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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Symplocos Seeds | Symplocaceae
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Adenanthera pavonina Seeds | Red Sandalwood
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Salvia officinalis Seeds | Common Sage
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Angelica sinensis Seeds | Dong Quai
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Pueraria lobata Seeds | Kudzu
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Cyclocarya paliurus Seeds | Wheel Wing Nut
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Viola yedoensis Seeds | Herba Violae
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Atractylodes lancea Seeds | Mao Cang Zhu
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Passiflora incarnata Seeds | American Passion Flower
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Vitex negundo Seeds | Five-leaved Chaste Tree
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Artemisia annua Seeds | Sweet Wormwood
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Myrtus communis Seeds | Common Myrtle
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Litsea cubeba Seeds | Aromatic Litsea
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima Seeds | Pride of Barbados
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Lonicera caerulea Seeds | Blue Honeysuckle
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Dioscorea opposita Seeds | Rhizoma Dioscoreae
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Polygala tenuifolia Seeds | Thin-leaved Polygala
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Angelica pubescens Seeds | Du Huo
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Gentiana macrophylla Seeds | Large-leaved Gentian
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Cephalotaxus fortunei Seeds | Chinese Plum Yew
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Cimicifuga racemosa Seeds | Black Cohosh
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Gynostemma pentaphyllum Seeds | Jiaogulan
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Arisaema erubescens Seeds | Rhizoma Arisaematis
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Sophora flavescens Seeds | Shrubby Sophora



