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Agastache 'Sangria'

Agastache mexicana 'Sangria'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
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

Another hot, yellow-apricot colored, taste of licorice, for cool fruit salads or fragrant, WOW bouquets $ 3.79

Agastache, Apricot Sprite

Agastache aurantiaca

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
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

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. $ 3.79

Agastache, Golden Jubilee

Agastache x 'Golden Jubilee'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2 - 4 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Tea

Hummingbird, butterflies and bees all adore the 3"" soft, lavender blue flowers atop chartreuse foliage $ 3.29

Agastache, Sunset or Rootbeer Hyssop

Agastache rupestris

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. $ 3.79

Agastache- Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
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. $ 3.79

Aloe Vera

Aloe barbarensis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Forget the drug store skin care. Reach for a succulent tip off this medicinal and squeeze out a thick, cooling gell proven to heal burns, minor skin abrasions and rough garden hands. This is a premium medicinal variety, organically grown, originally from the world's largest Aloe grower. Here in Ohio, we plant it in the ground about June 1st and it doubles in size by the end of the summer with nice blue-green spiny leaves, rich in many more ""miracle"" properties than I have room to list here. $ 3.79

Aloe Vera 3-5 YEAR OLD

Aloe barbarensis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Aloe Vera 5�

Aloe barbarensis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Angelica

Angelica archangelica

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
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. $ 3.79

Angelica, Korean

Angelica gigas

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
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. $ 4.29

Basil, African Blue

Ocimum X `African Blue'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade
Height: 3 x 2 1/2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Ornamental

Excuse it's leggy nature in pots. Give it room in the garden. It transforms into a mound of dark green leaves with purple veins & flower spikes. Culinary quality of Opal Basil, although stronger, with a hint of sweet camphor. Go easy! Best basil for indoors. Born at Companion Plants, Athens, Ohio. $ 3.79

Basil, African Blue, Variegated

Ocimum X `Variegated African Blue'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3x 2 1/2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Ornamental

Claude Monet might have wept upon seeing its pastel presentation of white, lime, and dark green leaves. Almost as vigorous growth as ""African Blue"" with slighty milder flavor. Breathtaking in the herb garden. Don't assume, you'll feel the same way about it on your plate. We received this marvelous mutation from Scott Kresge (Emily Mae Garden Shop in Pen Argyl, PA). Thank you, Scott! $ 3.79

Basil, Aussie Sweetie

Ocimum x citriodora 'Aussie Sweetie'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 x 2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, , Ornamental

""Thanks for the Memories""

For those of you who don't read the cultural requirements below, this one gets 3-4 feet tall! Susan describes it as ""One of the most complex basil aromas and the strongest. The first sniff is loaded with cinnamon & has the background of allspice and cloves. Pumpkin Pie spice comes to mind."" And may we add it's just as good in a Cincinnati style spagetti sauce. Identical to Richters' ""Lesbos Basil"". $ 3.79

Basil, Cinnamon

Ocimum basilicum `Cinnamon'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 x 1 � Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental

Green leaves with red veins and purple stems plus flowers from pink to purple, create such beauty, we'd grow it even if we couldn't flavor fruit, pancakes, and chili with its cinnamon touch. $ 3.29

Basil, Cuban

Ocumum basilicum 'Cuban'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Ornamental

It's a perfect 1-1/2 foot globe of spicy basil flavor laced with a touch of mint. Mark admits to being disappointed initially with this variety, as it does not like a cool greenhouse, but man did it take off during the summer. We sheared it once in August and by October it still had not flowered. This was definitely the most frost tolerant of any basil we grew last year. $ 3.79

Basil, Lime

Ocimum basilicum `Lime'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 x 2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Culinary, Edible Flowers

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I've never encountered a more durable lime flavor than that of Lime Basil! It grows better than most lemon basils but has a sharp lime taste that withstands up to an hour of cooking, used fresh! Strew over white sauce for fish, stir-fry, and fruit salad. Flavor gets stronger in the freezer! $ 3.29

Basil, Mammoth

Ocimum basilicum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 10a 11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2 x 2 to 2-1/2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers

Make room for this larger, pesto-type basil with higher yields. 4"" long leaves can be used to wrap fillings, like grape leaves, imparting a scent and taste sweeter than Genovese and less clove-like. Height can reach 24-30 $ 3.29

