Flower friends' favorite 11 kinds of vanilla plants are used as seasoning in the West.

Now a lot of western coriander has become a new ingredient in some restaurants in China. Both Chinese and Western coriander, they are very good species, potted plants are also suitable, and they are becoming more and more popular.

In addition, because most of them are small plants, you might as well put them in one basin and you can pick several kinds at any time.

Most parsley eats leaves, but some eat seeds, flowers, berries, stems, roots, and even bark. Not all of them are to the taste. Some have to be tried by the Prophet, and some have to be adjusted slowly.

1. Nine-story tower (basil):

This Italian favorite cilantro plant, the nine-story pagoda, has become the most popular vanilla plant in recent years and is suitable for use in dishes with tomatoes.

It is called the nine-story pagoda because the plant can grow all the way up, like layers of pagodas.

It can be more than two feet high. If the growth period is cut off in the middle, there will be more side branches, not just to the higher director. But don't encourage the growth of the same plant too much, so the taste of the leaves will fade. At the same time, pinch off the flowers, because after flowering, only seeds will be produced, and there will be fewer leaves.

The nine-story pagoda is an annual plant in the cold zone. In the north, seeds can be planted indoors in winter and transplanted outdoors without the danger of frost.

In hotter areas, the soil surface is often used to compost soil, bark crumbs and so on, to keep the soil surface wet.

If you like fresh basil, you can sow seeds every four weeks. Nine-story towers are suitable for potted planting. The planting site needs plenty of sunshine and the soil should be well drained.

There are many kinds of nine-story pagodas, so the taste is different. The common green leaves are sweeter; a lemon-flavored one called lemon basil

Thai variety of Thai basil, there is also a purple basil taste is not generally sweet. You have to try all this before you can realize it.

2. Cat mint

Cat mint is perennial, somewhat similar to the general mint, generally shorter. Green heart-shaped leaves with purple flowers.

Peppermint is so rough that it hardly needs any care. But need plenty of sunshine, in order to prevent the branches from growing too long, you can cut off the branches that are too long from time to time.

Sun-dried leaves can not only be used as a seasoning, but also can make tea to drink.

3. Fennel seed (sweet fennel):

Cumin is perennial, three to four feet tall, and its leaves are as thin as lines. The best harvest is the stem before it blossoms.

Stems and leaves have fennel flavor, usually eat the white stem at the bottom, usually sliced, or used for salads and side dishes. Seeds are also useful, when cooking, or as ingredients for cheese.

Seeds planted on the soil are easy to germinate in spring because the plants are tall and have to be planted one and a half feet apart. When it grows to a foot and a half, a bamboo pole will be erected to support it.

4. Lavender:

Lavender is a perennial plant, even if it is not a vanilla plant, it is a popular garden flower. The whole plant has a fragrance, and the lilac flowers are ornamental.

Lavender is a good species, not picky about the soil, but likes slightly alkaline soil. And need plenty of sunshine.

Lavender is generally very short. To maintain the tree shape of lavender, it must be pruned in early spring.

In general, lavender is dried with flowers and leaves and used as incense clothes or sesame oil.

4. Oregano

Oregano is also often used on pizza, also known as pizza grass. It is a hardy perennial. It smells like thyme.

It is perennial, very hardy, and does not require much soil. In order to make the leaves luxuriant, it is best to pick the flowers when blooming, and you can also pinch the branches when the branches are too long.

Ramets can be dug out every three or four years, otherwise the roots are too crowded and the branches are too thick, which also affects the tender green of the leaves. Usually eat tender leaves, or you can collect too many leaves to dry and preserve them. It is suitable for cooking lamb rack or steak except for seasoning on pizza.

5. Italian coriander (coriander)

The usage of Italian coriander is similar to that of Chinese parsley, but the taste is different. It used to be the most common of all coriander.

Because the leaves are beautiful in shape and unique in taste, they are suitable for decorating dishes or seasoning. Boil soup, accompany salad, make sauce, can also be dried to eat, but the taste is lighter.

