Shiso Seed Variety Pack (2 Packets)
This striking heirloom shiso seed collection features a classic duo of highly aromatic Asian herbs that bring exceptional color, texture, and complex flavor profiles to your home garden. Belonging to the mint family, these versatile and fast-growing annual varieties produce lush, serrated foliage that releases a unique, captivating fragrance reminiscent of cinnamon, anise, and citrus. Highly prized in culinary traditions for garnishing, wrapping sushi, pickling, and coloring dishes, these ornamental herbs thrive in sunny garden beds or patio containers, offering an abundant summer harvest that is as beautiful in the landscape as it is on the plate.
The Green variety delivers a crisp, bright flavor profile with sharp hints of citrus and cinnamon, making its tender, bright green leaves a favorite fresh pairing for sashimi, salads, and summer beverages.
The Red variety showcases deeply saturated, plum-purple foliage that yields a rich, earthy flavor and is traditionally used to impart a magnificent pink-to-red hue to pickled dishes like umeboshi.