Herb Plant list for 2011 The array of intense aromas and flavors of herbs will improve your dinner routine as well as your health. The vibrant leaves are brimming with the same nutrients found in leafy green vegetables; this includes potassium, calcium, and vitamin A and C. Agastache barberi ‘Tutti Frutti’
Bubblegum scented foliage with rose-colored flowers. Ht: 2-4’ Hardy
$6.50 Agastache rugosa (Korean Mint)
Aromatic mint-licorice leaves topped by purple/blue spikes. Makes a stunning accent for the flower garden as well as a haven for honeybees. Steep into a delicious, refreshing tea. Ht: 3-4’ Hardy
$6.50 Alchemilla alpina
A spectacular dwarf form with nice silvery green foliage. Good in small gardens or container garden. Ht: 6” Hardy
$6.50 Allium Beesianum
Dainty and choice for the container or trough garden. Umbel of blue/purple bell-shaped flowers. Ht 4-6” Hardy
$6.50 Allium cepa var. proliferum (Egyptian Onion)
New plants are produced from the bulblets on top of the plant. Bulblets are delicious pickled; the main bulb can be used like a scallion. Ht: 40” Hardy
$5.50 Allium pallens
Thread-like leaves with umbels of pinkish/white flowers; an attractive ornamental chive. Ht: 4-12” Hardy
$5.50 Allium schoenoprasum (Common Chives)
In addition to using the green leaves, try the purple flowers in salads or make delicious chive blossom flavored vinegar. Ht: 12-24” Hardy
$5.50 Allium sp. ‘Curly Chive’
Leaves twist making an attractive plant in the garden or container. Edible flowers and leaves. Ht: 12” Hardy
$6.50 Allium tuberosum (Garlic Chives)
This form has flat leaves, which have a delicate garlic flavor. Harvest showy white flowers before going to seed to prevent self-seeding. Delicious in recipes calling for chives. Ht: 20-24” Hardy
$5.50 Aloe barbadensis (Aloe Vera)
A famous healing plant, the gel from the fresh leaves applied to treat burns, sunburn, wrinkles, insect bites, minor cuts, scratches, and skin irritations. The juice from the leaves is used internally for ulcers. Grow indoors. Ht: 24” Tender
$5.50 Aloysia triphylla (Lemon Verbena)
Bushy shrub with a delightful lemon scented leaves. Dry leaves for teas, cooking, and potpourri. Goes dormant during winter. Ht: 36-48” Tender
$7.50 Angelica gigas
A short lived perennial with large dramatic burgundy/purple blooms. Likes a moist shady location. Honeybees love it. Ht: 6’ Hardy
$6.50 Anthriscus cerefolium (Chervil)
Best sown directly into the garden; it self seeds. Parsley-like flavor accents most soups, salads and vegetable dishes. However, plants are available. Hardy Annual
$5.50 Artemisia annua (Sweet Annie)
Old fashioned, annual variety that reaches 4-6’ tall, valued for its feathery yet pungently fragrant foliage. Useful in potpourris, dried wreaths and arrangements and used in China as treatment for malaria. Ht: 4-6’ Annual, reseeds.