Basil, Miniature Purple Well -sweep

Ocimum basilicum `Minimum Purpurascens Well Sweep'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to P.Shade-Sun
Height: 6-9in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Culinary, Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Adorable miniature from Cyrus Hyde at Well-Sweep Herb Farm. Adding great tasting basil flavor has never been easier thanks to striking, purple, tiny leaves. Simply crumble over pizza, salads or fish. $ 3.79

Basil, Mrs. Burns Lemon

Ocimum 'Mrs Burns'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 1 x 1 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant

Other lemon basils may produce more, but this is the sweetest lemon flavor that we've tasted. Likes to go to seed if not provided with enough nitrogen which is easily solved with blood meal. Absolutely the best with fish and salads. $ 3.29

Basil, Pesto Perpetuo

Ocimum x citriodorum 'Pesto Perpetuo'P.P.#16261

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 x 2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Ornamental

$ 3.79

Basil, Pixie

Ocimum basilicum 'Pixie'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 6 to 9in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Container, Culinary, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

""Thanks for the Memories""

Revered miniature from Tom DeBaggio. Vivid purple, tiny leaves with classic basil flavor for crumbling in salads, green beans, and vinegars. Although not as small as "Miniature Purple," it's still at home in railroad landscapes, faery garden containers, or windowsill herbs. Chop up leaves and flowers to add to your next goat cheese dish. $ 3.79

Basil, Purple Ruffles

Ocimum basilicum `Purple Ruffles'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Container, Culinary, Ornamental

Large purple leaves with ruffled edges and pink flowers create this striking, pleasantly mild, addition (so add generously) to veggies and salads. "Golden Oregano, Tri-Color Sage, Purple Ruffles" and any rosemary will make a magnificent display. We mulch with grass clipping to create a nice contrast. $ 3.29

Basil, Red Rubin

Ocimum basilicum `Red Rubin'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Ornamental

This was bred to be less variable in color and it succeeded, with fewer plants reverting to green. Protect this one from heavy, frequent rains. It's a purple version of large leaf basil, albeit pink buds, and literally luminates a fruit salad, stir-fry, salsa, or even eggs. $ 3.29

Basil, Rick�s Aussie Purple

Ocimum x citriodora

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3-4 feet x 2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Late Summer
Common Uses:Culinary, Ornamental

New in 2006

Wavy, wine colored foliage much like 'Ebony Wonder' meets the tall columnar growth of 'Aussie Sweetie'. This will be Mark's 2006 topiary project, which, if half as pretty as 'Ausie Sweetie' topiaries, will surely grace many church weddings and elegant reception halls! $ 3.79

Basil, Spicy Globe/Bush

Ocimum basilicum 'Spicy Globe'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 6-9in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Garden Railroads, Container, Culinary, Hedges/Shrubs, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Miniature green leaves adorn this truly bonsai basil, and it's slow to flower. Pick young buds & leaves for a mild basil taste in salads, grilled steak, fish, and pork. Long ago, in Italy, basil on windowsills advertised availability. Hey bachelors,- it's a perfect container basil or a cute, front row hedge. $ 3.29

Basil, Sweet Genovese

Ocimum basilicum 'Sweet Genovese'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2-2 1/2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers

Expect 1 pound of leaves per plant on this, the most "basilly" of sweet basils, in our opinion. We refer to as it as "The Pesto Basil." As usual, you need to keep white flowers pinched off, but use them. The flowers are even sweeter than the great tasting leaves. $ 3.29

Basil, Sweet Thai

Ocimum sp. 'Thai'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 x 2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Culinary

$ 3.29

Bay Leaf 5�

Laurus nobilis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 5-20 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Spring
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Hedges/Shrubs, Topiary

'Fess up - How many of you are guilty of dried out, ancient bay leaves? Leaves loose 50% of their flavor in just 6 months. Reward yourself with sweet, fresh leaves. The difference is amazing! Fresh bay adds full flavor to stews, sauerkraut, beef, pork and coupled with red wine, are the secret to terrific spaghetti sauce. Grow directly in the ground for maximum growth. Dig up and repot in the fall for an ideal houseplant. $15.00

Bee Balm, Mahogany

Monarda x media 'Mahogany'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
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. $ 3.79

Borage

Borago officinalis

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Culinary, Ornamental

Need a quick cucumber substitute? Make space (about a 3' spread) for an endless summer display of baby blue, star-shaped flowers. Harvest just opened blooms and small, non-prickly leaves, for a cucumber flavor in cool salads or V-8 drinks. $ 3.29

Calamint, Alpine

Calamintha nepeta var. nepeta

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to P.Shade-P.Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

