Cilantro

Coriander sativum

Variety:

Leisure Slow Bolting

Plant Height:      18-24"

Spacing:               6-12"

Sun Preference:  Dappled to Full Sun

Self-Sowing

Annual with aromatic, glossy, green leaves on long stalks. In mid-summer begins bearing 5 petaled, white or pink flowers, followed by golden-brown berries. Plant in spring. Cilantro is the leafy portion of the plant, resembling parsley. Popular herb in Mexican and Chinese dishes.  source

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Chives

Allium - schoenoprasum 

Common

Hardy to:             3a

Plant Height:      12-18"

Spacing:               6-9"

Sun Preference:  Full Sun

Zone info

Perennial. Hardy to USDA zone 3. With beautiful edible lavender-pink flowers and delicate onion-flavored foliage, chives should be in every garden. Not many plants do as many things as this plant does AND are easy to grow, maintain, and come back every year! The edible flowers make a tasty pink-tinted chive vinegar (recipe inside packet), look & taste great in salads, and dry well when chopped for use on baked potatoes or left whole for dried floral arrangements. The foliage and flowers are an excellent garnish for most foods. Chives are easy to grow in almost any soil, containers, or a sunny indoor windowsill for use year-round. With chives on hand, your fish, chicken, vegetable, and baked potato dishes will never be lacking in flavor! 
When to plant outside: : In early spring, as soon as the soil can be worked, or as late as 2 months before first fall frost. 
When to start inside: 6 weeks before average last spring frost. 
Special Germination Instructions: Seed requires darkness to germinate. Make sure seed is planted at a depth of ¼” – ½”. 
Harvesting: Cut the outer spears of the chives when they are at least 6” long and cut back to 2” above ground. Once or twice a season, shear the plants to 2” above ground. This will keep the new, tender foliage available. The flowers can be harvested when in full bloom.  source

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Basil

Ocimum basilicum 

Varieties:

Italian Large Leaf

Siam Queen

Plant Height:      18-36"

Spacing:               6-12"

Sun Preference:  Full Sun

Italian Large Leaf:  This large-leaved heirloom Genovese type basil is particularly good for pesto and any dish that calls for fresh basil leaves. Basil has so many uses! It is wonderful in Italian foods, flavored vinegars, wih fish, poultry, rice, and vegetables. It is also easy to grow these 18”-24” tall plants outdoors in containers or in the garden. In a warm, south-facing window, you can even grow it inside during winter! (Harvest often to keep plants compact and encourage new leaf production.)  source

Siam Queen:  It has a delicious, spicy sweet flavor with a licorice basil aroma. A compact plant with green leaves and beautiful pink & purple flowers on red-purple stems, it is a very attractive container variety and can be used as an accent in the flower garden. Thai basil is known to the Vietnamese as ""Hung Que"" (and eaten raw with noodle soup in the morning) and in Thailand as ""Horapha"". A distinct improvement over older varieties of Thai Basils, Siam Queen's yields are impressive, because the leaves are twice the size. (3"-4"" long and 1.5""-2"" wide).  source

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Italian Large Leaf

Siam Queen