$5.50 Artemisia dracunculus ‘Sativa’ (True French Tarragon)
Essential culinary herb, has an anise/licorice flavor, does best in part shade. This plant does not set seed, if you’ve bought seed it’s actually Russian Tarragon, which in terms of flavor is inferior to this plant. Ht: 36” Hardy
$6.00 Basil – See Ocimum Bay Laurel – See Laurus Bergamot –See Monarda Burnet, Salad – See Sanguisorba officinalis Calendula officinalis
Flowers of bright yellow-orange that bloom from early summer until the first frost. Flowers are used for healing salves, lotions, edible flowers. Annual
$5.00 Catnip – See Nepeta Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)
Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution. Used as a gargle for sore throat and mouth sores. Ht: 4’ Hardy
$7.00 Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola)
A small creeping tropical plant, which thrives in wet places such as rice paddies. Research shows that it is valuable treatment for burns, wounds, scars and varicose veins. It stimulates the development of connective tissue. Ht: 6-8” Tender
$7.00 Chervil – See Anthriscus Comfrey – See Symphytum Costmary – See Tanacetum Echinacea pallida (Pale Coneflower)
Large, drooping pale lavender pink blooms with black center, a prairie native. This has the same properties as E. angustifolia. Ht: 4’ Hardy
$7.00 Echinacea paradoxa (Ozark Coneflower)
Produces striking yellow flowers. Ht: 2-3’ Hardy
$7.00 Echinacea sp. ‘PowWow Wild Berry’
Unique non-fading neon rose colored flowers. This variety is shorter than other varieties. All American Winner for 2011. Ht 24” Hardy
$8.00 Foeniculum vulgare var.azoricum (Florence Fennel)
Large bulb at the base of the plant is used in salads or cooked as a vegetable. It has an anise-like flavor.
Ht: 24” Annual
$5.50 Garlic
The following varieties have gone through Winter cold treatment and are sold ready to plant into the garden or in a large container.
Four plants $5.50 Deerfield Purple – mid-season hardneck garlic, a 5-star garlic, flavor starts out mild and finishes spicy. Long keeper.
Four plants $5.50 Duganski – A stunningly beautiful purple striped hardneck garlic. It has a mellow aftertaste.
Four plants $5.50 Spanish Roja – A popular heirloom brought into Northwest Oregon before 1900, it is often called Greek Garlic. This variety has a true garlic flavor.
Four plants $5.50 Geranium
Scented Geraniums – The following are actually in the Pelargonium (storks beak) genus, a cousin to Geranium’s (hardy cranesbills), they are commonly referred to as Geraniums; we felt it would be easier to leave them under Geranium than have people hunting for them. Available in a tantalizing array of fragrances, they have charmed gardeners since their introduction to England in the 17th century. In our own country they were introduced by some of our earliest Presidents.
All Scented Geraniums – Tender, must be brought indoors for the winter.
$8.00 California Brilliant – A beautiful round leaf plant, vigorous, delightfully pungent, crimson blooms.
Candy Dancer – A strong lemon rose scent, strong upright plant making a good topiary, delicious flavor in cooking, purplish pink blossoms.
Chicago Rose – Large 5 lobed ruffled leaves. Deep rose-colored blossoms rose scented.
Deerfield Lavender Lad – Compact cascading plant with purple/pink flowers. A lightly scented rose fragrance.
Fingerbowl Lemon – Tiny crisp leaves, compact upright growth, elegant touch to Victorian table, strong lemon scent.
Fruity – Compact plant with the fragrance of mixed fruit.
Lucifolia – Pungent robust plant.
Mint Peacock – Light green foliage with creamy accents, delightful mint scent.
Mint Rose – Compact growth, strong mint rose scent.
Prince of Orange – Scent of orange citrus, pink flowers with maroon markings. Vigorous
Prince Ruppert Lemon – Small ruffled leaves, good lemon scent, and upright.
Rober’s Lemon Rose – Sweet lemon scent, vigorous growth.
Rollison’s Unique – Mint scented, Vigorous growth, magenta blossoms.
Spanish Lavender – Fan shaped fuzzy leaves with lavender edge. Luscious lavender herb scent.
Spring Park – Symmetrical curly leaves, lemon scented, pale lavender to white blossoms with a pink eye, trailing plant. Gotu Kola – See Centella Helichrysum italicum (Curry Plant)
Delightful curry-scented silver foliage topped by button yellow flowers. This is not true curry, but the leaves may be used in potpourri. The essential oil is used to enhance fruit flavors in confections and perfumes.
