Mulberry Creek Herb Farm

Oregano, Kent Beauty

Origanum rot. x scabrum 'Kent Beauty'


Survived the winter of 2002 with flying colors (-18 F) and flowered all summer long. Blue-green, almost heart-shaped leaves give way to red & cream, hop-like flower heads, all summer and fall. Absolutely perfect as a trailing feature in a mixed herb pot.

Oregano, Libanoticum

Origanum libanoticum (libonicum)
Very similar to ""Kent Beauty"" except this one has longer ""hop-like cones"" that are pure ivory with pink flowers poking out from underneath. The name sounds like the final exam for Limbo studies, but I assure you, it's gorgeous!

Oregano, Little Purple Shrimp

Origanum sipyleum

Patchouli

Pogostemon patchouli


Easy to grow houseplant in baskets or in the garden, just give it room. Scallop edged leaves are collected, then dried for potpourris. Bring into house before first frost and watch the flower clusters come out, knowing they will rob the leaf scent. To prevent “Patchouli” from flowering, it must have 12 hours of light. Grown commercially for oil in perfumes & incense. Groovy!

Portulacaria, Mini Variegated

Portulacaria afra 'Variegata'


Start with a red stemmed ""Jade Tree"" and substitute the foliage with creamy white edged leaves that look like large, flattened peas studded all around the red stems. Really colorful succulent, that takes on the tree position in a dish garden.

Rosemary, Creeping

Rosmarinus officinalis prostratus
This creeping variety has made a name for itself as the container rosemary. It looks natural in hypertufa containers & hanging baskets, & easily wraps around circular wire frames for victorian centerpieces. Fresh rosemary for Thanksgiving turkey, plucked from your table- impressive!

Sct. Geranium, Chocolate Peppermint

Pelargonium tomentosum x 'Chocolate'
Fruit & Nut ScentedCross the silky giant ""Peppermint"" with a fast growing ""Chocolate"" and here is the result. Kids love the fuzzy leaves and chocolate colored blotch in the center but do not expect a chocolate flavor. It is all peppermint. Looks great planted at edge of walls.

Sct. Geranium, Clorinda

Pelargonium 'Clorinda'
Fruit & Nut ScentedEven though it is calld ""Eucalyptus Scented,"" for its fast growth as much as its scent, it is the flower power that is unusally bold for a Pelargonium. 3"" deep rose flowers bloom unabashedly most of the spring to early summer.

Sct. Geranium, Mrs. Taylor

Pelargonium ignescens 'Mrs. Taylor'
Fruit & Nut ScentedA trailing variety best grown in large hanging baskets where it can mix with other plants and provide a non-stop floral, red hot, show all season.

Sct. Geranium, Old Spice

Pelargonium x fragrans 'Logees' Old Spice'
Fruit & Nut ScentedRemember dad and all those Old Spice colognes he's collected during Christmas' past with this similar smelling, obedient geranium. It's a bit more silvery and crinkled than ""Nutmeg,"" and makes a ""more perfect"" mound, but like it's cousin, flowers all summer long... more perfect- is that like more pregnant?

Sedum Amber Glow

Sedum adolphii 'Golden Glow'


Huge contrasts can be found even in collections of the same genus. Take ""Sedums."" Plump, skinny, gold, pink, purple, thyme-like and in 'Amber Glow's case, green turning glowing red (as the temp. rises), are just a few foliar examples. Winter flowers, seen indoors in Ohio, are pure white. You'll never be bored with a ""Sedum"" collection.

Sedum, Frosted Blue

Sedum hispanicum minus 'Pink Form'


Think of a forest of miniature blue spruce, frosted in pink, viewed from 1000 feet above. This is it - one of the most beautiful and unusual miniature sedums with pink tipped, blue leaves. If that isn't enough, how about pink and white flowers in early summer?

Sedum, Golden Angeline

Sedum ruprestes 'Angelina' PPAF
Bright yellow, 1/2"" long, soft needles contrast well with Sedum 'Voodoo', 'Love's Triangle' or 'Frosted Blue'.

Sedum, Japanese Golden

Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'
Sedum ""Voodoo"" and this rare cultivar inspired our Jar Gem series, that is, plants perfectly suited to the cramped quarters and dry, severe conditions of strawberry jars. You can't find this brilliant, yellow creeper from Japan in many catalogs. Lastly leaves are tasty as a ""micro-green"" salad addition

Spikemoss, Golden Creeping

Selaginella brownii 'Aurea'


These living fossils literally covered the plant millions of years ago, providing us today, with our gasoline and natural gas. Luckily, today, this lovely golden groundcover still illuminates the shady container or moist garden. Has survived many winters here in protected areas.

Spikemoss, Ruby Red

Selaginella brownii 'Ruby Red'