Growing Guides

Sweet marjoram (Origanum majorana) is oregano's gentler, sweeter cousin, and one of the friendlier woody herbs to grow from seed. It is frost-tender, so treat it as a warm-season plant in a sunny bed or pot, where its delicate, floral...

Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is one of the quickest herbs to grow, and a single plant gives you two things: the fresh leaves you snip for salsa and tacos, and the dried seed we call coriander. The catch is timing. Cilantro...

Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum) gives you three harvests from one sowing: a crisp, anise-sweet bulb, feathery fronds to use as a herb, and aromatic seed for the spice rack. The whole trick to growing fennel is keeping it...

Basil is the plant that makes a summer herb garden smell like summer, and growing it from seed is one of the easiest wins for a new gardener. This warm-season annual (Ocimum basilicum) germinates in days, wants full sun and...