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HERB PLANTS E-M

Echinacea pallida
Pale Purple Coneflower
Height: 36" Zone: 3-8 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Showy large flowers with narrow intensely drooping 3" long petals, flushed rosy purple with large dark brown centers a most graceful plant habit.
Price: $4.90

Equisetum hyemale
Horsetail/Shavegrass
Height: 36" Zone: 3-10 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Horsetails are among the oldest of all plants; they once grew to tree heights in prehistoric days. It has unusual reed-like hollow jointed stems with a very high silica content, making it useful as an abrasive similar to that of a fine emery cloth. Collect the leafless stems, dry briefly in the sun and tie them in bundles. Used to shine metal pans or give wood a final sanding. Also used as excellent fungicide for both plants and people suffering from athletics' foot and jock itch. Leaves are very unique, similar to twigs and are a unique touch in dried flower arrangements. Likes to be planted in boggy wet places, but will do well in any type of soil.
Price: $4.49

Foeniciculum vulgare
Bronze Fennel
Height: 30" Zone: 4-9 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Lovely deep purple airy fern-like foliage used in fish dishes and sauces with a very mild licorice flavor. Use fennel leaves and seeds in deserts breads and beverages. My grandmother’s spaghetti sauce always contained fennel seeds. Historically, fennel was used by nursing mothers to increase milk flow and to relieve infant colic. An appetite stimulant, it also soothes upset stomachs. Was used externally to treat muscular pain. To the medieval mind, fennel was one of the nine sacred herbs with the power to cure diseases and was placed in windows and doors to keep out evil spirits. Butterfly host plant for the swallowtail so plant a few extra for our flying friends.
Price: $4.49

Galium odoratum
Sweet Woodruff
Height: 10" Zone: 5 Light: part sun to shade
DESCRIPTION: Fragrant ground cover combining the scents of newly mown hay and vanilla. A calming scent used to stuff pillows and scenting linen. Prefers moist shade and is a sea of white in spring. Used to make May Wine (vanilla flavor) and is an essential in a fairy garden. The FDA has rated unsafe in foodstuffs (except wine) due to compounds closely related to blood thinners. Medieval churches prepared for religious holidays by hanging woodruff. In herbal folklore this plants signify humility.
Price: 4.49

Galium verum
Lady's Bedstraw
Height: 24" Zone: 4 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Light green sprawling fluffy herb with clusters of airy yellow flowers. Mary is said to have prepared the Christ child's bed with this herb. Light green sprawling fluffy herb with clusters of airy yellow flowers. Mary is said to have prepared the Christ child's bed with this herb. Colonials would stuff pillows with Lady's Bedstraw to induce sleep with the honey-like vapors. Boil the roots for about two hours to extract the dye. Use alum mordant to yield red, chrome produces a purplish red, alum and chrome produce orange red and iron produces a plum dye. Colonials would stuffed pillows with Lady's Bedstraw to induce sleep with the honey like vapors. Boil the roots for about two hours to extract the dye, use alum mordant to yield red, chrome produces a purplish red, alum and chrome produce orange red and iron produces a plum dye.
Price: $4.49

Hierochloe odorata
Sweetgrass
Height: 18" Zone: 5-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Sweetgrass is used in prayer, smudging, purifying ceremonies and is regarded as a sacred plant by the Native Americans. It is not well known that it was also sacred to early Europeans and is still used in churches on festival days. Sweet-grass aroma is strong only when moistened or burned. As the grass dries the fragrance intensifies. When burned it does not produce an open flame but smolders. Just as the sweet scent is attractive to people, it is also attractive to good spirits. Native Americans often burned the grass at the beginning of a prayer or to attract positive energies. A tea is brewed by Native Americans for coughs, sore throats, chafing and venereal infections. It is warned that because the roots contain coumarin that it may be considered carcinogenic. *
Price: $6.90

