Italian Culinary Herb Collection

Description

This Italian herb seed collection contains 5 popular varieties of herb seeds. All seeds are sourced from professional growers and boast a high germination rate. The seeds are intended for use in your indoor or outdoor garden and can easily be started with no past knowledge of growing plants. Just follow the easy step by step instructions on the seed packets for optimal results.

Culinary herbs such as these are excellent for adding flavor to many dishes. This specific collection is geared toward those who love to flavor their Italian meals with fresh cut herbs. This heirloom assortment is good to be planted in the current growing season, or in the season to follow. If storing the seeds, simply make sure that they are kept in a dry, cool and dark location. Placing them in a ziplock bag and pressing out all of the air is a good idea if they are taken out of their original packaging.

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Italian Basil

Packet of 200 Seeds

Italian Large Leaf is a delicious variety of Basil, which produces large, green leaves. The leaves are about the size of your palm, and are loaded with flavor and fragrance as well. The plants of Italian Large Leaf Basil will grow to a mature height of roughly 12 to 24 inches tall, and can spread 12 to 15 inches wide. The short, bushy like growth habit makes Italian Large Leaf Basil a perfect selection to accompany many vegetable plants, directly in the garden. It is also popularly planted in larger pots and containers, for harvesting later on as well.

Rosemary

Packet of 100 Seeds

Calling to mind the sea mist along the coastal cliffs of its native Mediterranean region that it is named for, Rosmarinus officinalus, or rosemary, is a versatile addition to your herb garden or yard. Easily growing to heights of 12 to 36 inches tall, and almost 3 feet wide, rosemary can make a beautiful hedge to set off your property lines, or you can grow it in containers that can be easily moved indoors in the coldest temperatures. With its crisp, pleasant odor, it is also the perfect border to sidewalks and walkways, releasing its fragrance when brushed in passing.

Broad Leaved Sage

Packet of 100 Seeds

Sage produces large, tender, green leaves under mauve colored flowers. Popularly used as a medicinal herb and a culinary herb, Sage is a staple in creating that famous Thanksgiving dressing. Not only is it tasty, but it is easy on the eyes as well. These herb plants make an attractive flower that can be used in all sorts of areas in the yard. Grow Sage in pots & containers, use it as a border plant, and even in rock gardens as well. Attracting an array of beneficial insects, Sage will bring butterflies, bumblebees and even hummingbirds into the garden.

Italian Oregano

Packet of 500 Seeds

Italian oregano is a very fragrant herb which displays its red-flushed, green leaves through the summer months. The plants will display clusters of pink flowers, above its many, 1 & 1/2 inch leaves. These beauties will attract not only your eye, but various butterflies, bumblebees, honeybees and hummingbirds as well. The plant stand to a mature height of only 12 to 18 inches tall.

Italian Parsley

Packet of 200 Seeds

Italian Flat Leaf Parsley is a biennial plant, which means that it grows the first year and blooms the second. In cold climates, it is simply an annual, and can't winter over. Italian Flat Leaf grows to a mature height of about 15 to 18 inches tall, displaying sturdy, slender stems. At first glance, the flat leaves can look like cilantro with their deep green coloring, and deeply serrated edges.