Mace: The Elegant Twin of Nutmeg
Mace is a wonderfully unique spice. It derives from the Myristica fragrans tree and is native to Indonesia’s ...
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Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum, are one of the versatile herbs that belong in every garden. It is a tasty culinary plant with a light ...
The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for July is savory, Satureja spp. Summer savory, Satureja hortensis, is the annual version of this herb, ...
I fell in love with basil upon my first bite of pesto in bella Italia back in the early 70s. The aroma and taste of Ocimum basilicum ‘Genoa ...
As someone with a love of horticulture, I wish that I had studied Latin in high school. It is such an integral part of knowing plants well. ...
Ginger, Zingiber officinale, is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for January. The English botanist, William Roscoe (1753-1831), ...
A mass of compound-seeming leaves atop squishy stalks pouring out of a large pot in the central circle of the theme garden at the National Herb ...
A mass of compound-seeming leaves atop squishy stalks pouring out of a large pot in the central circle of the theme garden at the National Herb ...
In 2001 when I was the National Herb Garden intern, my internship project was to research the plants in the Fragrance Garden and write ...
Calendula officinalis is a plant in the Asteraceae family and is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for May. In my Texas Zone 8b ...
Greetings and Happy Autumn!
I am writing this on the evening of the full harvest moon—it is shining bright in the night sky just over the ...
I had what seemed like a simple question: How and why did cardamom, the spice native to southern India, become such an essential and beloved ...
It is summer and a perfect time to learn about summer savory, Satureja hortensis. If you have this spicy herb growing in your garden, plan to ...
You may be one of the growing numbers of home gardeners who have put shovel to soil in the effort to nourish themselves and their families with ...
Most of us, gardeners or not, are familiar with mint. But how many of us know that there is a distinctive difference between spearmint and ...
As a young intern in the National Herb Garden in Washington, DC, I had no idea the impact that this garden--the largest designed herb garden ...
Normally I don’t use plant labels, unless it’s the label that came with the plant when I bought it. That is, until a visitor to my garden ...
My introduction to the classic French blend of Herbes de Provence was in the early seventies, when my long-haired and lovely, hippie sister ...
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