Mulberry Creek Herb Farm

Sage, Garden Scarborough

Salvia officinalis ' Scarborough'

Sage, Garden Scarborough Fair

Salvia officinalis ' Scarborough Fair'
We have watched this plant for 10 years, originating from a trial batch of seeds from "Park's Seed." It not only taste sweeter, but the spring blooms more prolific and deeper blue than common sage. Partner with parsley, rosemary and thyme in Chicken Cordon Bleu.

Sage, Garden Tricolor

Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'


Deep pink, white and green stroked leaves make a display in the garden or on the dinner table.

Sage, Newe Ya’ar’

Salvia X New'e Yare
Finally, a garden sage for the deep South! This is an Israeli variety bred to mimic the humidity tolerance of the tropical Sage, but the flavor of Salvia officinalis. Long, ""Garden Sage-"" like leaves provide plenty of harvest for your next meal.

Salad Burnet (Di-yu)

Sanguisorba minor


Crumble cucumber flavored young shoots and fruit over salads and infuse in vinegars and tomato juice. Older semi-evergreen leaves are tough, best left unused. Its rosette form looks lacy in herbal lawns. Referred to in Chinese medicine as ""Di-yu"" and is used to stop bleeding.

Samphire \ Sea Fennel

Crithmum maritimum


Rare plant to find & even more difficult to research. Native to British cliffs where it has long been used as a salt substitute and an essential ingredient for pickles. Blue-green, highly dissected fleshy succulent looks really.... WEIRD! Our Jamaica Bay, NY customer told us her sea fennel came back year after year until high tide came in and took it out to sea.

Santolina, Dwarf Gray

Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Nana'


Same bright yellow buttons as other ""Santolina,"" but on silvery-gray, soft foliage. Also used in hedges, knot and rock gardens. Prune in spring after new growth appears. Working at Cedar Point one summer, I had to prune Santolina regularly. I know this sounds weird, but it reminded me of bologna. Moth repellent too.

Santolina, Green

Santolina pinnata (virens)
Creamy yellow button blossoms dance over green feathery foliage in July. Can be clipped into a short hedge, in spring after new growth slowly appears or let it grow to 2'. Clipping will prevent flowering. Dry bunches for moth repellent bags.

Santolina, Rosemary-leaf

Santolina rosmarifolia


It may sport the bright yellow buttons you're used to seeing on the regular ""Santolina"" but the foliage is more blue and leathery, i.e., like a rosemary. Like the others, it can be clipped into a short hedge (preventing flowering), in spring after new growth appears, or allowed to grow to 2'. Dry bunches for moth repellent bags. It is a slow comer in spring.

Savory, Summer Improved

Satureja X `Aromata'


This annual savory has a more intense aroma & flavor than the common variety due to its higher essential oil content and it is packed with needle-like leaves. Plenty to harvest for peppery flavors in vinegars, salads, any beans, and omelets. Gargle tea for sore throat.

Savory, Winter

Satureja montana subs. montana
Winter Savory is ""Summer Savory's"" hardy, spicier cousin, as ""Greek Oregano"" is to ""Sweet Marjoram."" Use care with the robust flavor of this salt and pepper alternative. The German name ""Bohnen-kraut"" translates to ""bean herb."" Flowers are white like a summer ""Candytuft"".

Savory, Winter Dwarf

Satureja montana subsp. montana 'Nana'
A dwarf version of ""Winter Savory"", with small, glossy leaves and delicate white flowers. Such a sweet, creeping herb, that's simply irresistible to faeries or in a rock garden. Alpine variety with all the same uses as the parent plant, but less to harvest. For gardeners and collectors with minimal space.

Savory, Winter Dwarf Creeping

Satureja montana subsp. montana var. prostrata


Our ""Winter Dwarf Savory"" is a much smaller leaved variety than what is around in the nursery trade. Just watch and you will quickly discover that this creeping herb, with curled, miniature leaves and delicate small white blossoms is one of the bees' favorites. It's another godsend for those on salt restricted diets. Rock garden, bonsai, and hypertufa pot herb make it an all around charming miniature container plant.

Soapwort, Double Pink

Saponaria officinalis 'Flora Plena'


In Ohio and many other places, the regular species is an invasive weed,(which we no longer offer in good conscience) but not this one! Full double clusters of bright pink flowers bloom all summer yet they'll not reseed. Still has humble lathering action. A gift from Elaine Kudela, a friend in herb heaven.

Soapwort, Mulberry Creek Variegated

Saponaria officinalis 'Variegata' MCF Form
We’ve worked on this Mulberry Creek introduction for 4 years to develop a stable, variegated pattern. Finally, yellow and striped leaves update this old fashion, pink flowering cottage garden essential. Comparatively, it is less aggressive in spreading, re-seeding and flowering, but wow does it brighten up the garden! I don’t mind its mild demeanor. Demi Bown, author of New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses, upon visiting us, said we had choosen very well, but that this is still only the 'Variegata' form.

Society Garlic

Tulbaghia violacea


As with most green varieties, this grows larger and more vigorously than its variegated cousin. 2-3” pale lavender balls appear well above foliage and as garlic tidbits over salads, but start sparingly. Excellent substitute for overused spikes as a linear texture for mixed containers. Much more winter hardy than it looks!

Society Garlic -5”

Tulbaghia violacea


As with most green varieties, this grows larger and more vigorously than its variegated cousin. 2-3” pale lavender balls appear well above foliage & as garlic tidbits over salads, but start sparingly. Excellent substitute for overused spikes as a linear texture for mixed containers. Much more winter hardy than it looks!

Sorrel, Blood

Rumex sanquineus ssp. sanguineus
We thought you'd enjoy its blood red veins that run throughout the emerald green leaves for a welcome contrast to all our green herbs. Please tell your garden visitors where you got it. They will ask! Flowers the second year. A tangy salad green along with ""Pepper Basil."" This has become a popular pond plant.

Sorrel, Flower Free

Rumex acetosa 'Sterile'
All the great tasting leaves and uses as ""Garden Sorrel"", without the ""weedy"" seeds. In fact, it makes no flower stalks at all. This allows it to put all of its energy into producing an abundance of great tasting leaves. Introduced to us by Richters in Canada.

St. Johnswort, Improved

Hypericum perforatum 'Topas'
Oh St. Johnswort! I gotta try it. What's it for anyway? a customer once asked. This particular cultivar may have the highest content of hypericin (the active ingredient) that we've found, but you need to do your own medicinal research. Summer brings small yellow flowers with smaller leaves than the landscape variety. Used medicinally as an antidepressant, antiviral, antispasmodic and wound healer. As with all herbs- use carefully.

Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus


Every herb gardens need a vertical long leaf feature like this native grass which can grow into slow spreading clumps. Versatile, it can be planted by pond or in the garden. Traditionally used raw or candied for coughs, indigestion and headaches.

Sweet Flag, Japanese Licorice

Acorus Gramineus 'Livorice'


Looks exactly like the ""Acorus Gramineus"", but this variety is sweetly licorice flavored and scented. Leaves and roots are used in Asian cooking.

Sweet Violet, Purple

Viola odorata 'Koenigin Charlotte'
Queen Charlotte is far more heat tolerant than our previously offered ""Linane"", which it now replaces. You can nibble on and crystallize the dark purple, incredibly fragrant flowers blooming all year although they only open up in cool weather. Five inch tall rosettes of heart shaped foliage hold flowers, for picking, in very early spring and then again in early fall until a hard freeze.! These plants will not re-seed themselves to annoyance. Easy to grow and enjoy! Divide in fall.