The ideal perennial! Low maintenance,(i.e. no dead heading) with a perfect mound of delicate, sweet tasting, lilac-blue flowers that spoil us from June until after a fall freeze. It's true! Foliage has sweet minty fragrance, but it does not trespass like a mint. Essential as a faery garden plant. $ 3.79

Calamint, Snow White

Calamintha nepeta var. nepeta 'Snow White'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Shade to P.Shade-Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

A nearly perfect perennial that flowers June until freeze. It needs zero care to maintain an impeccably round mound of delicate, sweet tasting, pure white flowers. Foliage has a subtle, minty fragrance, but it does not spread invasively. The white version of Alpine and an essential faery garden plant. $ 3.79

Cardamom

Elettaria cardamomum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Shade to Shade
Height: 3 Feet tall +
Water: Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Culinary, , Houseplants

Tropical plant which is the source of the very expensive Cardamom seed. It is one of the easiest herb houseplants since it's nearly impossible to overwater. Must reach mature height before it will flower. Leaves also have a very spicy fragrance. $ 4.79

Celery, Amsterdam Cutting

Apium graveolens

Cold Tolerance: Zone 10a 10b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot tall
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

Celery substitute, but MUCH easier to grow. No blanching required. Also known as ""Love Straw"" for its' hollow stalks, which are perfect for sipping delightful tomato juice drinks & ""Blood Marys,"" during our 'winter break."" (Just kidding, Valerian Tea is what we should be sipping now & again). Stalks & leaves can be added whenever celery is needed. $ 3.29

Celery, Par-cel

Apium graveolens

Cold Tolerance: Zone 10a 10b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot tall
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

Celery flavor with a touch of parsley. Our #1 volunteer declared this pseudo-celery her #1 favorite test plant last year. Now you can try it. $ 3.29

Chervil, Brussel Winter

Anthriscus cerefolium `Brussels Winter'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Sun
Height: 10-24in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers

This is an improved, vigorous European variety that is larger and slower to bolt than ordinary ""Chervil."" Use fresh or frozen leaves in salads, soups, fish white sauce, and quiche, ideally fresh or cooked less than 5 minutes. Start in early spring with lettuce since it will bolt into flower with summer heat. Collect seed & plant in August for a fall crop. $ 3.29

Chives, Garlic

Allium tuberosa

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

Imagine: pristine, tall, white, 2"" globe, flower clusters in August. Also called ""Flat leaf Chives"" for their wider leaves; Add a mild garlic flavor, by simply sprinkling bits of flowers over chicken, Caesar salad, omelets and bread. I mean what doesn't need a dash of garlic? $ 3.79

Chives, Onion/Garden, Jupiter

Allium schoenoprasum 'Jupiter'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

Mulberry Creek introduced and named this for its huge!, dark purple flowers with a large red center, that reminded us of the spot on our solar system's 5th planet. Foliage remains upright and stately for a year long harvest. Astronomically and horticulturally - big news! $ 3.79

Chives, Onion/Garden, Mercury

Allium schoenoprasum 'Mercury'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Common Uses:Butterfly, , Culinary

It's easy to remember this Mulberry Creek introduction. "Mercury's" flowers are smaller than "Jupiter's" but as purple. It is fast blooming and in most seasons has re-bloomed for us throughout the season. $ 3.79

Chives, Onion/Garden, Seed-free

Allium schoenoprasum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers

Carefree, seed-free, just not free. Looks and tastes exactly like Garden Chives"", but will not form any viable seed. Wake Up! That means it will not take over the yard, while you're on vacation, if you forget to remove seed heads. It also blooms about 6 weeks longer since it's not ""worried about the kids"". $ 3.79

Chives, Onion/Garden, Solaris White

Allium schoenoprasum 'Album'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun
Height: 1 foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Flowers: Early Summer to Late Spring
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

One of Mark's ""Holy Grails"". We finally found seed for this White Garden Chive and selected out the best flowering seedlings from which to multiply. Great tasting ""Onion Chive"" flavor flowering in late spring with other Garden (Onion) Chives. $ 3.79

Chives, Onion/Garden, Staro

Allium schoenoprasum 'Staro'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Common Uses:Butterfly, , Culinary

Chose this "Oniony Chive" because of its heavier, thicker leaves which makes harvest, fresh use and freezing easier. Freeze by snipping leaves into 2 or 3" lengths, placing it on a cookie sheet and "flash freezing" it for about 30 minutes or until stiff. Throw them in labelled "Zip-loc" bags. This insures being able to pull out the leaves individual. $ 3.79

