Rare Herbs

Cherokee Sweet Mint - A Pollinator Paradise Cherokee Sweet Mint or Hoary Mountainmint is an easy growing native perennial wildflower with a distinctive, minty/herbal scent. All parts of the plant emit a strong, spearmint-like aroma when...

Costmary - The Biblical Herb and So Much More Costmary is not as common as in the past, but its charming appearance, sweet fragrance and history is filled with fascinating tales from across the globe. Costmary is also called mace, Alecost and Bible...

Crystalline Iceplant - The Caviar of Edible Flowers  This is the new pop-star of the gourmet chef world. Used as an edible garnish for anything from steak tartare to sushi. The uses of the edible flowers and succulent leaves are only limited by...

Dulce Buttons - A Little Bit of Sweet Known by the Aztec as Tzonpelic xihuitl, which literally means “sweet herb”. The tiny white buds are super sweet with a background flavor of mint, thyme, anise or licorice, but leaving no aftertaste...

Epazote - The Magical Herb This annual Mexican herb has a pungent aroma, spear-shaped, deeply toothed leaves and green flowers. It is also known as Wormseed, American Wormseed, Mexican Tea or Herba Sancti Mariae.  Details Epazote's fragrance is...

Licorice A perennial herb having a network of woody rhizomes and erect stems with pale purple or white flowers. Plants are ready for harvesting after 3-5 years, the entire plant is dug up and the rhizomes are cut and washed. History One of the...

Navajo/Hopi Tea (Greenthread Tea) Beautiful native. Coreopsis-like, blooms stand out like radiant, yellow beams, June through September. Revered since Ancient Puebloan times, the slightly smoky, jasmine-scented drink from stems and leaves is one of...

Papalo/Quilquiña/Papaloquelite  Papaloquelite is a fabulous ancient Mexican herb. The name comes from the word papalotl, Nahuatl for butterfly. Unusual, piquant, fresh green leaves have a marvelously complex, distinctive flavor - like...

Sculpit/Stridolo Sculpit or Stridolo is a fast-growing, mild-mannered annual blending complex flavors of Chicory, Arugula, Tarragon and other favorite greens. It's milder than that would suggest, with a flavor all its own. Found on the edge of crop...

Stevia / Sweet Herb Stevia is a tropical annual with very sweet leaves that yield the substance "stevioside'. Leaves are 100-300 times sweeter than table sugar, have virtually no calories and are not broken down by heat. History In Japan, artificial...

Tarahumara Chia  Spikes of small, vibrant blue flowers bloom in summer. Chia was the basic survival ration of Aztec warriors. In Mexico, the seeds are still roasted, ground and added to water, forming a gel, one tablespoon of which is said to...

Toothache Plant, Szechuan Buttons or Electric Daisies A low-growing plant with bronze-purple leaves host yellow/red "gumdrop" flowers that bloom repeatedly summer through fall. Attractive annual ground-cover that's edible. The young leaves have a...