Description The herbaceous, perennial plant grows upright and produces flowers in umbels at the top of its stalks. It has a base rosette of leaves and stems with additional leaves. When crushed, the lustrous, glabrous green to yellow-green stems and leaves have a faint celery-like scent. The stem leaves are smaller, less split, and have […]
Description The plants of fenugreek are erect, with little white flowers, trifoliate light green leaves, and are less than one meters (3 feet) tall with free branches. The thin pods are up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, curled, and beaked. Inside are yellow-brown seeds, which are flat rhomboids that are less than 0.5 cm
Description An aromatic perennial herb belonging to the aster family (Asteraceae), costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) with yellow button-shaped blooms. The oval-serrated leaves of the perennial costmary can reach a height of up to 2 meters (6.6 feet). It displays tiny, button-shaped, yellow flowers in the summer that grow in bunches. Habitat The plant is indigenous to
Description Herbaceous perennials, artichokes (Cynara scolymus) belong to the Asteraceae family, which also contains sunflowers, dandelions, and thistles. In warmer climates, they are short-lived perennials; in cooler climates, they are typically planted as annuals. The main purpose of growing artichokes is to gather their tasty flower buds before the flowers open. The long, curved leaves
Description In addition to having a crisp, spicy scent, mint plants are extremely resilient perennials that are easy to recognise because all of its members have square stems and opposing leaves. The mint plant can spread rather quickly because of its long, floppier branches that grow upward and develop roots when they come into contact
Description Shallots are similar to garlic in that they reproduce in the ground, but they have concentric layers on each bulb like onions do. Furthermore, shallots have a light onion flavor and are often smaller than garlic bulbs. They are not too difficult to grow. Similar to garlic cloves, they should be sown in the
Description The perennial herbaceous plant known as turmeric can grow up to one meter tall. Its rhizomes are aromatic, cylindrical, golden to orange, and heavily branching. Two rows of leaves alternate with one another. They are divided into the leaf sheath, leaf blade, and petiole. There are stem bracts, which are absent from the inflorescence
Description Ginger’s leafy stems reach a height of roughly one meter. The leaves emerge from sheaths that envelop the stem and are 15 to 30 centimeters long. They are elongated and alternate in two vertical rows. Dense spikes resembling cones with overlapping green bracts that may have a golden border surround the flowers. A single
Description A low-growing, woody perennial, thyme (Thymus vulgaris) thrives in partly dry, sunny environments. Thyme is a tiny, wiry, spreading perennial shrub that reaches a height of 4 to 12 inches. It features violet-colored flowers and tiny, evergreen leaves that are gray-green in color. After it becomes established, thyme can withstand drought and grows best
Description Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is a member of the ginger family and is cultivated primarily for its aromatic, spicy seeds. This herbaceous perennial forms an evergreen plant with tall, 6 to 15 cane-like stems and glossy, 24-inch, lance-shaped, dark green leaves from thick, knobby underground rhizomes. The pale yellowish-green, 3/4-inch fruit pods will be produced,