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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.

Catalog > Hardy Perennial

Bee Balm, Jacob Cline

Monarda didyma

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: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, Marshall Delight

Monarda didyma

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.

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.

Mint, Habek

Mentha longifolia

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Culinary, Fragrant, Groundcover, Medicinal, Ornamental, Shade

This is one of the true Middle East varieties used for the authentic ""Tabbouli"" of bulgar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, plenty of parsley & mint, cool vegetables and maybe sunflower seeds. Two inch, very narrow, bluish-green leaves have a completely different look from other mints.

Oregano, Kent Beauty

Origanum rot. x scabrum 'Kent Beauty'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2 - 4in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Baskets, Borders, Container, Ornamental

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.

Catalog > Mulberry Miniatures

Blue Globe Daisy, Mini Blue

Globularia repens (G. cordifolia Nana)

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2in. groundcover
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Walk About

Absolutely pure blue, miniature ""Scabiosa-like"" flowers in late spring top a very slow creeping green mound of leaves are half the size of G. cordifolia. I'd speculate this is a choice selection for a float in faerie parades but we use it as a ground cover between stepping stones. Light traffic only please.

Calocephalus, Cushion Bush

Calocephalus brownii

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to P.Sun
Height: 12 x 12in.
Water: Normal- Dry
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Plants like this silver foliaged tumble-weed separate the passionate collectors from those with a casual interest in unique plants. It's easier to tell that it's alive vs. say the ""Skeleton Plant"", I give it that. Still, it's such a great contrast with its linear, jointed form that I really shouldn't belittle it.

Cotoneaster, Tom Thumb 3 Year

Cotoneaster thymifolia 'Tom Thumb'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Full Sun
Height: 12in. x 12
Water: Normal
Soil: Any Soil
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bonsai, Miniature/Faery Garden, Garden Railroads, Topiary

Tom Thumb is small! - small leaves, small flowers, small berries. It is a ground hugging, compact version of the popular cotoneaster (pronounced cot'-won-e'-aster not cotton-easter), landscape staple. Absolutely cold hardy, with white spring flowers and fall red/orange berries-it's a faerie's apple tree!

Fern, Dwarf Lady's

Athyrium filix-femina 'Minutissimum'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 10in. x 10in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: No
Common Uses:Borders, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

Faery gardens are not complete without true ferns. Little mounding rosettes of delicately cut, green foliage require the companionship of miniature hostas, primroses, and coral bells.

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!

Fuchsia, Lottie Hobby Topiary

Fuchsia 'Lottie Hobby'

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
Common Uses:Bonsai, Container, Culinary, Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

Kenilworth Ivy, Mini

Cymbalaria muralis 'Nana'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to Full Sun
Height: 3in.x 18
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer to Late Spring to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Shade, Walk About

All summer, pale pink, miniature snapdragon flowers prance over tiny, ivy-leaved, bright green foliage. Don't be fooled by its delicate appearance- it's a tough, ground-hugging, politely spreading groundcover, but, the more sun it gets, the more water it wants.

Catalog > Succulents Large Tropical & Hardy

JAR GEM

Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Walk About

Stuffing vigorously rooting strawberries in those multi-orificed jars is like shoving Winnie the Pooh through the rabbit hole. Roots fill the container quickly, and require thrice a day watering. Dust off the jars and bring them back to overflowing life with little care during the growing season by selecting plants appropriate, even lustful, for those challenging conditions. “Jar Gems”TM. are our collection of great looking flowering and foliage plants, many of which are hardy, that will grow and thrive in these tough containers. Remember, that for great looking containers, we recommend that you repeat some of your selections. You can find full descriptions of these plants throughout the catalog, or let us put together a combination for you (just tell us how many “pockets your jar has and where you’ll place the jar) at a nice price savings.

Catalog > Tender Perennial

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!

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.

Basil, Pepper

Ocimum selloi

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

Can you imagine this on your next salad? - fresh leaves with the smell & taste of bell peppers and basil! Definitely the sturdiest as well as the most polished of basils. To have the best flavor, grow in filtered sunlight to afternoon shade, to keep leaves tender and delicious. Emerald green shiny leaves form the perfect background for reddish pink flowers that never stop. Quite cold hardy too! For years, Madelene Hill has been promoting this rare beauty. We now join her in proclaiming this a “Must-Have” herb. See Pepper Basil featured in HerbCompanion’s Feb/March 2004 issue.

Oregano, Micro Silver

Origanum microphyllum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2 to 4in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Late SummerMiddle Summer
Common Uses:Culinary, , Garden Railroads, Ornamental

Incredibly small, silvery, powerfully flavored, miniature variety of oregano with deep purple flowers in the late summer. Mark was taken aback when he saw these half starved alpines at a Michigan nursery. We have since multiplied and norished them in hipes that you will help us introduce this phenom to other gardners, but be sure to tell them it is not a thyme, it is oregano!