Chives, Onion/Garden, Venus

Allium schoenoprasum 'Venus'

In honor of the second planet, we introduced this pink REPEAT bloomer. With a savory onion flavor, you might be inclined to add it to deviled eggs or tuna salad. $ 3.79

Cilantro \ Coriander

Coriandrum sativum 'Santo'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers

This improved variety promises more fresh leaves and extra time to enjoy them in the spring. Grow with lettuce as it will fade with summer's heat. Small white flowers become large, brown, rounded seeds (Coriander). Use or reseed right away for a fall crop of Cilantro. One January we were still picking it during the mild winter! For salsas, salads, corn, chicken, beans, SW cooking and salmon. $ 3.29

Cilantro, Vietnamese

Persicaria odoratum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun
Height: Groundcover
Water: Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Baskets, , Culinary

(RauRam) In only a short while, this cilantro impersonator is becoming a favorite. It looks like a weed, related to "Smart-weed," (then

again, aren't they all?) and grows like one in the right situation, but will not flower. We have it year round because it's dug up in the fall and planted in hanging baskets to overwinter. Use like "Cilantro"

in Southwest, Asian & Mexican cuisines. $ 3.79

Costmary, Bible Leaf

Tanacetum balsamita

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Culinary, Medicinal, Potpourri

Its 6"" long, strap shaped leaves and mint fragrance served as a bible marker and ""stimulant"" during lengthy sermons. Fine hairs give a light gray look. Spreads by underground branches which bolt in June to form dandelion-like, frankly unattractive, flowers. Remove prior to flowering if you find them undesirable. Use fresh leaves sparingly in salads and soup, also dried leaves in sleep pillows. $ 3.79

Cuban Oregano, Compact Grey

Plectranthus sp

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 6-8in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Ornamental

Survivor Series: A favorite cooking variety of the local Puerto Rican community; Leaves look just like our ""Vick's Plant,"" except they are more gray and stems are very compact, forming a mound (as opposed to long and trailing), however the flavor is more minty-oregano & the scent, less ""Vapor Rub. $ 3.79

Cuban Oregano, Golden Ruffle

Plectranthus (Coleus) amboinicus 'Golden Ruffles'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Shade
Height: Spreading to 4'
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Baskets, Culinary, Houseplants, Ornamental

How about a "Survivor" for the shade? In fact, that's where it'll produce the best color. Much like the "Variegated," but, with a warmer gold and green variegation and scalloped edged, thick leaves that "wave like a football stadium cheer." (Mark,-the king of bad metaphors) More ornamental, than flavorful, which must've been lost during the selection process. $ 3.79

Cuban Oregano, Variegated

Plectranthus (Coleus) ambionicus

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P. Shade
Height: 5 feet Trailing
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Baskets, Culinary, Groundcover, Houseplants, Ornamental

One of the best basket plants we've ever grown: it is hard to kill and tasty too! We admit it. We'd forget to water our own baskets on the porch for a week, but it was no problem. Use fresh in Mexican cooking as you would oregano. Break apart a large fleshy leaf and add to a chicken salad along with pineapple sage. The green and white variegation is a joy to use in the landscape, mixed container, moss basket or as groundcover. Makes great sunny window houseplant. $ 3.79

Culantro

Eryngium foetidum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Sun
Height: 6in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

A retail customer of ours from Nicaragua, shrieked for joy when she spotted her favorite home country herb. Very rare. We selected this from ""Companion Plants"", due to its Cilantro flavor claim but we never imagined it could wound us. 3"" long green leaves form a rosette from which comes an almost non-stop source of miniature green thistles creating a beautiful rounded mound. Although it looks fiercesome, the leaves cook down easily and can be used year round. Flowers stalks are used the same until they become too mature. It is best grown in with afternoon shade and lots of water. Except in the ""Pacific Northwet"" where it can be grown in ""full sun"". $ 4.79

Curry Plant, Dwarf

Helichrysum italicum microphyllum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 4-6in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Bonsai, , Culinary, , Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, , Topiary

A true miniature form of ""Curry Plant"", which is perfect for miniature container gardens, bonsai, and rockeries. Tiny, short needled leaves are easily pruned into mini hedges. Know someone with an outdoor model railroad? What a darling, fragrant addition! $ 3.79

