Plant Specifications Melissa officinalis. Hardy Perennial. Morning Sun or Filtered Shade. Height: 24” Width: 24” Lemon Balm is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. The plant’s woody stem is square and branching, and has at each joint pairs of broad heart-shaped, toothed leaves that emit …
Plant Specifications Cymbopogon citatus. Perennial. Full to mostly Sun. Height: up to 28” A native of India, lemongrass is a stalky, grass-like plant with a lemony scent and used in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. The foliage on a healthy lemongrass plant is bright green with graceful, grass-like stalks. In the Garden As it is coveted …
“The Queen of lemon scented herbs.” Plant Specifications Aloysia triphylla. Perennial. Partial Sun. Height: up to 5” Width of 3’. A woody shrub that goes dormant in the Winter, but leaves return in the Spring, much like a tree. Slender branches have lance-shaped leaves up to 4” long. Produces sprays of white and purple flowers …
Plant Specifications Tagetes lucida. Perennial. Full Sun. Height 3’ Width 2’ A neat, upright bush with narrow, sharply toothed dark green leaves. When other herbs have played out for the season, it blooms in fall with small buttercup yellow flowers. Beautiful in the garden. In the Garden A native of south Texas, its ease of …
Plant Specifications Chocolate Mint looks and tastes more like Peppermint than chocolate. Some people say they can taste or smell “chocolate” in the leaves but there are no oils or compounds in this plant that resemble chocolate. The leaves look similar to Peppermint with dark brown or chocolate edges. In the Garden Chocolate Mint needs …
Plant Specifications Mentha Requienii. Known as a perennial, however, here in the South Texas Heat we treat it as an Annual. Morning Sun/Filtered Shade Height: ¾” Width: 12-18” Corsican Mint is a species of mint, native to Corsica, Sardinia, France and Italy. It grows very close to the ground and is desirable because it can …
Plant Specifications Menta spicata ‘Crispa’. Perennial, but in in South Texas, treated as an annual. Plenty of sunlight but not the heat – Mints prefer ‘Cool’ sunlight (light or partial shade) Height: 12 – 18″ A taller mint that shows off bright green leaves that are curled. The taste and smell are similar to spearmint. …
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Plant Specifications Mentha piperita citrata cv. Perennial. Morning Shade/Filtered Sun. Height: 10” Width: 24 -30″ A Mint that has a slight scent of lemon, and slow growing. A spreader but not invasive. Crinkly light green leaves on square stems. In the Garden This delightful mint tends to be less as invasive as other mints. It …
Plant Specifications Mentha Aquatica. Perennial. Morning Sun or Filtered Shade. Height: 24” Width: 24” The round shaped leaves are smooth surfaced and often tinted purple and red mounted on a dark red stem. As the weather cools the leaves will turn even more purple. It can grow tall, but grows bushlike. With blooms of lavender …
Plant Specifications Mentha pulegium. Morning Sun. Height: generally low growing 3” When Blooming: 9-12”. Width: 24-30” A very low growing, ground cover, keeps felas nad mosquitos away. In the Garden Pennyroyal Mint is a low growing mint that makes an excellent ground cover. Plant it in a well drained soil and with a hal-day of …
