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Acorus gramineus 'Licorice' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 5-10 Height and Width: 1½'x1' The slender green leaves have a strong licorice scent and flavor. This clump forming plant can be easily grown in a pot and is prized for Asian cooking and teas. Prefers moist soil.... |
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Agastache foeniculum Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 7-9 Height and Width: 3'x1' The large leaves have a strong scent of anise and are used both fresh and dried in teas and salads. The dense heads of small, violet colored flowers appear throughout the summer. A favorite plant of b... |
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Agastache scrophulariifolia Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 7-10 Height and Width: 3-5'x1' This large perennial is also similar to anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), but much taller and with larger purple spikes of flowers. The leaves have a strong minty scent and flavor. Nice for bees.... |
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Aloysia triphylla Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 8-10 Height and Width: 2-4'x3' The leaves of this shrub yield one of the nicest lemon scents and flavors in the herb world. It is hardier than most people think, especially if it can survive the first couple of winters. Also is ver... |
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Chamaemelum nobile Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-8 Height and Width: 8"x1½' Creeping stems with fine, bright green fragrant foliage. Nice as a groundcover or between paving stones if flower stems are cut off. Small white and yellow flowers are used in tea and medicines. Dye (... |
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Chamaemelum nobile 'Flore Pleno' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-8 Height and Width: 8"x1½' This is the double-flowered form of the Roman chamomile. The creeping stems are covered with fine, bright green foliage. The fragrant leaves have a fruity scent. The small double flowers are creamy wh... |
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Cymbopogon citratus Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 9-10 Height and Width: 3-4'x2-3' All parts of this plant are strongly lemon scented. It forms clumps of coarse, grassy leaves which are used in tea and Asian cooking. Many recipes call for chopping the bulbous base of the leaf stalk... |
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Foeniculum vulgare Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 5-9 Height and Width: 4-5'x2' A tall, handsome, clump forming plant. The leaves are divided and threadlike and strongly scented. The umbels of yellowish flowers attract many pollinating insects and it is a caterpillar food plant f... |
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Hyssopus officinalis Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 2'x2' The dark green, aromatic leaves and deep bluish purple flowers make this a very attractive small shrub. The leaves make a nice tea and are used medicinally. All hyssops are great bee plants.... |
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Hyssopus officinalis roseus Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 2'x2' This is similar to hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis, but the flowers are pink. Also a great bee plant.... |
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Hyssopus officinalis ssp. aristatus Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 1'x1½' This is similar to hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis, but the growth is shorter and more compact. It takes well to trimming and is a nice choice for edgings and knot gardens. Also a great bee plant.... |
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Melissa officinalis Price: $4.95 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 2-3'x2' One of the most common herbs throughout the U.S. The bright green leaves have a nice lemon scent and flavor and are used in teas and cosmetics. A great plant for attracting bees.... |
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Mentha aquatica 'Citrata' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 1-2'x2' or more This cultivar has roundish, dark green leaves with reddish stems and petioles. The scent and flavor is citrusy. Excellent for hot and iced teas. Flowers attract bees and butterflies.... |
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Mentha arvensis 'Banana' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 1'x2' or more A low growing, sprawling mint with pale green leaves. The scent is remarkably like that of banana peel.... |
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Mentha 'Chewing Gum' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 2'x2' or more We obtained this cultivar from our friends the Van Hevelingens, who rate it as their best mint for that true gum-mint flavor. The leaves are dark green and the stems anad petioles greenish purple. All... |
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Mentha 'Chocolate' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 2'x2' or more This is similar to peppermint, but with stems that are a bit darker purple and the leaves are more pointed. The scent and flavor is that of a very strong peppermint. All mints spread by underground ru... |
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Mentha 'Ginger' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 6-10 Height and Width: 1½'x2' or more The slightly curled, light green leaves are lightly flecked with gold in spring. The flavor is of spice and mint. Very nice for teas. All mints spread by underground runners and are invasive unless co... |