Sage, Autumn San Antonio

Salvia greggii 'San Antonio'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Container, , Edible Flowers, Medicinal, , Ornamental, , Edible Flowers, , Hummingbird, , Ornamental / Medicinal Sages

This is a bi-colored flower of pastel cream and coral. Each of the species flower somewhat throughout the Summer, but it is in the Fall when all the colors become more vivid and the plants just look as if they've breathed a sigh of relief with cooler temperatures.

Sage, Tangerine

Salvia elegans 'Tangerine'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 to 3 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Spring
Common Uses:Borders, , Culinary

Same great flowers as ""Pineapple Sage"", but foliage smells of melons, plants are shorter (for us it grown only two feet) and it flowers from at least May until you allow it to freeze. Inside, it will flower all winter. I just made a luscious honeydew sage syrup for herbal sodas. Even in the winter, you can tell this is one refreshing herb. I can't wait for sun teas!

Sct. Geranium, Pink Champagne

Pelargonium x nervosum 'Pink Champagne'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 1-3 Feet
Water: Normal- Dry
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Topiary

Fruit and Nut ScentedPronounced lime, citrus fragrance from dark green, rounded, toothed leaves distinguish this strong upright grower from lemon varieties. Sprinkled with lavender blooms, it makes a tall topiary. Flavor icing, water and many adult beverages with this definitely lime flavor.

Sct. Geranium, Prince Of Orange

Pelargonium x citrosum 'Prince of Orange'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 1 - 3 Feet
Water: Normal- Dry
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Fall to Middle Spring
Common Uses:Culinary, Fragrant, Ornamental

Fruit & Nut ScentedWhat a gorgeous spring display this makes. 1"" large white flowers with a maroon blotch in the center, completely cover the plant, after a winter's rest. Grow just as you would a ""Martha Washington"" geranium except this has delicious citrus flavor leaves.

Sct. Geranium, Stellar Red or Bicolor White

Pelargonium X 'Stellar' series

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to P. Shade
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal- Dry
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Ornamental

Fruit and Nut ScentedLarge showy pink blossoms and leaves have a slightly pungent fragrance. To avoid any rot, do not be overly generous in watering, after all, scented geraniums enjoy “careful neglect.

Resources > Recipes

LEMON, GINGER, CLOVE HOMEMADE COUGH DROPS

FROM THIS GREAT WEBSITE:
helloglow.co/lemon-ginger-clove-homemade-cough-drops/
Author Lindsey Rose Johnson

Yield 5 dozen

Help soothe a sore throat and suppress coughs.

1/2 cup water 1 cup evaporated cane juice or granulated sugar 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon, or more, ground ginger 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves powdered sugar or cornstarch, for coating

1. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper, or greasing very well. A marble slab comes in handy and helps the drops cool quickly.
2. Combine the ingredients, except for powdered sugar or cornstarch, in a heavy-bottomed pot or saucepan.
3. Cook to hard crack stage, about 300°F. This may take between 15-20 minutes, or longer depending on the pan and stove.
4. Test by dropping a little from a spoon into a bowl of ice water. If it cracks, it’s ready. If it’s chewy, cook for a few more minutes.
5. Remove from the heat. Be careful not to let it burn - the temperature rises quickly at the end.
6. Let the mixture cool slightly. Drop onto baking sheet into rounds.
7. Allow to cool completely. Dust with the powdered sugar or cornstarch.
8. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place away from any moisture. (Moisture will cause them to stick together.) Alternatively, they can be dusted and wrapped individually in small pieces of waxed or parchment paper.

Notes

Adapted from Mind Body Green. Note: These only take about 25-30 minutes to make, but need extra time for cooling.

LIMONCELLO, Traditional

This recipe makes 2 quarts
Takes 9 days until it is ready

750 ml Vodka, 80 proof (Mark liked "Svedka") 8 organic lemons 2 cups sugar 4 cups water 2 cups herbs

1. Peel lemons leaving just a little white on the peel. Scrape off if the white layer is thick.
2. Place peels in a 2 quart or slightly larger jar and pour the vodka over the them.
3. Store in a cool, dark cupboard, for 4 days, shaking the jar daily.
4. On the 5th day, prepare the simple syrup by bringing the sugar and water just to a boil, to dissolve the sugar completely, in a medium-sized sauce pan. Add fresh herbs like lemon verbena, pineapple sage and/or orange mint. Cover. Turn off heat, but leave the pan on the burner for 5 minutes. Take off the burner and cool overnight.
5. On the 6th day, strain the syrup. Add and stir into the vodka and peels.
6. Pour all into a decorative jar, if desired, and store in the cool cupboard for a couple more days.
7. On the 9th day, serve cold with ice.
8. Store in the refrigerator.

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