Herbs

Herbs

Shop and grow herb seeds and plants for home gardens. Urban Farmer has trialed several herb varieties to find the highest quality plants. Our herb seeds have high yields, easy to grow, and have great flavor.

The Sweet High Oil Basil has beautiful leaves that have a wonderful sweet flavor, making it perfect for pestos, sauces and salads! This organic heirloom basil is great for an outdoor or indoor herb garden. The large leaves of the Sweet High Oil can be used fresh or dried. Enjoy the sun-loving Sweet High Oil year after year! Certified Organic. Learn more about our organic seeds.

An heirloom tobacco that originates from Maryland. A high yielding crop with sharp pointed leaves. Catterton will grow to over 30" tall and 16" wide when mature. Air cures easily to a rich reddish brown color. A medium flavored smoke which is excellent for cigarettes alone, or as a blend. Also used in cigars and pipe tobaccos.

Anise is an annual/biennial herb that produces little, dainty white flowers and seed that has a refreshing licorice flavor. The small 1.5-2 feet tall plants have feather like green leaflets that are great for making aromatic tea. Anise seed produced from the plants can be used whole or ground in doughs or fillings of baked goods or brewed to make a delicate licorice-flavored tea.

(Organic Seed) The Slow Bolt Cilantro is an easy to grow variety that has a great flavor! This variety gets its name for being slow to bolt; bolting means that the plant starts to produce the seed, rather than growing more leaves. This cilantro is a pungent member of the carrot family that is a favored ingredient for Asian and Latin American cuisine, including salsa and other Mexican dishes. The Slow Bolt Cilantro's mature, spicy dried seeds, coriander, are a staple of Indian cooking. Conventional seed available.

The Sweet Genovese Basil is a popular Italian variety that is prized for its large leaves, wonderful aroma and spicy flavor. If you are making pesto, than this is the basil for you! This basil variety's plants will grow to be 18-24” tall. Make successive sowings for a steady supply and make sure to dry or freeze some for winter use! Certified Organic. Learn more about our organic seeds.

A lavender that produces flowers the first year from seed. Produces a more consistent and early flower blooms. Bright white spikes top silvery-green mounded plants with vigorous branching habit. 12-16" tall and 6-8" wide when mature.

One Sucker is a dark air cured heirloom tobacco. It grows 4-5' in height with dark green leaves. Long leaves that can reach upwards of 3'. It produces 15-16 leaves on average, frost resistance and excellent wind resistance.

The Dukat Dill is a popular, improved dill variety that produces a high amount of its essential oil! This dill's attractive ferny foliage is best when used fresh or dried in dips, salads, soups and sauces - as well as to flavor peas and potatoes.

Florences's fresh fennel leaves are a favorite on salads, with eggs, fish and sauces! This fennel has a bulbous stem that can be steamed, grilled or served raw, like celery. When cut, this fennel has a delicate anise aroma. Florence thrives in full sun and mild to cool weather.

The Artemesia dracunculoides, or commonly known as Tarragon, is an aromatic leafy herb that is growing in popularity for its culinary uses. This herb is a tall vigorous garden plant that produces leaves that have a mild flavor, pairing well with fish, chicken and vegetable dishes.

Wild Thyme has a wonder fragrance and beautiful bloom that does well in most gardens. Spreads easily on its own and does well in drought tolerant locations. Forms a dense mat that create an excellent ground-cover. Plants are 6-12 inches tall, and the lavender flowers appear just above the foliage. As with many species in the mint family, the flowers of Wild Thyme are very attractive to honey bees and wild bees. Also know as lemon thyme, larger thyme, and broad-leaf thyme.

The Red Rubin Basil is a reliable, popular red basil variety that produces beautiful dark red leaves that are perfect for home gardens! These dark red leaves have a great flavor and aroma. The Red Rubin is a wonderful variety for adding color to salads and meals.

The highly aromatic, rich and spicy Cilantro adds the perfect flavor to any cuisine! This popular herb now also comes in organic seeds. This plant can be harvested for both the cilantro leaves and coriander seeds. The unique flavor of this cilantro is bold and bright with a touch of citrus undertones. Cilantro is the perfect herb for a patio container or herb kit in a window sill, sow every ten days for a continuous harvest.

The Creeping Thyme is a mat-forming evergreen plant that produces small purple spikes and makes a beautiful ground cover! This "walk on" hardy perennial not only adds a beautiful pop of color to the garden, but it also gives off a wonderful fragrance that is perfect in a bouquet.

The Peppermint has excellent leaves with a refreshing aromatic smell. Peppermint leaves are used as flavoring in baking, such as peppermint candies and teas. These plants are the perfect addition to any garden and can reach 3 feet tall.

A lavender that produces flowers the first year from seed. Produces a more consistent and early flower blooms. Deep purple-blue spikes top silvery-green mounded plants with vigorous branching habit. 12-16" tall and 6-8" wide when mature.

Just like in its name, the Lime Basil produces leaves that are bright green and have a very unique lime scent and flavor. This unusual basil is a very good for a variety for its culinary uses.

An Italian large-leaf with good Fusarium Wilt resistance. Excellent for gardens, fields and greenhouse growing. Great floral scent and flavor.