Annual. Leaves are used to season meats (especially lamb and sausage), salads and casseroles. May be used fresh or dried. Bushy plants with gray-green leaves, white flowers form in tight bundles.

This indispensable kitchen herb is a small bushy perennial shrub that grows up to 15" talland produces multiple stems with tiny silver-green aromatic leaves and white to pale purple flowers. The whole plant (leaves, stems, and flowering tops) are used fresh or dried to flavor a wide variety of dishes.