Description A beautiful flowering annual herb, anise has a distinctive licorice scent. Simple, shallowly lobed leaves are found at the base of the plant, while feathery or lacy, pinnate leaves higher on the stalks are divided into many tiny leaflets. There are big, loose clusters of both leaves and flowers. The dense umbels of blooms, […]
Description The cumin plant has finely divided leaves and is tiny, thin, and herbaceous. The flowers are either rose-colored or white, and they are carried in distinctive flat-topped umbel clusters. The “seeds” of cumin, often called comino, are actually schizocarps, which are dry fruits. They are tiny, oval-shaped, and yellowish brown, measuring around 6 mm
Description Sage, or Salvia officinalis, is an evergreen subshrub that grows perennially and has woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to violet flowers. Size, leaf and blossom color, foliage pattern, and variegated leaf kinds vary greatly amongst cultivars. The Old World variety has flowers that can be white, pink, or purple, although lavender is the
Description Celery is made up of leaf-topped stalks grouped in a cone and connected at a common base. It grows to a height of 18 to 24 inches. The stalks taste delicately of salt, but not overly so. They are crisp. It is a biennial vegetable that is a part of the Umbelliferae family, which
Description The perennial herb fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is grown for both its decorative and culinary uses. Its tall stature, fragrant, fluffy, branching yellow-green foliage can be used in cottage gardens, border plants, and other creative arrangements. During the summer, the plant bears little yellow flowers that are followed by fragrant seeds that can be picked
Description Basil is an herb used for its leaves that is either annual or occasionally perennial. Plants can grow to heights between 30 and 150 cm, depending on the cultivar. Basil leaves are oppositely placed along square stems, shiny, ovulating, and have smooth or slightly serrated margins that cup slightly. Purple or green leaves are
Description Its tall, slender stalks give rise to enormous leaves. With palmate veins, they are huge and simple, measuring 3-6 inches in length and 3-6 inches in width. From late winter to early spring, wasabi flowers bloom in bunches on tall stems. Habitat The plant is indigenous to the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin, Japan, and the
Description In temperate regions, garden parsley is a bright green biennial plant; in subtropical and tropical regions, it is an annual herb. When growing as a biennial, it creates a rosette of tripinnate leaves in the first year, which are 10–25 cm long and have many 1–3 cm leaflets. The taproot is used as a
Description Irish sea moss is a tiny sea algae that is usually 7-8 inches long and has a reddish-brown color. It is firm to the touch, green in places near the water’s surface, and dark red in places where it develops on the ocean floor. The moss has tiny, fan-like individual branches that are hardly
Description Red algae called Jamaican sea moss, sometimes referred to as Chondrus crispus or Irish moss, is a common sight along the stunning coasts of Jamaica. The colors of Jamaican sea moss are red, purple, and greenish-yellow. This sea moss has long, flat branches that protrude from its fronds. Because it has a holdfast root