What Herbs Are Perennials

Sweet woodruff, or Galium odoratum (formerly classified as Asperula odorata), is a low-maintenance perennial long cultivated in shady gardens. The "sweet" part of this delicate-looking beauty's name refers to the refreshing hay-like scent of its leaves...

It flowers slightly later for me than Herrenhausen and has a paler flower, which is more abundant and billowing. Ornamental herbs, those cultivated for beauty or for pollinator use are often overlooked by gardeners.

I gather colours, not names. Thinning the patch to promote good air circulation will help prevent the problem. On the opposite end of the scale, they will develop root rot if conditions are too wet for long periods.Good news for Northern gardeners, Monarda...

Cut a washcloth in half and sew a trim on the top that you can weave a ribbon or cord through. This turns into a dark yucky looking mess when wet, but is the most soothing blend I have ever used! It can be used 2-3 times, then tossed into the trash.1...

After a few years, you may want to split your clump into several smaller ones.Just be prepared to use a sharp tool and a little muscle on the thickly matted roots.I use small clumps of Chinese chives as a garden border.Little did I know when I first bought...

I didn't want to face adversity, whatever that was. She dropped a wallflower from her castle window as a signal to her beloved to tell him that she was ready to elope. It was a consolidated school, and teenagers from all the surrounding hollers were thrown...

In the world of edible salad herbs alone, there are at least 20 species that contain the name "Rocket," from Corn Rocket to Prairie Rocket, to Sea Rocket, to Wild Rocket.If you're looking for something unusual to do with one of your flower beds, why not...

At last a beebalm that was wind-tolerant! This rosy-pink selection is also mildew resistant. The Morden Research Station in Manitoba, Canada was one of the premier beebalm breeders (as well as rose breeders; alas that breeding station is now closed).

Best known areAll Lavenders have a distaste for poor drainage, high humidity, and acid soil. And exactly which flower varieties do we perceive as lavender? It was with some amazement, then, that I learned that lavender imparts such a feeling.

Today herbalists recommend sundew sap for soothing coughs due to irritation and ascribe to it antispasmodic properties that would also help stop coughing.comes from a Greek word meaning "dew".

Gaps between the rocks will help with drainage. On a steep hillside, a semicircle of stones on the downhill side of a plant can work wonders. Juggle them around a bit to find the best fit, and they'll stay put without mortar.When you've built up the rim...

Fresh blooms are fashioned into wreaths, bouquets, and wands that retain both their beauty and their fragrance as they dry. It will tolerate drought, so the 18 inches of annual rainfall in the central part of Whidbey Island's suits it just fine.

I was a little sentimental about the daylily contribution as well.Anyway, sorry for that moment of digression. At this point, the juice that was extracted from the roots could be added to a few drops of water and given as a diuretic to one suffering from...

As you go along, you can tuck in any lavender buds and flowers that try to escape, as well as tucking in that short end of the ribbon.When you get to the end of the flower buds, you could simply secure the ribbon with a knot around the stems and then...

Succulents evolved to store water in thick roots, stems or leaves during heavy periods of rain, enabling them to survive long periods with limited or no water.They are classified as xeriphytic plants, meaning they resist drought.

In late winter's warmth, the bud and leaves emerge from the soil. Daffodils are perennials that return year after year in the garden when given the proper culture. Conversely, the long, hot summer in northern and central Florida, zone 9, can harm some...

Once the mound freezes, cover with evergreen cuttings or straw to help insulate the plant. While roses in the home garden may not last quite that long, proper site selection, planting, care and pruning will ensure that perennial roses do continue to bloom...

All petunias, but especially white and purple ones, produce a pleasant fragrance.Although petunias are annuals, providing the best possible growing conditions allows petunias to produce more flowers for a longer period of time.

In its native climate, and the warmer areas of the United States, gazania grows as a perennial. In colder climates, it works best as an annual or perennial houseplant, according to Cornell University.For outdoor planting, the gazania thrives as a perennial...

In our mountains however, it died down in the winter, to return in mid spring. If she told me it would protect me from all harm, I believed her. In gathering current information on Plumbago, it is just as Aunt Bett said with one exception.

I started going to his house with Aunt Bett at about the same time she was treating him for his sore throat. He was stooped and walked with a hand carved walking stick made out of sassafras, he told me.

My shirt pockets might smell of roses, and my jeans might carry the scent of sage and rosemary, but I sure did smell good wherever I went. What follows is a good basic recipe for potpourri, it isn't difficult, and will make enough for your home as well...

It isn't bad looking, and I keep both of them pruned so that they don't look too shabby. They laugh at the 20-foot-tall holly that the birds planted, and the magnolia that I started from seed.

I was anxious to find plants to match those I remembered. To me that would be like caging one of our visiting finches or robins, or even a hummingbird.So I have to live without horseweed in my life, and it is probably a good thing since for the life of...

Mildred was out of school this week and I was told lice was the reason. And I had only made it to my ninth birthday.We had supper alone, and Ninna had baked a cake and decorated it with nine candles.

OK, stop here for a minute and picture this: Aunt Bett did not have screens over her windows or her doors. Finally Aunt Bett breathed again. I wanted to plant them by her front and back doors.

That is my solution to the problem of disturbing the yarrow roots. For the time being, The pink yarrow is content to live at the base of a few other trees and in the sunny patches out front; however, the maturing trees continually compete for sunshine...