Culinary Herb Collection

6 Live Culinary Herb Cuttings

Build a versatile kitchen herb garden with a collection of six aromatic culinary herbs.

This assortment combines familiar kitchen-garden favorites with distinctive specialty varieties. Whether you grow herbs in containers, raised beds, patio planters, or a dedicated garden, this collection offers an enjoyable introduction to growing fresh culinary herbs at home.

Each cutting is freshly harvested from plants grown at our Blue Ridge Mountain homestead and carefully prepared for shipment.

Included in This Collection

Sweet Basil

A classic culinary basil commonly used in pesto, pasta dishes, salads, sauces, and fresh garnishes.

Greek Oregano

A strongly aromatic oregano traditionally associated with Mediterranean-inspired recipes, seasoning blends, and roasted dishes.

English Thyme

A versatile culinary thyme commonly used in soups, sauces, vegetables, poultry dishes, and herb blends.

Italian Oregano

An aromatic oregano variety suited to pasta sauces, pizza, marinades, and Italian-inspired recipes.

Lemon Thyme

A fragrant thyme with citrus-like notes that makes an interesting addition to poultry, seafood, vegetables, and culinary herb blends.

Cuban Oregano

A distinctive aromatic plant with thick, fuzzy leaves and a strong fragrance. Cuban Oregano is a tender perennial in many climates and is often grown in containers.

Fragrance and flavor can vary according to variety, season, maturity, sunlight, temperature, soil, and other growing conditions.

What You Will Receive

• Six fresh, unrooted culinary herb cuttings

• One cutting of each variety listed above

• Cuttings approximately 4–6 inches long

• Six rockwool rooting cubes

• Moisture-protective packaging for transit

• Basic care and propagation instructions

This collection contains unrooted plant cuttings—not established, rooted plants.

Because each cutting is naturally grown and individually harvested, its size, branching, leaf shape, color, fragrance, and overall appearance may vary from the listing photographs.

Growing Information

This collection contains herbs with different growth habits and seasonal requirements.

• Suitable for containers after rooting

• Appropriate for kitchen gardens and raised beds

• Flowers may attract visiting pollinators

• Includes both annual and perennial herbs

• Suitable for patio planters and homestead gardens

• Individual varieties may root and grow at different rates

Sweet Basil is frost-sensitive and is commonly grown as an annual.

Cuban Oregano is also cold-sensitive and is generally grown as a tender perennial or indoor container plant in colder climates.

The oregano and thyme varieties are perennial in suitable growing zones and require good drainage after they become established.

Garden performance, mature size, and winter hardiness depend on the individual variety, the purchaser’s climate, growing zone, soil, planting location, and ongoing care.

Perfect For

• Kitchen herb gardens

• Container gardening

• Homestead gardens

• Patio herb planters

• Home cooks

• Beginning herb gardeners

• Specialty plant collections

• Gifts for gardeners

Wash fresh herbs thoroughly before culinary use. These products are sold as live plant cuttings and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Important: Care Immediately After Delivery

Please unpack all six cuttings immediately after delivery and remove all shipping materials.

Place the lower portion of each stem in clean, room-temperature water for a minimum of 48 hours. Keep all leaves above the waterline, with only the lower stem and at least one propagation node in the water.

Keep each variety identified and separated during recovery and rooting.

This recovery period allows the cuttings to rehydrate and recover from normal shipping stress before rooting begins.

During the recovery period:

• Keep the cuttings in bright, indirect light

• Keep them away from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures

• Replace the water if it becomes cloudy

• Do not add fertilizer

• Do not allow any leaves to remain submerged

Temporary wilting or softness can occur after shipping and does not necessarily indicate that a cutting is damaged.

Rooting Your Cuttings

After the initial 48-hour recovery period, continue rooting each cutting using one of these methods:

• Keep the lower stem and propagation node in clean water

• Place the lower stem and propagation node into a pre-soaked rockwool cube supplied with water

Six rockwool cubes are included so each cutting can be rooted separately.

Keep all leaves above the waterline and do not allow the rockwool cubes to dry out. Provide bright, indirect light while roots develop.

Do not transfer the cuttings into soil immediately after delivery.

Allow each cutting to remain in water or water-supplied rockwool until several healthy roots have developed and the roots are at least two inches long. Once a cutting’s roots reach that length, it may be transplanted into an appropriate potting mix.

The six varieties may root at different rates. Rooting time varies according to the variety, temperature, light, water quality, and other growing conditions.

Learn More Before You Buy

Visit The Robertson Rottie Ranch on YouTube and follow our Mountain Apothecary series for:

• Herb profiles

• Propagation and rooting techniques

• Harvesting guides

• Herb preservation methods

• Culinary herb uses

• Homestead gardening

• Growing and care instructions

Important Information About Live Cuttings

These products are living, unrooted plant cuttings. Successful rooting and future plant growth depend on shipping conditions, temperature, handling, propagation method, moisture, light, climate, and ongoing care.

We carefully select and package each cutting, but rooting success and future plant performance cannot be guaranteed.

If The Robertson Rottie Ranch makes an error with your order or is unable to fulfill it, we will address the issue in accordance with our Return & Refund Policy.

Shipping

Live plant orders are generally processed within 1–5 business days and normally ship Monday through Wednesday to reduce the likelihood of weekend carrier delays.

Your cuttings will be wrapped with moisture-protective materials and carefully packaged for transit. Tracking information will be provided when your order ships.

Live cuttings are available for purchase only when we are actively accepting and fulfilling plant orders. If seasonal temperatures or severe weather require us to pause live-plant shipping, this listing will be marked unavailable until ordering resumes.

Customers are responsible for confirming that these plants can legally be shipped to and grown at their destination.

From Our Homestead to Yours

These cuttings are grown and freshly harvested by Mountain Moon Apothecary, the botanical and herb-growing line of The Robertson Rottie Ranch, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Thank you for supporting our small mountain homestead.