Eggplant, TURKISH ORANGE

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

(88 days)-

tennis ball sized, orange & green striped stuffer $ 2.49

Eggplant-Italian, BLACK BEAUTY

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

(82 days)-

plump 6" pear-shaped "eggplant parmesan" fruit $ 2.49

Eggplant-Italian, ROSA BIANCA*

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

(80 days)-

light pink-lavender with white shading, not bitter $ 2.49

Eggplant-Japanese, LOUISIANA LONG GREEN

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

(75 days)-

tall plants bear 9" long, lime green fruits $ 2.49

Eggplant-Japanese, ORIENT CHARM

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

65 days)-

8-10"" x 1-1/2"" fluorescent to pastel pink & white $ 2.49

Eggplant-Japanese, ORIENT EXPRESS

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

(58 days)-

10" glossy black, asian fruit; harvest thin & early $ 2.49

Eggplant-Japanese, SNOWY

Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary

(60 days)-

snow-white, 7" long, skinny, non-bitter fruit; bears early $ 2.49

Elderberry, Black

Sambucus canadensis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P. Shade
Height: 10 Feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Hedges/Shrubs, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

This hardy small tree is loaded with 5"" white flower clusters in early summer which turn into small black tasty berries, rich in Vitamin C and used to make wine, jelly, and pies. Flowers can be used in a tea for colds, as a face wash, or battered and deep fried. Leaves can comfort minor bruises. Berries are best in pies (See our recipe) and immune building syrups, especially safe for children. The prime component of ""Sambucol"" (childrens' syrup) sold in health food stores. $ 5.29

Elderberry, Madonna

Sambucus nigra 'Madonna'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 10 feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Bees, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Hedges/Shrubs, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

Oddly enough, 'Madonna' exhibits a golden variegation as opposed to the white color on Variegated Elderberry. Otherwise, it is the same. Because of its overall warm appearance, it is a welcome backdrop for wildflowers or English Cottage gardens. Native elderberries, run amuck, may have scared gardeners away from their beauty. You have nothing to fear with this magnificent shrub. $ 5.29

Epazote /Bean-o Herb

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Medicinal

Insist on this Mexican herb with any bean dish to "for-go the fireworks." Use 1/4 cup chopped fresh leaves per kettle of stews, soups, & bean dishes during the last 10 to 15 minutes of cooking. Don't worry about the unusual odor. I believe it quickly dissipates and imparts little flavor, if any, although others say they even like the taste. Absolutely necessary for black bean soup or chili. $ 3.29

Fennel, Bronze

Foeniculum vulgare `Bronze'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2-4 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

This beauty need not provide anything useful, but boy does it ever! Imagine fine feathery foliage with a bronze-red cast, tickling yellow hued ""Queen Anne Lace""-like flowers above. Does not produce a bulb but leaves and stems are tasty, finely chopped, added to salads, fish, and soups. A tea from the leaves or seeds eases our indigestion. After seeds begin to mature, cut entire stalks. Hang them upside down in a paper bag to finish ripen, and avoid self-seeding all over the garden. $ 3.79

Fennel, Florence Bulbing

Foeniculum dulce

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Butterfly, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Tea

This ""eat-everything-but-the-squeal herb"" is grown as a vegetable until full bulb forms, but harvest green foliage along the way. Dig up entire plant before bulb splits. Often mislabeled as anise in grocery store. Use in stews or cut into large chunks for steaming. Grate steamed bulb or add snipped leaves to lightly season pasta, white sauce or eggs. I make an apple, fennel bulb, bleu cheese and greens salad with balsamic vineagrette. Fennel is the preeminent anti-wrinkle herb, often used in facial steams, mouthwash and hair rinses. $ 3.29

Fuchsia, Lottie Hobby

Fuchsia X 'Lottie Hobbie'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 24in. x 24
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Spring to Early Summer to Early Winter
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""""""" TM, Bonsai, Container, Culinary, Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

Absolutely miniature, 1/2"" flowers of dazzling pink and rose red emerge between 1/4 to 3/8 inch leaves. Collected from a fuchsia show in the Seattle area (capital of Cappucino, Fushsias and cooler summers), yet it grew great during our summer heat. Since September, Lottie Hobby has not stopped flowering, indoors. Use in railroad gardens on edges of raised beds or in miniature landscapes as the trailing feature. Did you know that fuchsia flowers and the fruit, are not only edible, but they are darn right tasty! $ 4.79

Garlic, Hard-neck Music

Allium Sativum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Flowers: Early Spring
Common Uses:Culinary, Edible Flowers, Medicinal

