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Bouquet Dill

Plant Specifications Anthemum graveolens. Sun: Full Sun Annual – one season plant. Height: 12-24 inches 3 ft. plant with strongly aromatic foliage, stems, and heads. Produces umbels of yellow flowers which turn into umbrella-like seed heads. Flowering time is summer to fall. The yellow flowers will attract beneficial insects to the garden. In the Garden …

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Fern Leaf Dill

Plant Specifications Anethum graveolens. Partial Sun. Annual. Height: 12-15”, Width: 10-12.” Fernleaf dill is a dwarf, compact, upright plant with dark, finely divided foliage. Flowers are beautiful umbrella-like yellow clusters of blossoms. Good for containers, perfect for the kitchen windowsill. In the Garden Fern Leaf Dill is strictly a spring and fall herb. It does …

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Epazote

Plant Specifications Coming Soon In the Garden Coming Soon Plant Uses Coming Soon

Lemon Eucalyptus

Plant Specifications Eucalyptus Citriodora. Evergreen. Full Sun. Height: 14’ – 18’. Lacy clumps with leaves like lemon drops with pointed tips. When mature, it has an intensely refreshing lemon scent. In the Garden A beautiful shrub in containers or a garden. Grows well as a tree on the southside protected between buildings. This plant should …

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Feverfew

Plant Specifications Tanacetum parthenium. Half Day Sun. Perennial. Height: Width: 18” Many-branched plant with yellow-green, lobed and divided leaves up to 3 inches long. Appearing as miniature daisies, the white flowers bloom from midsummer to early fall. In the Garden This is a cool-weather plant, great for fall planting. Plant Uses Coming soon.

Prostrate Germander

Plant Specifications Teucrium chamaedrys ‘Prostratum’. Perennial. Morning or Filtered Sun. Height: 4-6” Width: up to 30” A semi-woody plant, originally from the Mediterranean, Germander has small waxy green leaves that’s widely used as a short hedge or edging around formal herb gardens and flowerbeds. In the Garden When clipped frequently, Germander responds by forming a …

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Upright Germander

Plant Specifications Teucrium Chamaedrys. Hardy Perennial Full Sun. Height: 12” – 14.” A short, low-growth shrub with small dark, thick leaves. In the Garden A native evergreen that is easily shaped for dramatic sculptures. Great for use as a border around rock and flower gardens. Plant Uses Primarily used as an ornamental for landscaping.

Gotu Kola

Plant Specifications Centella asiatica. Perennial. Cool Morning or Filtered Sun Height: Also known as centella and Indian pennywort, is a creeping vine found growing in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Small sized leaves hug the ground as a ground cover, rooting at the nodes as it spreads over the ground. Leaves are kidney-shaped …

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Hoja Santa

Plant Specifications Piper auritum. Also known as a Mexican pepper. Perennial. Morning to Filtered Sun – prefers ‘cool’ sunlight, not direct heat. Height: up to 8 ft tall. A herbaceous, tropical plant with large dark green, shiny leaves and is ubiquitous along the San Antonio river. Has a distinctive root beer aroma. In the Garden …

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Hyacinth Bean

Plant Specifications Iberis amara. Annual. Sun. Height: up to 20’ A dark purple vine, covered with deep green leaves and maroon pods that climbs, twining around fences, posts or trellises. The blooms are spikes of fragrant, pea-like purple flowers that bloom from early summer to early winter. In the Garden All the hyacinth beans we …

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