| Common name | Scientific name | Zones | Size | Exposure | Comments |
| Anise | Agastache foeniculum | Annual | 24" | Sun | Grow from seeds; lavender, white flowers late summer to fall |
| Anise hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Perennial | 3 to 5' | Sun to partial shade | Grow from seeds or divisions; edible flowers; lavender, white
flowers late summer to fall |
| Borage | Boaga officinalis | Annual | 1 to 3' | Sun | Grown from seeds; self sowing; blue flowers early to
midsummer |
| Catmint | Nepeta cataria; N. x faasenii | Perennial | 3 to 4' | Sun to shade | Grow from seeds or division; lavender-mauve, blue-violet
flowers early summer to mid-summer |
| Chicory | Cichorium intybus | Perennial | 2 to 5' | Sun | Sky-blue flowers mid to late summer; grow from seeds |
| Chives; Garlic
chives | Allium schoenoprasum; A.
tuberosum | Perennial | 12" | Sun to partial shade | Grow from seeds or division; lavender-rose or white flowers |
| Dill | Anethum graveolens | Annual | 3 to 5' | Sun to partial shade | Sow seeds in spring |
| Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare | Perennial | 4 to 5' | Sun | Grow from seeds |
| Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare | Perennial | 4 to 5' | Sun | Grow from seeds; difficulty to transplant |
| Hyssop | Hyssopus offinalis | Perennial | 2' | Sun | Grow from seeds, cuttings, or division; blue-violet, pink,
white flowers early to late summer |
| Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia | Perennial | 2 to 3' | Sun | Grow from seeds or cuttings; lavender, purple-violet, dark
purple flowers early to midsummer |
| Lemon balm | Melissa officinalis | Perennial | 3' | Sun to partial shade | Grow from seeds, cuttings or division |
| Lovage | Levisticum officinale | Perennial | 3 to 4' | Sun to partial shade | Sow seeds in late summer or division |
| Oregano | Origanum vulgare | Perennial | 2' | Sun | Grow from seeds, cuttings or division |
| Parsley | Petroselinum crispum | Annual | 6" | Sun | Sow seeds in early spring |
| Peppermint | Mentha piperita crisoula | Perennial | 3' | Sun to partial shade | Cuttings, division; can be invasive |
| Rosemary | Rosemarinus officinalis | Perennial | 3 to 6' | Sun | Cuttings, layering or division; light blue, dark blue, violet
blue, pink, white flowers spring to early summer |
| Salvia | Salvia spp. | Perennial | 2 to 5' | Sun | Cuttings; red, blue, purple flowers late summer to fall |
| Spearmint | Mentha spicata | Perennial | 18" | Sun to partial shade | Cuttings, division; can be invasive |
| Sweet marjoram | Origanum marjorana | Perennial | 8" | Sun | Grow from seeds, cuttings or division |
| Thyme, Creeping | Thymus praecox spp.
arcticus | Perennial | 1 to 4" | Sun | Grow from cuttings, layering or division; pink, rose,
lavender, crimson, white flowers early summer to midsummer |
| Thyme, Common | Thymus vulgaris | Perennial | 4 to 12" | Sun | Grow from cuttings, or division; pink, rose, lavender,
crimson, white flowers early to midsummer |
| Wild marjoram | Origanum vulgare subsp.
vulgare | Perennial | 2 to 3' | Sun to partial shade | Pink, white flowers midsummer to fall |
| Winter savory | Satureja montana | Perennial | 1 to 2' | Sun | Grow in light sandy soil; cuttings; pinkish white flowers mid
to late summer |
