Herbs and Witches have a long history together. Witches have used herbs for
healing, midwifery, for spellcraft, decoration, cooking, and more. Because
of this relationship, most herbs have both medicinal and magickal
correspondences.

It doesn't take long for a Witch to accumulate a whole array of both indoor
and outdoor herbs, as well as purchasing dried herbs to have a collection at
your fingertips. Some herbs that I think are useful for every Witch are
lavender, patchouli, sage, vervain, rue, thyme, basil, cloves, mugwort, and,
well, this list could go on! See below for some commonly used herbs and
their properties and uses.

I use herbs mainly for cooking, cleaning, baths and cleansing rituals,
spells, incense, and satchels. I have an array of aloe plants (they grow
very easily, and are excellent for dry skin and burns, and cats donıt eat
them!), sage, basil, thyme, chives, patchouli, and parsley currently growing
on my kitchen windowsill. When springtime rolls around, I plant more
flowery herbs and vegetables in my front yard: lavender, dill, roses,
pansies, sunflowers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkins, and more. I also
have two varieties of deadly nightshade that grow naturally that I
cultivate, as well as thistle, clover, and other "weeds."

If you donıt have much of a green thumb, or just donıt have the room for a
variety of plants, there are many stores that readily have dried herbs. If
youıre looking to cultivate live plants, most nurseries carry a variety of
"curiosity" herbs, or you can grow them from seed. Within a half an hourıs
drive of where I live, I can think of at least a dozen nurseries that carry
herbs, and at least three of them that specialize in just herbs. There are
also at least a dozen stores as well that carry quality dried herbs too.
Check the phonebook, and local newspapers/free area guides. Youıll be
surprised at whatıs just around the corner from you.

Allspice
Basil
Birch
Blessed Thistle
Cat Nip
Chamomile
Cedar
Cinnamon
Cloves
Elder
Eucalyptus
Hawthorne
Heather
Lavender
Mugwort
Patchouli
Rosehips
Rowan
Sage
Thyme
Vervain
Valerian
Witch Hazel

There are many good books out there on all sorts of herbs, so check out your
local library and herb farms/nurseries.  I will be adding  some titles shortly.