Kitchen Herbs Seed Collection

Three fresh green herbs that do most of the work in a kitchen, flat-leaf parsley, fine-leaved chives and aniseed-tinged chervil, boxed together as a ready-made herb garden for a windowsill, patio or veg bed. Chives and chervil are two of the classic French fines herbes, and broad-leaved Italian parsley finishes almost everything else. The box makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who cooks.

Sowing and growing

• Anthriscus cerefolium 'Brussels Winter' chervil: sow direct March to September in light shade; ready in 6 to 8 weeks; a hardy annual that dislikes transplanting
• Allium schoenoprasum 'Fine Leaf' chives: sow indoors March to April or outdoors April to June, 1cm deep; a hardy perennial
• Petroselinum crispum 'Gigante d'Italia' parsley: soak the seed overnight and sow March to June, 1cm deep; slow to germinate, often 3 to 4 weeks
• Position: sun or part shade in moist, fertile soil or compost
• Harvest: cut little and often from early summer to keep fresh leaves coming

What you receive: a Piccolo Seeds gift box containing three packets of open-pollinated seed: Chervil 'Brussels Winter', Chives 'Fine Leaf' (about 150 seeds) and Parsley 'Gigante d'Italia' (about 125 seeds), each with growing instructions.

Looking for a present? See our gifts for gardeners. Each herb is also sold singly, including 'Fine Leaf' chives seeds, and you can browse all our herb and vegetable seeds.