Blossom Wild Herb Lavender Farm

HERB PLANTS A-C

Agastache foeniculum
Fragrant Delight Hyssop
Height: 36" Zone: 4-10 Light: sun - part shade
DESCRIPTION: Delightful aromatic sweet anise scented leaves with tall spikes of purple or white flowers producing abundant nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Flowers dry well for bouquets and potpourri; they are also excellent for herbal tea. Historically once used as a mouth wash and hangover remedy in China.
Price: $4.49

Allium cepa 'Proliferum'
Egyptian Walking Onion
Height: 24" Zone: 3 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Also known as tree onions; they produce clumps of bulb lets at the top instead of seed. The bullets fall over and produce more onion sets. It can be used the same as green onion; the leaves can be used instead of chives. The hollow leaves can be stuffed with herbed cream cheese.
Price: $4.49

Allium schoenoprasum
Onion Chive
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Chives have a mild sweet onion flavor which can be used in both cold and hot dishes. Attractive edible lavender flowers can be used fresh or as a dried flower and are very showy in herbal vinegar. Sit back and watch the butterflies have an afternoon snack. Medicinally the sulfur oils found in alliums can help lower blood pressure, but must not be used in large doses
Price: $4.49

Allium tuberosum
Garlic Chive
Height: 20" Zone: 4-8 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Showy star white flowers appear in mid summer with flat garlic flavored leaves used to flavor soup, stews, dips and salads.
Price: $4.49

Allium tuberosum
Mauve Chive
Height: 20" Zone: 4-8 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Similuar to garlic chive but with pink flowers
Price: $4.49

Althea officinalis
Marshmallow
Height: 36" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Coarse plant with soft downy leaves and pale pink flowers. Used medicinally to soothe coughs, sore throats, and relieve inflamed gums. Also used externally to soothe boils, abrasions, inflammation of the skin and insect bites. The roots were once used to make the original "marshmallow.” Tender young leaves can be added to salads.
Price: $4.49

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Ayosia triphylla
Lemon Verbena
Height: 30" Zone: 8-11 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Tender herb best known for its strong lemon fragrance and flavor. Used in many tea blends, cakes, cookies, insect repelling sachets and in herbal bathing. Leaves rubbed on oneself will repel insects. Bring indoors for winter and do not over-water. Do not be alarmed when leaves drop off, just trim back and in spring plant outside again.
Price: $4.49

Angelica archangelica
Angelica
Height: 48" Zone: 3-9 Light: part sun to shade
DESCRIPTION: Dramatic sculptural, tropical looking plant with clusters of large umbrella-like flowers. This plant prefers rich, moist soils. Remove the seeds early to prolong the plant's life, which is usually two to three years, although it is a readily reseeding biennial. Angelica leaves have a sweet licorice flavor and are cooked with acidic fruits to sweeten them. The roots have a stronger flavor and can be added to cookies, cakes and breads. Candy the stem for a special treat or steam it and serve like asparagus. Add the leaves to potpourri or herb pillows or to freshen a musty room. Leaves added to the bath add scent and calm nerves. According to legend, the herb took its name from an angel who revealed its virtues to a Monk during a plague; it had been widely thought to give protection from infection. Peasants would make necklaces out of the leaves for their children to ward off evil spirits and witches. Native Indians would make tonics to expel mucus.
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Angelica gigas
Korean Angelica/Dong Quai
Height: 48" Zone: 4-9 Light: part sun to shade
DESCRIPTION: Rich purple flower clusters the size of baseballs, the leaves are large and lustrous with stems of deep purple. A common herbal ingredient in China; it has the ability to balance female hormones.
Price: $4.90

Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Vanilla Grass (Vernal)
Height: 24" Zone: 5 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Dense, mounded, clumpy grass, releases a vanilla fragrance when cut and dried and remains fragrant for many years. Useful in potpourri and for making vanilla flavored vodka. Do not confuse this with Sweetgrass, which is used for smudging. If you plant catnip for your cat, plant Sweet Vanilla Grass for your pooch; they will really enjoy a chomp or two.
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Apium graveolens
Smallage
Height: 12" Zone: 4-8 Light: sun - part shade
DESCRIPTION: Very leafy, biennial plant with thin hollow stalks with flat umbrella like small white blooms similar to Queens Anne's, forming many seed heads. Smallage seeds are what is sold in the stores as Celery seed. The leaves are used in salad adding a wonderful celery flavor. French chefs use the stalks in soaps and stews, but use sparingly since the flavor is much more concentrated than celery. Much easier to grow then celery, and is great to have in the yard when a recipe call for celery, simply walk out to your landscape and snip some leaves.
Price: $4.49