GROWN IN A 4 PACK TRAY

For those of you who forgot to plant your cloves last fall, we offer a ""cold treated"" hard-neck garlic. It produces about 6-8 cloves per bulb that are easy to separate and peel, with a touch of heat and real garlicky flavor. You'll receive a 4 pack of sprouted large cloves which should be put in the ground immediately, about 8"" apart. In the spring, we remove our flower heads (scapes) that curl above like a pig's tail. Saute them in butter and stink up the kitchen to garlic high heaven. Harvest in July when bottom 3 leaves have dried up. Save the largest cloves for planting next fall, as they will yield the biggest bulbs. Southern growers need to cold treat their bulbs next winter. $ 3.79

Hops, Golden

Humulus lupulus `Aureus'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 12 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Culinary, Medicinal, Ornamental

CAN NOT SHIP TO WASHINGTON STATE.

Young golden leaves mature to dark green, giving a two-tone appearance. Tiny hop blossoms are used for sleep pillows and pilsner-style beers. Site in afternoon shade to prevent sun scald. It forms into a thick climber hiding chain link fences. `Munstead Lavender, Dazzling Pink Chives and Golden Hops" created our most vivid trio of all. $ 4.29

Hops, Golden 2year

Humulus lupulus `Aureus'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 12 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Culinary, Medicinal, Ornamental

Hops, Golden 2year

Humulus lupulus `Aureus'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 12 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Culinary, Medicinal, Ornamental

Horseradish

Armoracia rusticana

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Common Uses:Culinary

Along with coriander, nettle, horehound and lettuce, this is one of the 5 bitter herbs of Passover. Dig and wash roots in the fall as frost kills leaves. Use potato peeler (and goggles!) to remove skin and grate roots through food processor. Add vinegar for traditional sauce. Use quickly to avoid bitterness. Avoid aggressive growth, by harvesting outside edge roots. $ 3.79

Lavandin, Fred Boutin

Lavandula x intermedia `Fred Boutin'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2 1/2 Feet
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

The most silvery foliage of any ""lavandin"" type, along with alluring violet-blue flowers. Their strong scent leads to medicinal use, as well as fragrant potpourri or soothing, blues-chasin' baths. $ 4.29

Lavandin, Hidcote Giant

Lavandula x intersectional 'Hidcote Giant'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3-4 ft.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Very large, light violet flower heads on long, 2-1/2 foot stems is what gives this fragrant lavender a giant reputation. You'll enjoy its productivity as you harvest for potpourris and large wands. $ 4.29

Lavandin, Richard Gray

Lavandula x intersectional 'Richard Gray'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun Only to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Late Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Similar to ""Sawyer's Woolly"" except that the leaves as well as the entire plant appear shorter and the shade of silver is, well, kicked up a notch! $ 4.29

Lavender, Croxton�s Wild

Lavandula angustifolia 'Croxton's Wild'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3+ feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Bath, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Potpourri, Tea

We dropped the lavender commonly known as ""True English Lavender"" for this European introduction. If you desire a tall, wild looking, silvery, shrub with thigh-high masses of light, lavender-blue flowers, we think you will enjoy this ""true lavender."" Buds in your blueberries? You decide. Tom DeBaggio introduction. $ 4.29

Lavender, Cynthia Johnson

Lavandula angustifolia �Cynthia Johnson�

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 1/2 Feet - 2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Hardy To Zone 4 @ -30 degrees! Cross your fingers and order early because the last time this was offered, we sold out in a month. Dark blue-purple flowers in tight clusters on taller stems than "Hidcote" appear about a week later, contributing to a longer blooming season. A Rice Creek introduction - Thank you Cynthia Johnson!, who ever you are. $ 4.29

Lavender, Fern-leaf

Lavandula multifida

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Container, , Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Need a lavender that rarely stops flowering year around, has nice blue flowers and tastes great too? So what's the catch? None really, except that it's not hardy below Zone 9. But northerners can containerize plants indoors where it happily grows & flowers. The gray green color falls in between green and silver fern-leaf varieties. $ 4.29

Lavender, Goodwin Creek

Lavandula x ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Grey'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Once this incredible variety started to

flower, it has hardly ever stopped. Stunning silver gray foliage with deep blue, fragrant flowers and all the looks of an english lavender.

A BIG thank you to Jim and Dotti Becker of "Goodwin Creek Gardens,"' who selected & introduced this variety. They rate this as hardy to Zone 6 (protected), otherwise Zone 7-9. $ 4.29

Lavender, Goodwin Creek 8in.

