Best Culinary Herbs to Grow

Kitchen workhorses that earn their place in any sunny bed or container.

Showing the top 30 of 49 matching plants, ranked by nursery availability, then native status. The Plant Finder searches all 49.

1. 
   alpine sweetvetch Hedysarum alpinumZone 1+ · full sun · 2 ft · native
2. 
   American lotus Nelumbo luteaZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
3. 
   arctic dock Rumex arcticusZone 1+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
4. 
   arctic raspberry Rubus arcticusZone 1+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
5. 
   Atlantic camas Camassia scilloidesZone 4+ · shade · 2.5 ft · native
6. 
   common cowparsnip Heracleum maximumZone 3+ · full sun · 8 ft · native
7. 
   common selfheal Prunella vulgarisZone 3+ · part shade · 1.5 ft · native
8. 
   common sunflower Helianthus annuusZone 12+ · full sun · 9 ft · native
9. 
   groundnut Apios americanaZone 4+ · shade · 1 ft · native
10. 
    Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosusZone 2+ · part shade · 9.8 ft · native
11. 
    nodding waternymph Najas flexilisZone 11+ · part shade · 2.5 ft · native
12. 
    Rocky Mountain pond-lily Nuphar luteaZone 1+ · full sun · 4 ft · native
13. 
    salt spring checkerbloom Sidalcea neomexicanaZone 4+ · shade · 2.5 ft · native
14. 
    sawtooth sunflower Helianthus grosseserratusZone 2+ · full sun · 5 ft · native
15. 
    small camas Camassia quamashZone 4+ · shade · 2.3 ft · native
16. 
    Tilesius' wormwood Artemisia tilesiiZone 1+ · shade · 36 ft · native
17. 
    white marsh marigold Caltha leptosepalaZone 3+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
18. 
    woolly geranium Geranium erianthumZone 5+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
19. 
    alfalfa Medicago sativaZone 2+ · full sun · 2 ft
20. 
    burclover Medicago polymorphaZone 10+ · full sun · 1.3 ft
21. 
    chicory Cichorium intybusZone 2+ · full sun · 2 ft
22. 
    common dandelion Taraxacum officinaleZone 3+ · part shade · 0.5 ft
23. 
    cowpea Vigna unguiculataZone 11+ · full sun · 2.5 ft
24. 
    field mustard Brassica rapaZone 5+ · part shade · 3 ft
25. 
    hyacinthbean Lablab purpureusZone 10+ · part shade · 4 ft
26. 
    mung bean Vigna radiataZone 11+ · full sun · 3 ft
27. 
    narrowleaf cattail Typha angustifoliaZone 3+ · full sun · 4.9 ft
28. 
    pinguin Bromelia pinguinZone 9+ · shade · 4 ft
29. 
    small burnet Sanguisorba minorZone 3+ · part shade · 1.3 ft
30. 
    soybean Glycine maxZone 11+ · full sun · 4 ft

Every plant here is drawn from the USDA PLANTS database; the traits behind this list are quoted from it, not estimated. See data & sources.

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