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| Home: Catalog: Hardy Perennial | Herbs A-Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z |
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Will live year after year in zone 5b and maybe colder zones. |
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Agastache 'Sangria'Agastache mexicana 'Sangria'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b
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Another hot, yellow-apricot colored, taste of licorice, for cool fruit salads or fragrant, WOW bouquetsLight: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun Height: 2 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Tea |
Agastache, Apricot SpriteAgastache aurantiaca
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Try this for your next salad: mixed greens, ripe nectarines (or mandarin oranges), toasted walnuts, "Purple Ruffles Basil" and these subtle citrus/anise, bright orange and yellow flowers. Dress with a fruity viniagrette. Not only tasty, there's the silver foliage and stocky 18" height to admire. Add extra color to the herb garden or even large mixed containers.Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun Height: 2 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Tea |
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Agastache, Golden JubileeAgastache x 'Golden Jubilee'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a
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Hummingbird, butterflies and bees all adore the 3" soft, lavender blue flowers atop chartreuse foliageLight: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun Height: 2 - 4 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Any Soil Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Tea |
Agastache, Mexican Giant![]() Agastache mexicana
Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun Height: 2 - 4 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Any Soil Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Tea Guilt free candy straight from the garden. The ladies helping us could not resist popping pink petals of sweet, lemon-mint into their mouths. Imagine pink confetti over cantaloupe or the lemony leaves in your child's tea - a great start for an afternoon tea party. |
Agastache, Sunset or Rootbeer Hyssop![]() Agastache rupestris
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun Height: 2 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Tea We first saw this delicate, cool summer beauty in Seattle labeled "Root Beer Plant. This caught our attention, as we have the same common name on a different plant. While not as strongly scented as our Root Beer Plant (Piper auritum), it's fragrance lingers all summer from apricot-pink flowers hovering above finely cut gray foliage. Has definite tea possibilities. |
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Agastache- Anise Hyssop![]() Agastache foeniculum
Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun Height: 3 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Tea Lavender purple spikes, July through September, are cut fresh or dried for flower arrangements, while anise flavored leaves & flowers make a nice summer tea. Easily grown hardy perennial, but, reseeds if flowers are not removed quickly, which isn't always bad. |
AngelicaAngelica archangelica
Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b
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Light: P.Sun-P.Shade to Shade Only Height: 4-6 Feet Water: Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Culinary, Ornamental If you desire the largest, boldest herb that you can grow in the shade or a 6 foot tropical for a wet area, consider Angelica. Seeds add a sweet, delicate flavor to soups and stews. Stems are easily candied or add several slivers to your favorite rhubarb recipe. Creamy yellow flowers produce long lasting seed heads followed by the death to the mother plant shortly thereafter. |
Angelica, KoreanAngelica gigas
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: P.Sun-P.Shade to Shade Height: 3 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Organic-Loamy Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Culinary, Ornamental, Tea Unassertive, small leaves scream for this bold, dramatic foliaged neighbor for any shade area. Baseball sized purple clusters on 3' stalks form in 2-3 years, which I suggest you remove during their glory to prevent this herb's demise or the birth of 100 more. Leaf stalks can be candied. This "Dong Quai herb" makes a cozy Chinese tea and is a premiere female medicinal. |
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ArnicaArnica chamissonis var. foliosa
Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b
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Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 1-2 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Flowers: Middle Summer Common Uses:Bees, Groundcover, Medicinal, Ornamental This North American native is nearly identical in every way to it's well known cousin Arnica montana, with perky yellow/orange daisy flowers on a 6" spreading ground cover, but it is easier to grow. Used in many homeopathic preparations and tinctures, for external wounds. |
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Bee Balm, Blue StockingMonarda fistulosa`Blue Stocking'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 2-3 Feet Water: Normal Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Early Summer Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Ornamental Who cares if it is last to flower, 3 to 4 weeks after Gardenview Scarlet. Its dark pink or blue purple blooms are unusually intense, but, do not eat camphor-like flowers! They taste awful to us, but oh how they show off delphiniums! |
