | Corkwing Euonymus



