Herb & Lime Lab
One card per herb for the nine Asian herbs we cover: sun needs, difficulty, and whether it suits containers — from conservative, standard horticultural guidance.
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This guide covers what each herb needs, not when to plant it where you live. For dates matched to your location, check the Almanac planting calendar for your ZIP code. Where a fact is uncertain, we leave it out rather than guess.
General guidance, not a guarantee. Difficulty ratings and sun needs are widely accepted rules of thumb; your climate, season, variety, and care matter more than any card. Start small, observe, and adjust.
Provenance: plant facts are conservative, standard horticultural guidance — not measured data and not local advice. Growing guides linked where our editorial team has written one.