New additions to our annual herb seed collection are ready to grow

Cornflowers

Fenugreek

Quinoa

Annual herbs grow best when planted from seed directly where they are to grow.

Plant your favourites like coriander and dill and try some of our new varieties
to add fresh flavour and colour to your herb garden and kitchen.

Herbs for Summer Salads

Early summer is the ideal time to plant up some herbs to
pep up your summer salads with extra taste and flavours.

• Try chives, garlic chives and welsh onion for an intense savoury bite.
• Leafy herbs such as perennial rocket, chicory, french and italian parsley will add a mix of flavours to your salad leaves along with the more usual lettuce.
• purple shiso will give bright and tasty splashes of colour.
• Mint, Oregano Hot and Spicy and lovage add bold flavours.

Mixed Salad Leaf seeds
Bright and Spicy mix
• It's not too late to sow some cut and come again salad leaves from our seed collection.

See our Growing herbs for Salads section for more ideas.

Plant them all together to make your harvesting easier at salad time, salad herbs will grow really well together in a large container and make an attractive highlight outside your door, just ready for picking.

Creeping thyme collection

now ready for planting

A comprehensive collection of Creeping Thymes is now ready for you to buy. To find out more about these thymes either click on Special Collections or Tarragon and Thymes.

Lawn of Thymes

Creeping Savory

Creeping thymes like a dry sunny position and are ideal for growing in gravel areas and rockeries, between paving stones and for planting thyme paths and lawns. They withstand walking on and are totally hardy.

Check out our article Prostrate herbs for cracks and crevices, walls and paths for more details.

We have selected a range of thymes with red, pink and white flowers and also a variety of leaf types and colours to give you as wide a choice as possible for planting to suit your garden design.

Lots of our herbs like dry conditions, why not add variety to your creeping thyme planting by adding lawn chamomile and double flowered chamomile for their fragrant foliage.

Try adding some creeping savory,  Helianthemum 'Ben Ledi',  Helianthemum 'Ben Fhada',  Helianthemum 'Fireball', and Armeria Alba or Germander Silver to extend the flowering season and add extra interest and colour to your beds and containers.