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Mentha 'Grapefruit' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 6-10 Height and Width: 1½'x2' or more The large, thick green leaves are slightly crinkled on their edges. The stems are stiff and upright. The scent is of citrus and mint. All mints spread by underground runners and are invasive unless co... |
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Mentha 'Himalayan Silver' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 2'x2' or more This is a very ornamental cultivar, with exceptionally silvery grey leaves. It has a nice mint scent and flavor. The pinkish flowers are very abundant and dry fairly well. This is the only mint we use... |
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Mentha spicata Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 1-2'x2' or more This is a bright green mint with large pebbled leaves. It has very tall spikes of pinkish flowers. This is the mint commonly used in teas and cooking. All mints spread by underground runners and are i... |
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Mentha spicata 'Crispa' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 1½'x2' or more Leaves of this cultivar are highly curled along their edges. The plant is smaller in size than regular spearmint. It has a strong spearmint-like flavor. All mints spread by underground runners and are... |
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Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 7-10 Height and Width: 2' The roundish green leaves are variegated hit-or-miss with attractive creamy white markings. The scent is of mint and fruit.... |
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Mentha x piperita Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 2' This is the true peppermint. It is excellent for herbal teas and is also used medicinally. The leaves are smooth and dark green with greenish purple stems.... |
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Mentha x villosa alopecuroides Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-10 Height and Width: 3-4'x2' or more This is the largest and tallest mint we grow. The greyish leaves have a strong minty scent. When it flowers in midsummer it attracts more types of pollinating insects than any other plant in our garde... |
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Monarda fistulosa Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 3'x1½' This species has light purple flowers and is resistant to powdery mildew. It can be grown in full sun or partial shade.... |
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Monarda menthifolia Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 3'x2' This species has narrow leaves with a minty scent. The flowers are pinkish purple and the foliage is resistant to powdery mildew.... |
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Nepeta cataria Price: $4.95 ea. Picture Available Zone: 3-9 Height and Width: 2-4'x1½' A well branched plant with soft purplish green leaves. There is a profusion of small flowers in terminal spikes in midsummer that are irresistable to bees. Medicinal, tea plant and of course for cats.... |
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Nepeta cataria 'Citriodora' Price: $4.95 ea. Zone: 3-9 Height and Width: 2-4'x1½' This is similar to catnip, but the leaves have a nice lemony scent. Nice for teas.... |
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Salvia elegans Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 8-10 Height and Width: 1½'x2' The light green leaves have a sweet, fruity scent and flavor. The growth is compact and the deep red flowers appear throughout the summer. A nice plant for teas and hummingbirds.... |
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Salvia elegans 'Scarlet Pineapple' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 8-10 Height and Width: 3-6'x2-3' This is the Salvia that is often listed as pineapple sage. The large sticky leaves have a sweet fruity scent and flavor and are used in herbal teas. The bright red flowers appear in late autumn; it is... |
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Stachys byzantina Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 2'x2' The large, soft, grey felted leaves are massed onto creeping stems. The grey spikes of rosy-pink flowers are produced in midsummer. Nice as a dried flower and in herbal teas. The photo shows a bed of ... |
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Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet' Price: $4.95 ea. Zone: 4-9 Height and Width: 8"x2' This is similar to lamb's ears, Stachys byzantina, but it doesn't flower. An excellent choice for a large, fast-spreading silvery grey groundcover. Especially well suited for hot sunny areas.... |
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Tagetes lemmonii Price: $4.95 ea. Zone: 9-10 Height and Width: 3-5'x1½' This relative of the marigold, sometimes called Copper Canyon Daisy, has finely divided foliage with a strong citrusy scent. The small flowers are yellow and appear in late summer. It is a woody peren... |
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Tagetes lucida Price: $4.95 ea. Zone: 8-10 Height and Width: 1-2'x1½' This relative of the marigold has licorice flavored leaves that were once grown as a substitute for French tarragon. It is easily grown as a potted plant. The leaves are used in cooking and make a won... |
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Thymus x citriodorus 'Aureus' Price: $5.50 ea. Zone: 6-9 Height and Width: 10"x1' The roundish leaves on this small shrubby thyme are variegated green and gold in spring and fall. They have a nice lemon scent and flavor and are great in cooking, vinegars, and teas.... |