Lavandula x ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Grey'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Lavender, Green Fern-leaf

Lavandula minutolii

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Leaves are much lacier and greener than ""Fern-leaf"" and flowers are stunningly purple! Hey! Short descriptions don't mean you should pass it by. $ 4.29

Lavender, Herb Companion

Lavandula dentata 'Linda Ligon'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to P.Shade
Height: 1 to 2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

""Thanks for the Memories""

The real thing! Stunning full white variegation. Highly ornamental, feathery, light leaaves with greamy white streaks and a touch of green. Beautiful blue buds enliven our summers. Folige will revert to more green, which should be removed. Tolerates morning shade, but flowers will become more whitish and is an O.K. house plant in a sunny window. Named in honor of an remarkable lady, whom we had the pleasure of meeting in 2000, Linda Ligon, founding editor of the ""Herb Companion"" magazine. $ 4.29

Lavender, Hidcote Type

Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' Type

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 12-18 inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

This very dwarf cultivar (shorter than 'Munstead') with dark blue/purple flower spikes, upscales any container, border, or hedge. Along with cooking, it's also terrific in potpourris where only buds are desired. Intentionally selected and grown from cuttings, for finest plants. $ 4.29

Lavender, Karen Langan

Lavandula angustifolia `Munstead-type'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 12-18 inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Garden Railroads, Medicinal, , Ornamental

We selected from our "Munstead" seedlings the one plant that had the darkest blue flower buds, most silvery foliage & repeat flowered in the fall. Seed grown varieties vary in all those features. Finally, Mark named this variety after Karen for having put up with me for all these years. Believe me, this is the least she deseves it!

Harvest stalks before first flowers open. Use fresh or dried for arrangements, tussie-mussies, and wands. This is the very best lavender for long hedges and general landscaping. $ 4.29

Lavender, Melissa Pink

Lavandula angustifolia 'Melissa'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Garden Railroads, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

Horticulturists are always looking for colors that aren't ""normal"" for the species and we love contradictions like this PINK LAVENDER. White and flower stalks bloom from June through July for a delicate fragrant summer performance. Use like the other ""normal"" lavenders. $ 4.29

Lavender, Pink

Lavandula angustifolia `Jean Davis'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Pale pink flower spikes appear in June on very dense, compact, mounds. One of our most hardy varieties that remains evergreen throughout the winter without the typical near-death look of many Lavenders. Nicely fragrant flowers for fresh use only in ""open stage,"" as flowers do not dry well. $ 4.29

Lavender, Seal Seven Oaks

Lavandula angustifolia 'Seal Seven Oaks'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 1/2 to 2 feet
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

Lavender is so easy on the eye and disposition, why not extend the season? `Seal Seven Oaks' bloom about 2 weeks earlier than other cultivars with light purple and violet clusters of flowers on long stalks. $ 4.29

Lavender, Twickel Purple

Lavandula angustifolia 'Twickel Purple'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 12-18in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Among the many lavenders, ""Twickel Purple"" distinguishes itself in its growth habit. Two foot stems fan out around the plant culminating in narrow, dark purple-violet spikes above. $ 4.29

Lemon Balm, Golden

Melissa officinalis `Aurea'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to Shade
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Tea

Golden is a compact, gilded leaf version of the species. Matures to green but is very ornamental, nonetheless and it'll come up golden again the following spring. Makes a great lemonade! Not as aggressively self-sowing as regular ""Lemon Balm"". $ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Improved

Melissa officinalis 'Quedlinburger'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Shade, Tea

Higher oil content and hardier than species, so use it abundantly, fresh or frozen, in summer sun teas, soups and fish. As flowers appear in summer, cut back 1/2 and use, to avoid self sowing seed. This is an herb that encourages you to use it! $ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Lime

Melissa officinalis �Lime�

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 1-2 ft.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Tea

Offered with honesty, this variety is mildly ""lime scented."" We offer in hopes that some breeder can multiply this subtle flavor and introduce a powerful lime flavored variety. $ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Seed-free

Melissa officinalis `Sterile'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to P.Shade-Shade
Height: Normal
Water: Organic-Loamy
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Potpourri, Tea

Check off another plant from Mark's wish list. When he saw it featured in Herb Companion magazine, awhile ago, he went on the hunt. Not only will this not make seeds that spread flamboyantly, but it is also a compact, mounding variety. Victory, at last! $ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Variegated

