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Herb Sampler

This sampler contains the best of the day’s farm-fresh herbs. These delicious herbs can include sages, mints, lavenders, basils, lemon balm, and more. Flavors are diverse, ranging from minty to floral, and from citrusy to woodsy, with textures ranging from soft to chewy to crunchy.

May 30, 2025

Mixed Lettuce Rosettes

Enjoy a brilliant mixture of bright green and deep red rosettes, each offering up a delicious buttery flavor in a soft, tender, supple texture. Leaves are uniformly sized and growing outwardly. Note that the red rosettes have a neon green core and attractive maroon colored leaves.

Mixed Shiso™

Choose The Chef’s Garden for your fresh shiso plants in delectable varieties, including the pungent flaming shiso; green shiso with its flavor combination of cumin, cilantro, parsley, and cinnamon with tender leaves; and red shiso with its sweet cinnamon taste with a mint finish and its succulent leaves. Shipped fresh!

Nepitella Mint

Flavor your unique dishes with nepitella for a subtle combination of mint and oregano. This crunchy green mint pairs well with mushroom dishes or green vegetables, and with beef or lamb entrees, but possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Use our sustainably grown herbs from cocktail hour through dessert.

Red Shiso

The fresh red shiso plant tastes a bit sweet at the beginning, followed by cinnamon flavor combined with strong mint. Succulent stems have a nice crunch and leaves are very tender. Leaves are purple and green. Top chefs and restaurants worldwide order our shiso plant; sustainably grown and shipped fresh.

African Blue Basil

The rich, mellow flavor of African Blue Basil is an ideal seasoning for soups, salads and dishes, especially those featuring red meat, chicken or fish, tomatoes, green beans, summer or winter squash. Fresh basil leaves are a slightly grayed green, speckled purple underneath. Purple buds open into delicious lavender flowers.