Mild taste with minty flavour. Lemon flavor.

Culantro cimarron, also known as Mexican coriander or long coriander, is a tropical herb (Eryngium foetidum) with a strong, pungent flavor and aroma similar to, but more intense than, cilantro, and is used in various Caribbean and Latin American cuisines. 

Appearance: Culantro cimarron has long, tough, green leaves with serrated or toothed edges, earning it the nickname "saw leaf herb". 

Taste and Aroma: It shares a similar flavor profile to cilantro but with a more potent, almost citrusy, and earthy taste. 

Culinary Uses: It's commonly used in soups, stews, rice and bean dishes, and as a flavoring in marinades and salsas, particularly in Puerto Rican and other Caribbean cuisines. 

Other Names: It has various names, including fitweed, ngò gai, recao, and shado beni. 

Medicinal Uses: Culantro cimarron has been used traditionally in folk medicine for various ailments, including chills, vomiting, burns, fevers, and more. 

Cultivation: It is a tropical perennial and annual herb, native to Mexico and South America, and cultivated worldwide. 

Botanical Family: It belongs to the same plant family as cilantro (Apiaceae). 

Scientific Name: Tagetes minuta

Appearance: Unlike the short, bushy garden marigolds you might know, Huacatay is a leggy, upright herb that can grow between 4 to 6 feet (1.2–2 meters) tall.

Leaves: The leaves are long, slender, and serrated (jagged) with a deep, glossy green color. They contain numerous oil glands that release a potent scent when brushed or crushed.

Flowers: It produces very small, inconspicuous pale yellow or green flowers that grow in clusters at the top of the stems.

The flavor is incredibly complex and difficult to replicate with a single substitute. It is often described as a bold fusion of:

Spearmint & Basil: For sweetness and herbal freshness.

Tarragon: Providing a subtle anise or licorice-like finish.

Lime/Citrus: Giving it a bright, zingy punch.

Earthy/Pungent: It has a resinous depth that is much stronger than common garden mint.

In Peru, this herb is rarely used as a garnish; it is almost always ground into a thick, vibrant green paste.

Ocopa: The most famous use of Black Mint. It’s a creamy, spicy sauce made with Huacatay, peanuts, cheese, and crackers, served over boiled potatoes.

Pollo a la Brasa: It is a key ingredient in the marinade for Peruvian rotisserie chicken.

Pachamanca: A traditional Andean feast cooked underground, where Huacatay is used to season the meats and tubers.

Medicinal Tea: It is commonly brewed as a tea to aid digestion, relieve stomach cramps, or treat respiratory issues.

Old Fashioned English Lavender Vera has proven itself to have superior winter cold hardiness and sweetly fragrant flowers suitable as cut flowers, for sachets and Lavender oil production. This heirloom variety from England is a compact plant that blooms in early summer with an abundant crop of thin, highly fragrant flower spikes with dark blue calyxes and lavender corollas. Lavender can be sown indoors in late winter or outdoors in early spring or late fall. Plant seeds 1/4" deep and 3" apart. Seeds should come up in 14-21 days. Thin seedlings to 18" apart. Good For Containers and evergreen. Each packet contains 300 Organic Lavender Vera seeds.

This pack contains:

1. Licorice
2. Mint
3. Spearmint
4. Peppermint
5. Chamomile
6. Lavender
7. Sage
8. Rosemary 
9. Fenugreek
10. Fennel
11. Cilantro/Coriander
12. Genovese Basil
13. Sorrel
14. Napoletano Bolloso Genovese
15. Dill 
16. Italian Parsley
17. Moss Parsley
18. Thyme
19. Oregano
20. Garlic Chives