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Bee Balm, Coral Reef![]() Monarda didyma 'Coral Reef'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 3-4 Feet Water: Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Common Uses:Borders, , Butterfly, , Ornamental Neon, coral pink flowers crescendo on top 2-1/2 to 3 feet tall stems, usually in July. Coming out of Morden Research Station, it's no surprise that it is also mildew resistant as are most new 'Monarda offerings. |
Bee Balm, Jacob ClineMonarda didyma
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 2-3 Feet Water: Normal Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Early Summer Common Uses:Bees, Edible Flowers, Medicinal, Ornamental Improvements in bee balms always include an emphasis on "Powdery Mildew,"a disease that's relatively harmless or at least controllable, but definitely unsightly. Siting "Bee Balms" in part sun but away from a North exposure, where the dew takes hours to dry in the morning, helps. So does choosing this very mildew resistant herb with huge red flowers and vigorous growth. |
Bee Balm, MahoganyMonarda x media 'Mahogany'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 2-3 Feet Water: Normal Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Early Summer Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Ornamental Rare, mahogany flower color that is suited to a more natural setting rather than a perky pastel border. |
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Bee Balm, Marshall DelightMonarda didyma
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 2-3 Feet Water: Normal Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Early Summer Common Uses:Bees, Container, Edible Flowers, Medicinal, Ornamental You may wonder with all the fuss over mildew resistance, why even choose a "Bee Balm." One look at these rich pink, confetti flowers that just happen to add a sweetness, found in no other herb, and your next Summer fruit salad will seem naked without it. Don't panic that it's also resistant to "Rust." I'm telling you, it's well worth a try. |
Bee Balm, Pink Petite DelightMonarda x 'Petite Delight' PP#10784
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 3-4 Feet Water: Normal,,Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Late Spring Common Uses:Borders, , Butterfly, , Culinary, , Ornamental You could stop at the dwarf (12 to 15 inch height) and be satisfied but this new lavender/pink 'Monarda' boasts mildew resistance as well. Shiny, deep green foliage offsets lavender pink summer explosions. I like to site these in morning sun but they could tolerate full sun in most areas of the U.S. |
Bee Balm, Purple Improved![]() Monarda fistulosa `Purple Mildew Resistent'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 3-4 Feet Water: Normal Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Early Summer Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Ornamental, Tea Actually a "Bergamot," the common name for this and other white & pastel colored Monarda fistulosa hybrids. This North American native makes a nice tea by itself or with black tea. First to flower in June, with an O.K. taste, but more mildew resistance than Bee Balms (M. didyma). |
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Bee Balm, Raspberry WineMonarda didyma
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 2-3 Feet Water: Normal Wet Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Early Summer Common Uses:Bees, Container, Edible Flowers, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea Rich, dark, "Cabernet" colored buds pour open to clear red wine flowers. This dark foliage is also highly resistant to Powdery Mildew. From White Flower Farms |
Butterfly Bush, Dwarf PurpleBuddleia davidii 'Nanho Purple'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 4-6 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, Ornamental Beautiful blue-purple panicles of flowers draw every butterfly for miles around. Be forewarned "dwarf" is a relative term but pruning (see Butterfly Bush Introduction) can keep it manageable. We've seen it as low as 3 feet. Combines with grasses and cutleaf plants. |
Butterfly Bush, Empire BlueBuddleia daviddii 'Empire Blue'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 6-7 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, , Ornamental Like Darth Vadars' Death Star, this one is huge. The color is a deep, true blue with a small yellow eye. Use in back of border to create structure. |
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Butterfly Bush, Pink DelightBuddleia davidii `Pink Delight'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Large pink panicles of flowers cover this (at least 6') tall bush making a nice backdrop for any cottage garden. Ours surpassed 7 feet by the fifth year.Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 5-7 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, , Ornamental |
Butterfly Bush, Royal RedBuddleia davidii 'Royal Red'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 6-8 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, , Ornamental Describing this as red takes more imagination than when Ben was 4 in his creative firefighter outfit. Still, the violet color with yellow eye and steady growth, reserves a special spot in our beds. |
Butterfly Bush, Silver-leafBuddelia 'Lochneri'
Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a
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Height: 6 feet Water: Dry-Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, , Cut Flower Attractive, silvery foliage with "blue jeans blue" blooms attract butterflies all summer. Our first year we didn't think this would be hardy, but after the winter of `03 we're sure. |