Harvest library
When to harvest — and how to keep the crop coming.
Picked for leaves (317)
Cut regularly to keep tender new growth coming. Let them flower and the leaves turn bitter.
Picked for fruit (428)
Harvest on ripeness cues, not the calendar — and pick often, or the plant stops setting more.
Picked for roots (135)
Lift a test plant to judge size. Left too long they go woody and split.
Picked for pods (104)
Pick young and often. A few mature pods tell the plant to stop flowering.
Picked for flowers (45)
Pick just-opened blooms on a dry morning, when the aromatic oils are strongest.
Anise hyssopVera lavenderLavandinGrosso lavandinAnouk French lavenderSpike lavenderWatercressDwarf nasturtiumNasturtium officinaleCrocus sativusCreeping BorageTreneague ChamomileEnglish LavenderMunstead LavenderFrench LavenderSpanish LavenderGrosso LavenderProvence LavenderRoman ChamomileDouble-flowered ChamomileBorageNasturtium 'Empress of India'Nasturtium 'Alaska'Pot Marigold 'Pacific Beauty'