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Plants

Sage, Mexican All-purple

Salvia leucantha 'Midnight'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3-4 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Cut Flower, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

A florist friend told us this was ""the most magnificent cut herb"" he has ever grown. Plants rise to about 5 ft. tall by August, when, fuzzy, blue spikes appear. Cut stem back about 1/3 in June and July to promote more branching, flowering & compact height. Important pollen source for bees in the fall if frost doesn't get them.

Sage, Newe Ya’ar’

Salvia X New'e Yare

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2 x 3 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Bees, Borders, Butterfly, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

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.

Sage, Silver Clary

Salvia argentea

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to P.Shade-Sun
Height: 2 - 7 feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Winter
Common Uses:Medicinal

Sage, Variegated Red

Salvia microphylla 'Variegata'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Container, , Medicinal, , Ornamental, , Edible Flowers, , Hummingbird, , Ornamental / Medicinal Sages

Edible scarlet-red flowers, all summer, adorn the white and green leaves. Inedible but exotic ornamental to brighten any mixed herb container.

Salad Burnet (Di-yu)

Sanguisorba minor

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 4-18in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Groundcover, Medicinal

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.

Savory, Summer Improved

Satureja X `Aromata'

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

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

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Bees, Culinary, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Medicinal

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"".

SHELLEY HAYES, production manager and queen of small space gardens

Greetings from Shelley Hayes, an early '90s transplant from N. Michigan. My interest in plants and gardening started very early in life. I have been blessed with many great teachers including mentors, like my grandfather, who made cough syrups and salves, and propagated house plants. His creation of a five acre garden with fruits, veggies, medicinal plants and herbs was, and still is, an inspiration. Planting to saving seeds was an annual event that I participated in and looked forward to, sort of like Spring. The delight of identifying new spring plants and flowers is my annual date with Nature. Like all gardeners and lovers of plants, I found my way to Mulberry Creek Herb Farm, a plant lovers paradise with diverse and often rare collections of herbs and alpine miniatures. From my participation in the very first herb fair to the introduction of miniature landscapes, it has been a great journey! My other interests include birding, sewing, archery, basketry, trail riding and camping with our horses. I was an avid hiker and backpacker in my earlier years, when foraging and plant identification became a passion. I love to cook, from the kitchen to a dutch oven over an open fire.

St. Johnswort, Improved

Hypericum perforatum 'Topas'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Borders, Medicinal

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

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Shade to Full Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Culinary, Medicinal, Miniature/Faery Garden, Potpourri, Water

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 Violet, Purple

Viola odorata 'Koenigin Charlotte'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Shade to Sun-P.Shade
Height: 5in.
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Spring to Early Winter to Late Fall to Late Winter
Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Groundcover, Medicinal, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Shade

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.

Sweet Violet, Sky Blue

Viola odorata 'Lavender'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Sun to P.Shade-Sun
Height: 5in.
Water: Normal,Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Spring to Early Winter to Late Fall to Late Winter to Mi
Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Fragrant, Groundcover, Medicinal, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Shade

A gift from the Wee-folk in our gardens. We didn't plant it. Lovely sky blue, fragrant flowers prevail whenever cool weather reigns. However as the temperature increases, the flowers open up pure white! We had to watch this several seasons to make sure it wasn't a mistake. Just as the skies are blue, sometimes they turn white too.

Sweet Violet, White

Viola odorata 'Alba'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P.Shade-Sun
Height: 5in.
Water: Normal,Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Spring to Early Winter to Late Fall to Late Winter to Mi
Common Uses:Borders, Butterfly, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Medicinal, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Shade

Sweet and as white as a late spring snow you'll find its fragrance nudges your thoughts to celestial songs. As well suited in the ""White Garden,"" as on a woodland path and, yes of course, a shady faery garden.

THYME

Common Uses:Tea

Why do we have so many thymes? When you've collected as many herbs as we have, some groups are bound to be your favorites. Each time we visit an herb specialty nursery, I head for thymes, knowing I'll probably find a completely new scent, leaf shape, growth habit or flower color. Most thymes are hardy for us, year after year because we nourish (compost at planting time and, ideally, annually), hold back on water, and we site them in a raised bed. They thrive in our 2 tiered (1 & 2 ft. high) bed with brick walls that provide the height and warmth. Pick any food, there is a thyme for it from savory to sweet. Medicinally, the active ingredient "thymol" is a strong disinfectant and antiviral component, so it's used heavily during the flu season. Ben & Joshua get thyme baths for coughs and it's an ingredient in their vapor rubs, adult "Listerine".

Thyme, English Broadleaf

Thymus 'English Broadleaf'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 12-16in.
Water: Normal- Dry
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

White flowers in summer attract many bees to make the best tasting honey. Harvest soft tips any time of year for vinegars, italian dishes, breads, focaccias & goulash. Start with 2 tbsp fresh for a large pot of spaghetti. Harvest 3-4"" long stems in September, dry on screen and use all winter.

Thyme, English Variegated

Thymus 'EnglishVariegated'

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

This antique variety once common in the trade, was edged out after “English Wedgewood” was discovered. One of our “Wedgewoods” reverted back to a parent creating a splish-splash variegation, that holds through summer’s heat. We’re proud to be one of the few nurseries to re-introduce this unique and tasty plant. Puts up with shade, but flavor’s always better in full sun.

Thyme, Provencal

Thymus vulgaris 'Provenca'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 8 - 12in.
Water: Normal- Dry
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Culinary, Medicinal, Ornamental

""Thanks for the Memories""Don't just look at it! Smell it! Taste it! At our HerbFair both author Susan Belsinger and culinary instructor Lynn Nelson of ""The Provincal Kitchen"", absolutely fell in love with this variety. So will you. The flavor's strong, but balanced for any Italian or French cooking. Very nice blue-gray color too!

Valerian \ Garden Heliotrope

Valerian officinalis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 3 - 5 feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Medicinal, , Ornamental, , Shade, , Tea

Considered by many horticulturists to be one of the finest hardy perennials for the shade. Fragrant 5"" pinkish-white flower clusters in mid-summer perfume the early evening air. What irony then, that the medicinal roots should smell so bad. A cold tea made from dried 2 year old roots is used for colds, insomnia and nervous disorders.

Valerian, Garden Pink

Valerian officinalis 'BLBP19'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 32h x 18w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Medicinal, Butterfly

Pinkish-white umbels tower over fern-like foliage flagging down some resident butterflies and moths. The particularly high essential oil, valeric acid and extract make the roots appealing to humans to normally be used as a nerve tonic and relaxer. It is best to allow the plant at least two years of growth before harvesting some of its roots.