Garden Herbs and Plants

Most herb gardeners who are just starting out need a lot of help in figuring out which garden herbs and plants will go best with their garden. It's up to the gardener to decide whether or not he or she is planting herbs for cooking, tea drinking, or garden decoration. Either way, here's a list of popular garden herbs and plants which are easy to use and readily available almost anywhere.

1. Jasmine
One of the heads of the tea family, this herb and its flowers can rival being the prettiest among garden herbs and plants. Use it for decorating your garden with its beauty, and relaxing your senses with its gentle scent.

2. Lavender
The pretty flowers of this herb are what leads it to be mistaken as just a flower plant, rather than a useful herb. Lavender makes a great soothing and sweet smelling tea.

3. Mints
A great plant to have in your garden, but with the tendency to try and take over everything! Mint is a great herb with many uses. Just keep your types of mint away from each other because they will all end up tasting the same. Also, give them a lot of sunlight in order to control their love to spread all throughout the garden.

4. Basil
Extremely popular in Italian cooking, there are many kinds of basil that go with a lot of different types of cooking too. To keep it safe, choose sweet basil as this is a good all around option for most dishes.

5. Sweet Marjoram
This foot tall plant makes a great potpourri apart from being a great seasoning element to many dishes.

6. Dill
Great for salads of all kinds, and freshening the air around the home! Dill is a great smelling herb which grows up to three feet tall. Plant it in the outer parts of your herb garden.

7. Lovage
A tree like herb, growing up to several feet tall. It makes for good garden hedges, plus it tends to all its surrounding plants, making sure all other garden herbs and plants are growing healthy and happy.

8. Rosemary
Crushed rosemary is extremely flavorful, and it adds a great zing to many dishes. It's easy to grow and it's stalks can also be used around the house.

9. Sage
Great for meats, this woody herb grows just as tall as your dill, and will be a good companion for your rosemary plants. It definitely enhances the flavor of rosemary and vice versa.

10. Caraway
Often used for its seeds, not so much for its aesthetic qualities, planting caraway would be a good choice for a gardener who is just starting out because it tends to aerating and tending the soil for you.

Though there are many more herbs to choose from, and so many you can order off the world wide web, these are the plants and seeds you are very likely to find in your local neighborhood plant and gardening store, so you'll never have to worry about spending too much for your garden!

Want to know what other plants you can grow in your herb garden? Get a better idea of the different ways you can raise herbs by checking out Herbal Tea Gardens, then looking through the other site articles for all you'll need to know about herb gardening!

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