
May 5, 2025 | By Maryann Readal
Oregano, Origanum spp., is The Herb Society’s featured herb for May. It is an herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae) and is native to the ...

August 1, 2022 | By Karen Cottingham
Lemon balm, that delightfully lemony herb, has been used medicinally for centuries. The many beneficial properties of Melissa officinalis were ...

July 18, 2022 | By Amy Forsberg
In 2001 when I was the National Herb Garden intern, my internship project was to research the plants in the Fragrance Garden and write ...

June 6, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Basil, Ocimum basilicum, still reigns today as the King of Herbs. Its royalty was established by the Greeks, when they gave the herb its name ...

May 10, 2021 | By Peggy Riccio
Plant propagation is just a fancy word for making more plants from what you have. I love to propagate the plants in my garden. To me, it is ...

July 16, 2020 | By Jen Munson
A program I attended a few years back labeled basil the “King of Herbs,” but in my world, lavender is the true king. From its medicinal benefits ...

December 17, 2018 | By Kathleen M Hale
There was a time when gardeners grew a great deal of yew in their foundation plantings. Why not? It is a beautiful evergreen shrub, with ...

December 3, 2018 | By Kathleen M Hale
I’ve asked five blog contributors to share their favorite herb-related gift ideas. HSA’s blog will be running one per day during the first week ...