Khmer Cooking Herbs

(Ocimum citriodorum) commonly called 'Pesto Perpetuo'   Basil. The lime-green with a creamy marbled leaves will certainly be the conversation starter feature.  'Pesto Perpetuo' have a smaller, lime-green with creamy marbled leaves, form a dense upright pillar.  When crushed, the leaves have a fragrance of a cross between Thai and Lemon basil. It is a non-flowering plant and you'd never have to worry about this plant bolting to seed. Culinary use: salads, soups,  stews,  sauces,  or wraps. Cr. Google image 

 Scarlett leek (Allium ampeloprasum)  Broadleaf wild leek ( Allium porrum). 

(Levisticum officinale), commonly called Lovage. It's commonly mistaken for celery. Here are some key features to differentiate the two. Levisticum officinale is a tall perennial plan and the sole species in the genus Levisticum in the family Apiaceae, subfamily Apioideae. In the wild,  Lovage commonly found growing in sandy and/or gravel areas with organic matters, thrive in full sun or partial shade, and drought tolerant once fully developed. Whereas celery can be found growing in bogs, and marshlands, and is  a cool weather crop.  The Lovage stem is smaller and has a tubler form and hollow. Whereas celery is wilder, has a half-moon sheath-like shape and solid. Lovage leaves have a stronger taste than that of a celery, with an anise undertones. Celery grows to around 12 inches after 130 days of germination. Whereas Lovage grows to be about 6 feet tall and has a yellow flower heads

(Allium ursinum, commonly called ខ្ទឹមព្រៃ​ or ខ្ទឹមថ្ព្រៃ / Wild garlic, ramsons, wild cowleek, cowlic, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae.

Scarlett & Green Scallions, also known as Bunching Onions. Sometimes spring is missed label as Green onions. "Spring onion" is  an onion that is harvested at an early stage of its life.  Scallion is a type of onion that never form a true bulb.  A true Scallions are lacking true bulbs even at their matured stage. Scarlett Scallions  Evergreen Scallions 

គូឆាយ (Tulbaghia violacea) known as Society garlic,  Wild garlic. A flowering plant Amaryllidaceae family.  It's indigenous to southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Province), and naturalized in Tanzania and Mexico. It is one of only two known genera in the society garlic tribe within the onion subfamily. The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh, once a governor of Cape province. And the other being (Tulbaghia simmleri). A pretty lilac color against the backdrop of green foliage makes an excellent groundcover in your landscape. Also makes an excellent substitute for Garlic chives for your culinary needs. 

(Allium schoenoprasum) commonly called Onion chives or Fine Leaf Chives have tubular fine leaves with mildly onion scent and taste, whereas leaves of a common chive resemble  that of a bunch onion. Fine Leaf Chives doesn't get tough with age. It it maintains its petite size and stay tender. It produces tiny bulbs. A tender perennial hardy in USDA zone 3 and above. I grow them in USDA zone 9a year-round with overhead protection in the rainy season. Leaves are smaller,  thinner, and more delicate than that of a Green/Bunching onions.