Melissa officinalis `Variegata'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to Shade
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Potpourri

A shorter version of the species with splashes of bright yellow, mixed randomly, on spring leaves which matures to green as summer heats up. The following spring, it will emerge with splashes again. $ 3.79

Lemon Grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Culinary, , Tea

Tropical, water loving grass which is popular in commercial teas, because its bold, sweet lemon flavor is released by hot water. My Southeast Asian friend spoke of literally fishing for a meal and making a lemon grass fish soup, at work, during lunch hour. Overwinter as a houseplant, next to a sunny window, with saucer kept full of water. Do not purchase "East Indian Lemon Grass"- taste like nothing! $ 4.79

Lemon Verbena

Aloysia citriodora (A. triphylla)

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3-6 Feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, Potpourri, Soap Making, Tea

Bright green elliptical leaves give off the most scintillating lemon flavor in fruit salad, cake and sorbets. Difficult to overwinter, but summer's growth provides enough to freeze or dry for tea and winter treats. For the winter gardener, we recommend allowing it to receive 1-2 frost to kill leaves before bringing in for the winter & starting new. This will leave any spider mites, whitefly or aphids outside! $ 4.29

Lovage

Levisticum officinale

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P. Shade
Height: 6 Feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Ornamental, Shade

Very large, hardy, strongly flavored celery substitute which is best grown in the back of a shady border. Use fresh cut stalks as a straw in ""Bloody Marys"". Seeds, leaves or roots are used, fresh or dried, in soups, stir-fries and tuna fish. Tall yellow flower stalks make dramatic feature display. To stop scald, mulch or provide extra summer water. $ 3.79

Marigold, Lemon Gem

Tagetes signata `Gem Series'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 6in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Baskets, Borders, Container, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

Petite yellow marigold blossoms with lemony, citrus flavor decorate finely dissected green foliage. Create outrageously colorful green salads with marigold, pineapple sage and borage blooms. Very cooperative in baskets or patio containers, but trim to keep compact and feed regularly. $ 3.29

Marigold, Tangerine Gem

Tagetes signata `Gem Series'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 6in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Spring
Common Uses:Container, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Ornamental

Miniature orange blossoms reveal a mild, orange-citrus flavor scattered in fruit and green salads. Dry for ""confetti"" flowers over baked potatoes. In containers, plant with Ginger Mint, Cardamon and True Ginger for a tropical feel. To our delight, it'll self-sow during growing season. $ 3.29

Mexican Bush Oregano

Polimintha longiflora

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: to 3 feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, , Ornamental

Pale lavender 1"" trumpets perform with glossy foliage throughout the summer. Quite a foxy companion on your patio with the extreme oregano flavor of traditional Southwest cooking. $ 3.79

Mint, Apple

Mentha suaveolens

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to Shade
Height: 2 Feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Medicinal, Potpourri, Tea

Fluffy, upright posture with almost dusty green foliage clumsily describes this mildly apple scented mint. I most often use the soft, prickly leaves in my herb infused water, lemonade or tea (hot or cold). $ 3.79

Mint, Banana

Mentha arvenis 'Banana'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 2 feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Fragrant, Water

Is it a stretch of your imagination? Oh ya, but there's a subtle banana flavor that's lovely all the same. Its soft, pale green leaf is great in fruit salads, yogurt, no bake cream pies and pineapple punch. Surprise your herbal friends with this new addition. Requires less sun but more water. ALMOST a pond plant. $ 3.79

Mint, Chocolate

Mentha piperata 'Chocolate'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to P.Shade-Shade
Height: 2 Feet
Water: Normal Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Potpourri, Tea

When I eat a mint chocolate leaf, I get the sensation of a ""Peppermint Patty"" flavor. Imagine this dark leaved variety in brownies, ""Mud Cakes"", or, (Mark's favorite) morning coffee for a minty, chocolate flavor without the typical artificial after-taste. Squeeze and swirl it in hot coffee. Couldn't be easier. $ 3.79

Mint, Corsican

Mentha requienii

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to P. Shade
Height: 1 inch
Water: Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Culinary, Fragrant, Garden Railroads, Groundcover

The tiny as ""Baby Tears"", bright green leaves on this low groundcover smell exactly like "Creme de Menthe" liqueur. Be sure to plant between stepping stones in moist and, shaded areas only! It will die back during summer drought, therefore additional water is necessary. Not the most reliable perennial in Zone 5-6, so cover with evergreen boughs in winter. $ 3.79

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