Herbs

Growing herbs is an easy way to save money at the grocery store and spice up your cooking. Learn how to grow your own kitchen herbs!

A cluster of dormant Lavandula shrubs with dry, light brown stems standing tall and brittle.

Herbs

Is My Lavender Dead or Dormant?: How to Tell

Lavenders adorn herb gardens with brilliant violet flowers and sweet aromas. In winter, the shrubs may look tired, gray, and dead! They dislike cold, wet, and cloudy conditions. Learn to tell if they’re dead or dormant alongside backyard gardener Jerad Bryant.

Scarlet sage flowering plants have bright red tubular flowers with fringed edges growing from long, slender stems, surrounded by dark green, lance-shaped leaves.

Herbs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Scarlet Sage

Scarlet sage brings lively color and vibrant blooms that attract hummingbirds. The North American native is easy care and thrives with little tending in the right conditions. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the merits of the only red-blooming native sage.

Compact green thyme herb with woody, branching stems covered in tiny, oval, aromatic leaves growing in a rustic terracotta pot indoors.

Herbs

How to Grow Thyme Indoors: 9 Expert Tips

Are you looking to grow thyme indoors? Enjoy this culinary herb in your home for instant access to flavor. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you expert tips to get thyme to thrive inside.

A dense cluster of bright green Origanum leaves with a slightly wrinkled texture and pointed tips.

Herbs

How to Grow Oregano Indoors: 9 Tips to Try

Are you wondering how to grow oregano indoors this year? You don’t have to grow this aromatic herb outdoors for bountiful harvests. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you the top tips for getting oregano to flourish indoors.

A bushy Petroselinum crispum with vibrant green, serrated leaves growing in a yellow pot on a windowsill.

Herbs

How to Grow Parsley Indoors: 7 Pro Tips

Parsley is a hardy biennial that loves cold climates. Though it grows well outdoors during late winter and early spring, it’s also a lovely indoor plant for your kitchen herb garden! Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares these seven essential tips for growing it indoors.

Herbs

5 Indoor Herb-Growing Problems and Solutions

Growing herbs like parsley and oregano indoors allows you to enjoy bursts of homegrown flavor 365 days a year. However, just because these plants are indoors doesn’t mean they’re problem-free. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn common indoor herb garden problems and solutions.

A woman adds fresh soil to herbs grown using the winter sowing method in February, planted in a blue pot.

Herbs

9 Herbs to Winter Sow in February

Winter sowing helps get that spring garden underway as early as possible. There are many herbs that you can grow this way and include in your vegetable or herb garden this year. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has nine tasty herbs you can start growing now.

Close-up of a tray filled with densely sprouted green herb seeds started in February, basking in sunlight on a windowsill.

Herbs

13 Herb Seeds to Start Indoors in February

For many gardeners, February is optimal for starting herb seeds indoors. Starting them now gives seedlings a jumpstart on healthy roots and leafy growth for an earlier harvest. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores herbs to start in February relative to your selection and area frost date.

Low-growing Culantro plant with sharply toothed green leaves and tiny spiked flowers atop tall stalks.

Herbs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Culantro

If you love Caribbean cuisine, you’ve probably tried culantro. This fragrant and nutrient-dense herb brings out the flavors in many dishes, such as recaíto from Puerto Rico. In this article, gardening expert Matt Dursum shows you how to plant, grow, and care for culantro.

A woman in gray pants and a checkered red shirt holds a potted indoor dying lavender, with rotting brown stems and wilted leaves at the base.

Herbs

Why Is My Indoor Lavender Dying? 13 Expert Fixes

Is your precious indoor lavender dying? Although you can grow this culinary gem indoors, there are a few issues to look for. In this article, herb enthusiast Matt Dursum explains why your indoor lavender is dying and what to do about it.

A close-up shot of a rosemary Christmas tree

Herbs

How to Grow a Rosemary Christmas Tree: 11 Care Tips

If you’re looking for a compact and aromatic alternative to a popular holiday decoration, try growing a rosemary Christmas tree. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you how to turn this common herb into a festive centerpiece.

A wooden raised bed in a winter garden, holding a mint plant with delicate, partially frost-covered green leaves featuring serrated edges, blanketed by a layer of snow.

Herbs

9 Ways to Keep Your Herbs Alive All Winter

Fresh and dried herbs are soothing throughout winter in savory cuisine, warming teas, emollient salves, and refreshing home fragrances. To protect our favorites and perpetuate all the benefits they bring, extra winter care may be in order. Explore how to best overwinter herbs with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.