Artemesia vulgaris
Mugwort
Height: 48" Zone: 3 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Europeans would stuff pillows with mugwort in the belief that it would bring happy, vivid dreams. Its mild sage-like scent repels moths. Foliage is broadly divided with green leaves and purple stems. A medicinal herb said to treat headaches, it can also be used in herbal wreaths, and in bath sachets to relieve aches in muscles and joints. Fresh sprigs are put into beer. It is also valued as a magic plant or charm.
Price: $4.90

Artemisia abrotanum var.
Tangerine Southernwood or Lad's Love
Height: 48" Zone: 5-8 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: A fragrant citrus aroma with finely cut foliage, its stems are used in wreath and basket making and serve as a moth repellent. In France, it is called "garde-robe," which refers to the inclusion of this herb in sachets to protect clothes from insect infestations. Also called "Lad's Love" and "old man" because of the legend of smearing its ashes in an ointment base to make pimply youths sprout beards and to bring new growth to balding heads.
Price: $4.90

Artemisia absinthum
Wormwood
Height: 36" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Moth repellent and excellent dried foliage used in herbal wreaths. A very lovely, silvery shrubby perennial that can be used in a shrub border. Once used to flavor alcohol; that use is now banned. The active ingredient, can lead to serious mental disorders if taken internally; do not, under any terms, use this herb internally! One of the herbs of the Bible that grew along the trail of the Serpent that slithered out of the garden of Eden. Carried in the middle ages to develop psychic powers and protect against evil spells.
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Artemisia dracunculus
French Tarragon
Height: 24" Zone: 3-7 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: A culinary necessity! A strong licorice flavor used in French cooking. Great for herbal vinegars, sauces, fish and stews. Be careful not to overcook this herb or it can become bitter. Historically used to treat snake bites and ease fatigue, it has a mild anesthetic effect and was once used to treat tooth aches. Host plant for the swallowtail butterfly.
Price: $4.49

Artemisia ludoviciana
Prairie Sage Bush / Silver King
Height: 36" Zone: 4-9 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: Striking silver two inch downy lobed leaves are nearly white and are outstanding when planted in mass. This popular plant is used in the dried flower trade for wreath bases and bouquet filler. Also know as "DAKOTA SAGE" and is used by Native Americans both in ceremonies and medicinally. American Painted Lady Butterflies use this plant as a host plant to feed their young. Use in moderation when cooking.
Price: $4.49

Chamomile nobile
Roman Chamomile
Height: 2" Zone: 4-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Historically, chamomile tea was used as a tonic to treat indigestion and menstrual cramps. Plant this semi evergreen, fragrant perennial between flagstones or along walkways. Very aromatic apple scented foliage with mini daisy like flowers. It is said in folk lore that it attracts money, and if you bath in it, it will attract love. Sprinkle it around your property to remove curses.
Price: SOLD OUT BUT WE HAVE GERMAN AVAILABLE - on next page.

Chrysanthemum balsamita
Costmary or Bible-leaf
Height: 36" Zone: 4 Light: sun to shade
DESCRIPTION: Pleasant balsam-like fragrance; is used in sachets and herbal baths. Adds a minty flavor to beverages and fruit salads. Since colonial days, the leaves marked the pages of bible verses; however it did not serve as just an innocent bookmark. Sleepy churchgoers would sniff and nibble on the edges and they would be revived during long, boring sermons. I wonder if it could be determined which parish had the most boring clergy by the amount of Costmary grown in the area? Perhaps students who snooze over their texts could benefit from this herbal plant. It is astringent and antiseptic; try an infusion of costmary leaves as an astringent after washing with soap.
Price: $4.49

Cymbopogon citratus
Thai Lemon Grass
Height: 30" Zone: 9 Light: sun
DESCRIPTION: This herb grass is native to Malaysia and grown throughout Asia and California. Is one of the most important in Southeast Asian cooking and has made its way into countless dishes. The stalks are too tough to eat but impart a distinctive fragrance and taste when simmered in a liquid.
IN 2.5 INCH DEEP PLANT CONTAINER
Price: $4.90