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 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 Origanum vulgarehirtum Annual Full Sun Height: 12″-36″ In the Garden Pot marjoram does great in containers or in your garden and it produces little white flowers. Plant pot marjoram in a rich, well-drained soil in the full sun. Pinch back the flowers and tops of the plant to promote branching and leaf growth. …
Plant Specifications Origanum majorana Annual Full Sun Height: 12″-24″ In the Garden Sweet marjoram does great in containers, hanging baskets, or in your garden. It produces little white flowers that resemble knots before they open which is where it gets its common name, “knotted marjoram”. Plant sweet marjoram in nutrient rich, well-drained soil in the …
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 …
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 Vera Lavender is thought to be the first species of lavender in the world. It is also widely known as English Lavender but our English and Vera lavender are very different. Our English lavender has floppy branches whereas our Vera lavender is more upright. Vera Lavender is in the same lavender family as …
Plant Specifications Fat Spike (Grosso) Lavender will grow into a large, silver, shrub-like plant that is about two feet tall. This lavender is in the same lavender family Dutch, Fred Boutin, and Provence lavender called Lavindin. This lavender has really long flower wands that grow in every direction. In the Garden It is one of …
Plant Specifications Lavandula stoechas. Perennial. Sun. Height 18″ – 24″ up to 3 feet with bloom Spanish Lavender has flowers that are purple and look a lot like a pineapple in shape with rabbit ear shaped petals on top. The blooms are very unique and add something out of the ordinary to your fresh flower …
Plant Specifications Lavandin X Intermedia. Perennial. Sun. Height: 24” Width up to 30” Wide lobed silvery green leaves form a lush shrub-like plant. In the Garden Provence Lavender is in the same lavender family as Dutch, Fred Boutin, and Grosso lavender called Lavindin. It is one of the hardiest lavenders you can plant in your …
Plant Specifications Lavandula Angustofolia. Half Day Sun. Perennial. Height: 18” – 2’ with blooms One of the English lavenders, Munstead Lavender is a fragrant robust lavender that, due to its short size and tightly held purple blooms, makes a great hedge. It flowers profusely in the spring, after which a good pruning will provide an …
