Herbs
Types of Herbs
Basil
A fast-growing, highly aromatic culinary herb with glossy green leaves, most commonly Sweet Basil. It is essential in Mediterranean and Thai cuisines, and is grown as a summer annual due to its frost sensitivity.
- Plant name: Ocimum basilicum
- Common english name: Sweet Basil
- Common afrikaans name: Basilie
- Indigenous/Exotic: Exotic
- Evergreen/Deciduous: Annual
- Height & Width: 030--80 cm
- Time of growth: Summer
- Colour of flower: white
- Light prefrence: Full sun → semi-shade
- Water needs: Moderate - High
- Soil requirements: Rich, light and well-drained soil
- Available sizes: 10,5 cm
Chives
A popular culinary herb forming neat clumps of slender, hollow, onion-scented leaves. It produces attractive pom-pom like purple flowers in summer that are edible and attract bees and butterflies.
- Plant name: Allium schoenoprasum
- Common english name: Chives
- Common afrikaans name: Grasuie
- Indigenous/Exotic: Exotic
- Evergreen/Deciduous: Perennial
- Height & Width: 20-50 cm
- Time of growth: Summer
- Colour of flower: purple/mauve
- Light prefrence: Full sun → semi-shade
- Water needs: Moderate
- Soil requirements: Rich, light and well-drained soil
- Available sizes: 10,5 cm
Coriander
A fast-growing annual herb with delicate, lacy foliage that is essential in curries and salads. Both the fresh leaves (cilantro) and the dried seeds (coriander) are used in cooking.
- Plant name: Coriandrum sativum
- Common english name: Coriander, Cilantro
- Common afrikaans name: Koljander
- Indigenous/Exotic: Exotic
- Evergreen/Deciduous: Annual
- Height & Width: 30-50 cm
- Time of growth: Winter
- Colour of flower: white
- Light prefrence: Full sun → semi-shade
- Water needs: Moderate
- Soil requirements: Rich, light and well-drained soil
- Available sizes: 10,5 cm