It spans shrubs, tender bedding plants, culinary herbs and hardy perennials.

Low and easy to reach, they're ideal for tactile plants such as ornamental grasses or culinary herbs, which you can pick as a crop.

The genus includes the important group of culinary herbs, marjoram and oregano.

Culinary herbs are also freeze-dried, although air-dried herbs are far more common and less expensive.

Some grow medicinal and culinary herbs such as aloe, chamomile, mint, basil and others.