Ht: 24” Tender
$6.50 Hierochloe odorata (Sweet Grass)
Tall leaves have a clean, sweet scent when dried, used in basket weaving. Put in a sunny, moist but well drained location. Used in Native American’s rituals. Ht: 10-20” Hardy
$8.00 Iris germanica var. florentina (Orris Root)
A species of Iris with stunning white, violet tinged flowers. The rhizomes are used in the making of potpourri as a fixative. Ht: 2-4’ Hardy
$6.50 Laurus Nobilis (Bay Laurel)
Frost sensitive small tree, dried leaves are a standard cooking herb, a lovely patio plant. It can be cut back at the height you like. Ht: 8-12’. Tender.
$10.50 Lavandula angustifolia ‘Melissa Lavender’
Unique to this L. angustifolia variety, the sweetly fragrant flowers start out pure white and change to a delicate pink. Ht: 12-24” Hardy
$7.50 Lavandula ‘Blue Elegance’
Blue flowered long blooming; a very nice lavender. Ht: Hardy
$7.50 Lavandula X ‘Dutch’
A tall, robust grower with broad, gray leaves; lavender blue flowers top long flower spikes. Tall spikes make it easy to harvest, an excellent culinary selection. Ht: 4’ Hardy
$7.50 Lavandula X intermedia ‘Grosso’
Extremely fragrant, deep violet flower spikes, blooms over a long period of time. This is considered hardy, but we’ve had it freeze out before. Ht: 30” Hardy
$7.50 Lavandula ‘Sachet Lavender’
American variety introduced in Oregon. Has a strong heady fragrance with large violet-mauve flowers. Hardy
$7.50 Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata (Fragrant Butterfly)
This Spanish Lavender has long, magenta-purple bracts as well as long flowering stalks that reach 8”-12”. The effect is striking, at a distance appears to be masses of butterflies. Ht: 30” Tender
$7.50 Lavandula ‘White Elegance’ (Potpourri White)
A very nice newer introduction blooms an abundance of fragrant white flower spikes. Compact blooms July and September. Ht: Hardy
$7.50 Levisticum officinale (Lovage)
Much like a giant celery, growing well over 6 feet tall. Lovage may be used as a celery substitute. Perennial Ht: 6-7’ Hardy
$6.50 Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)
A delightful tea can be made from the leaf that is known to calm the nerves and stimulate the heart.
Ht: 12-14” Hardy
$5.50 Mentha aquatica var. ‘Lime’
Strong true lime flavor. Try it in desserts, salads, and seafood. Ht: 12” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha haplocalyx (Haplocalyx Mint)
This is a great mint that we acquired from Companion Plants. Ht: 18” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha piperata var. ‘Blue Balsam’
This mint is a shade lover. Blue tinged leave make a delightfully flavored mint for tea. Ht: 12” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha piperata var. ‘Chocolate Mint’
This dark stem delight has a peppermint patty scent and flavor; a favorite for tea and mint jelly.
Ht: 12” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha pulegium (Pennyroyal)
A member of the mint family, which is a creeping perennial with a peppermint fragrance. Makes a good insect repellent. Ht: 3” Hardy
$5.50 Mentha sp. ‘Banana Mint’
The scent of mint and bananas. Not as hardy as most mints. Ht: 10”
$6.50 Mentha sp. ‘Lavender’
This unusual fragrant mint is excellent in potpourri. Ht: 12” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha sp. ‘Moroccan Mint’
An exceptional tea mint! To prepare Moroccan Mint tea, green tea is first brewed, then boiled with sugar, and then fresh mint is added and the mixture is allowed to steep for several minutes before serving. Ht: 12” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha sp. ‘Simply The Best’
Strong sweet spearmint aroma and taste; an excellent culinary mint, and a big seller for us. Ht: 10-12” Hardy
$6.50 Mentha sp. ‘Sweet Berry’
Sweet, fruity leaves are good chopped fresh and used as a garnish. Ht: 12” Hardy
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