Italian parsley is annual in the cold zone, although it can survive the winter, it will die after it is scattered, so it can be said to be biennial, but it can only be harvested once. Winter can be spent in the warm tropics.

You can sow the seeds, and the seeds had better be soaked in water for one night, which is easier to germinate. It is very suitable for potted plants and can also be planted on the edge of the flower bed, because the plants are very beautiful.

One with curly leaves is more popular. You need plenty of sunshine when planting, but there can be some shade in the tropics. The soil should be kept humid and not too hot, and the soil can be slightly covered. The soil should be drained well.

During harvest, it can be cut from the outer base of the plant so that the inner stem continues to grow. The first harvest will stimulate a thicker plant.

6. Peppermint

Peppermint is a common condiment, mostly used for dessert, tea, and meat. In addition, it is also widely used in industry, and peppermint oil can be used for medicine or toilet.

Peppermint is perennial and very coarse, so it is easy to spread, so some people will plant it in the basin and then in the ground to control its roots.

In order to prevent the apprentice from growing branches, it is best to pinch the branches from the middle from time to time to make them more luxuriant and leafy. At the same time, cut off the flowers so as not to stop growing after seeding.

7. Rosemary

Rosemary is perennial, but only suitable for warm areas. It is necessary to move indoors or be protected by soil cover in winter in the cold zone.

Generally suitable for potted plants, when planting, need sunlight and well-drained soil, more fertilizer soil, organic soil is better. In order to stimulate the growth of more leaves, excessively long branches are pinched off from the middle from time to time.

Rosemary is easily cut by branches. According to the general cutting method, the lower leaves are pinched off and planted in the wet basin soil, which is easy to take root. Sowing is difficult to germinate, and the general probability of germination is less than 10%. It is best to soak the seeds for 8-12 hours before planting to help germinate.

Rosemary is suitable for barbecue and barbecue. It can also be served as a plate of meat.

8. Sage

Sage is a common flower, as a kind of vanilla, it is generally perennial with thick grayish-blue leaves and strong fragrance. It is very suitable for seasoning and stuffing when roasting pork, chicken, and grilled fish.

When planting sage, it is easy to sprout from seeds, or it is easy to take root by cutting. It is appropriate to pick leaves before flowering and cut off flower heads after flowering to promote more branches and leaves.

The branches will become lignified every three or four years, and new plants should be replanted.

9. Dragon Songye

The leaves of Longsong have a special fragrance and are suitable for pickling meat, making sauces, or making salads. Leaves and stem tips can be used, but not suitable for drying.

Longsong is perennial, it needs sunshine when planting, but it can also be half-shaded. It must be replanted every three or four years, or the branches will become woody.

10. Thyme

Thyme is a popular spice plant, whether it is seafood, roast chicken or braised beef. And its oil can also be used as perfume or medicine.

Thyme is a perennial dwarf plant, the leaves are very small, grayish green, purple flowers are very small, often do creeping plants to cover the ground, light touch will have a fragrance.

Thyme is very suitable for covering the ground, or growing along the edge of the flower bed, and growing in the stone flower bed.

11. Spicy mint

Fragrant mint is divided into summer peppermint and winter peppermint.

The average fragrant mint is a year old who is afraid of the cold, up to one and a half feet. In addition to ground planting, it is also very suitable for potted plants. The leaves are slender and long, some like rosemary, with a pungent flavor.

It's a little spicy when seasoned. If you like food with a strong flavor, it is suitable for cooking meat and vegetables. Winter peppermint is not afraid of the cold, but the taste is less than the fragrance of summer varieties.

Fragrant mint is easy to germinate and can be planted directly in the soil during the frost-free period in early spring. When planting, it needs a multi-light site, and it grows very fast, sometimes it needs support.

Perennial varieties can adjust the weather at minus 10 degrees Celsius and generally last about four or five years.