Hypericum perforatum
St. Johns Wort
Height: 15" Zone: 5 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Historically the astringent and antibacterial leaves were used medicinally and are still used externally by herbalists to treat burns. St. Johns Wort is gaining popularity as Nature's Prozac. For centuries, northern European women wore hyperium to repel demon lovers. With the spread of Christianity the plant was associated with John the Baptist; it was said that it flowers on his birthday and bleeds red oil in August on the day he was beheaded. Yellow and red dyes are obtained depending on the mordant used.
Price: $4.90
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Hyssops officinalis
Blue Hyssop
Height: 24" Zone: 4 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Evergreen with deep blue flower spikes in summer; it can be trimmed into a hedge. Used since biblical times for cleansing, it has mild germ killing properties. A poultice of hyssop is said to help heal wounds and bruises. Medieval monastery gardens all contained hyssop, which was believed to ward off the evil eye. It was also used as a purification herb. An infusion of hyssop was sprinkled around the home or over a person to rid them of negativity. Hyssop is soothing in a bath and in herbal facials; it can also be added to potpourris. Teas have been used historically to treat fever, colds, indigestion and asthma.
Price: $4.49

Iris germanica var. florentine
Orris Root/ Florentine Iris
Height: 36" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Orris roots are the rhizomes of the attractive Florentine iris. Has a heady violet fragrance and is a valuable fixative in perfumes, sachets and potpourris; prevents the fragrance from fading.
Price: $6.90

Laurus nobilis
Bay Laurel Tree
Height: 40' Zone: 7-10 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Bay is an aromatic evergreen tree, a symbol of glory and reward. A must in every good cook’s kitchen, you’re truly missing out if you’ve never had fresh bay leaves. It is important to remove the leaf from your soups, stew, casseroles and sauces before serving; it can get caught in the throat. I was told by an Italian Grandmother that if your stomach is not feeling quite right, brew a cup of tea with a bay leaf and sip slowly. In the North, plant out in the landscape and bring indoors in October to over-winter as a houseplant. Add a leaf to your stored grains to repel weevils.
Price: $12.90

Levisticum officinale
Lovage
Height: 48" Zone: 5 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Large dramatic specimen plant used as a celery substitute in pickling, salad dressings, stir fries, stews and roasts. The Greeks and Romans chewed lovage seeds to aid digestion and legend tells of seeds put into potion to conjure up love spells, an infusion of lovage seeds is said to erase freckles and a lovage herb bath is said to make you more beautiful.
Price: $4.49

Marrubium vulgare
Horehound
Height: 18" Zone: 3-8 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Named after the Egyptian god Horus, an incense was made and burned in rituals to honor him. Used in sachets to protect against sorcery and to break magic spells. Medicinally used as a cough and sore throat medicine and as a base for candies. Externally used to help speed the healing of wounds. Large doses of this herb can result in a laxative effect and an irregular heartbeat.
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Matricaria recutita
German Chamomile "Bold gold"
Height: 15" Zone: 8 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Flavorful apple-scented blossoms is a wonderful herb tea, soothing in the bath, penetrating as a facial and brightens blond hair. Harvest flowers by spreading fingers and gently pulling up being careful not to pull plants out of the ground. Dry on screens and package in a tightly sealed containers. This is an annual but readily re-seeds every year.
Price: $4.90 SOLD OUT

Melissa officinalis
Lemon Balm
Height: 24" Zone: 3-8 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Yellow and green variegated foliage in spring changing to a true green. Leaves impart a lemon flavor to soups, salads, fish, fruit dishes, poultry and makes an excellent tea having a mild sedative effect and was used as a mild form of Valium in the mid-seventeenth century. Lemon Balm seems to inhibit bacteria and virus’ growth. Fresh leaves were once used to polish wood furniture by grabbing a bunch of leaves and rubbing into the wood. Beekeepers would rub the inside of their hive to entice a new swarm of bees to stay. Although the flowers attract honeybees, they repel certain insects. Have a few bunches around the next time you are having a picnic.
Price: $4.49