Description: An annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Lamiaceae mint family is basil. Its leaves are spherical, slightly cupped, and curve to form a point at the tip of square stems that grow on opposite sides. The most widely grown kind of basil, known as sweet basil, is distinguished by its characteristic smell and gently […]
Description: As the name implies, purple basil is a general term for basil plants with purple leaves as opposed to green ones. Purple basil plants, like regular sweet basil, are excellent culinary herbs that can be used anywhere green-hued Genovese or sweet basil might be. The vivid red-purple leaves and stems of purple opal season food
Description: Grown for its aromatic leaves, holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) is a flowering plant belonging to the mint family (Lamiaceae). The holy basil plant grows to a height of up to one metres and is a small annual or short-lived perennial shrub. The hairy stems have simple toothed leaflets or whole leaves that are borne
Description: Minimum Greek’ (Greek Basil) is a bushy, compact annual with bright green, intensely fragrant leaves. Erect, bushy shrub with tiny, deeply green, extremely aromatic leaves. Compared to sweet basil, the leaves are smaller and have a somewhat sweeter taste. Small, tubular, pink or white blooms appear at the top of the stems in summertime
Description: Depending on the maturity of the plant, African Blue basil leaves can vary greatly in size. They have an oval, slightly tapering form that ends in a delicate tip on the non-stem end. The leaves have smooth, broad, flat surfaces with noticeable veining and somewhat serrated edges. African Blue basil leaves are dark purple
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Description: It grows uprightly and is a perennial herb. It features mauve or pink tubular blooms and fragrant foliage. Its maximum height is between one and two metres. The plant smells nice, minty and citrusy. Habitat Cedronella canariensis is indigenous to the Canary Islands, as its botanical name implies. Since then, it has been brought
Description: The leaves are bright green and wrinkled, and they smell strongly of lemon. Though commonly confused with beebalm (Monarda spp.), it is not related to that plant. The plants have spreading stems and reach a height of roughly two feet. At each stem joint, the slightly serrated, oval or heart-shaped leaves are held firmly
Description: Despite not resembling bells in appearance, balloon flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus) are clump-forming perennials that belong to the bellflower family of plants that are easy to grow. Instead, the 2- to 3-inch star-shaped flowers are produced by swollen, balloon-like buds. This easy-to-grow variety has vivid blue-violet blooms that last all summer, but there are also
Description: Although it has been used historically as a pleasant herb, it is not advised due to poisonous substances in the foliage. A trailing perennial that spreads like mint and produces tiny white flower clusters in spring and autumn. Aztec Sweet Herb is a perennial that grows slowly, creeps and trails, reaching a height of
Shady ashwagandha plants have felt-like branches and can reach heights of 50 to 150 cm. These plants produce a large number of lateral, unbranched, light brown roots that grow along the taproot; these roots can get as big as a thin carrot. The leaves of ashwagandha are round, grey-green, and pubescent (hairy). They can reach