Top 10 Easy To Grow Herbs Indoors For Beginners

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There are 2 advantages if you grow herbs indoors, first you can eat the tasteful fresh herbs and second you can keep the flavor in your home. You can grow herbs in pot in your kitchen. If you will start herbs garden in your kitchen, especially you are beginner, It is recommended to start from easy to grow herbs indoors, healthy plants are preferable than seeds. After you have some insights then you can try to grow herbs from seeds.

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Easy To Grow Herbs Indoors


It is common fact that usually herbs grown indoors are less productive than outdoor plants, but don’t worry the herbs will still give you plenty of fantastic flavor for your favorite dishes.

Read more: Tips to Grow Herbs Indoors Healthy and Productive

So here are the easy to grow herbs indoors:

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors #1: Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Basil can be grown as an annual or short-lived perennial. You may try the variety of ''Lemon' for a hint of citrus, ‘Genovese' for classic aroma and flavor, 'Siam Queen' for unique, spicy flavor’, or 'Spicy Globe' for compact growth (8 to 10 inches tall).

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors #2: Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)

Chive is a grass like perennial herb with a delicate onion flavor. You may grow 'Grolau' chivesyou’re your windowsill or “Garlic” chives (A. tuberosum) for a mild garlic taste. To keep new leaves coming, just cut small bunches of leaves back to the soil level when harvesting.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors # 3: Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)

Cilantro is also known as Chinese parsley, a short-lived annual herb that has a distinctive parsley/sage/citrus-like flavor. Cilantro is best grown from seed. It grows quickly, but remember, once you harvest it does not regrow. So you need to extend your harvest by growing them in three pots at different stages such as seedling stage, intermediate growth stage and ready to harvest.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors #4: Dill (Anethum graveolens)

When grown indoors, Dill has best aromatic leaves. Just like Cilantro, for a continual supply, you may sow several pots at different stages. 'Fernleaf' dill is an ideal variety for growing indoors.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors #5: Mints (Mentha spp.)

Spearmint (M. spicata) and Peppermint (M. x piperita) are good choices for growing in pots. Just make sure to give them own container as they can easily overtake other herbs.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors #6: Oregano (Oreganum vulgare)

Greek oregano can delivers true authentic oregano flavor, it is growing up to 12 inches in pots. You may grow 'Kaliteri’, a Greek oregano strain that is flavorful and spicy without being too bitter. To encourage new growth, you need to harvest their leaves often. Oregano will remains productive for up to two years and after that should be replaced otherwise plants become woody.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors # 7: Parsley (Petroselinum spp.)

Both Italian curly-leaf parsley (P. crispum) and flat-leaf (P. crispum var. neapolitanum) excel when grown indoors. The Italian variety of these biennial herbs are often favored for theirs robust flavor. You may cut the outer leaves when harvesting so it will spur new growth from the center. This will keep parsley remaining productive for several months or more.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors # 8: Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

This perennial herb comes in both upright and trailing forms. For best flavor, you need to choose a more compact upright variety like ‘Salem’ or 'Taylor's Blue'. Keep in mind that even though rosemary enjoys drier conditions, but it is never allowed to dry out completely or the rosemary plant will die.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors # 9: Thyme (Thymus spp.)

French thyme (T. vulgaris 'Narrow Leaf French') and Lemon thyme (T. x citriodorus) are excellent culinary varieties and also easy to grow herbs indoors.

Easy to Grow Herbs Indoors # 10: Sage (Salvia officinalis)

You may grow 12-inch-tall dwarf sage (S. officinalis minimus) in container. Dwarf garden sage (S. officinalis 'Compacta') offers the same flavor as dwarf sage but grows only 10 inches high.

So there are top 10 easy to grow herbs indoors, you may choose 1-3 herbs to start a herb garden indoors. Good luck ...

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