Herbs for Tea

15 Herbs for Tea  Growing your own herbal teas can be just as therapeutic as drinking them. The tea garden is a sensory delight, producing colors, aromas and flavors to enjoy throughout the seasons. The plants are easy to grow and you don’t...

Anise – Ancient Sweet and Spicy Aromatic Herb The captivating aromas and flavors of Italian biscotti are partly from the anise seeds used in its recipe. The delicately sweet and aromatic bouquet with a distinctive licorice flavor has been...

Catnip - More than Just for Cats Catnip, also called cat mint, is a powerfully fragrant plant whose little clusters of white spotted-lavender flowers have been cultivated for centuries for medical purposes.   Details Catnip is...

Cherokee Sweet Mint - A Pollinator Paradise Cherokee Sweet Mint or Hoary Mountainmint is an easy growing native perennial wildflower with a distinctive, minty/herbal scent. All parts of the plant emit a strong, spearmint-like aroma when...

Clary Sage - Colorful Beauty Originally a native of southern Europe and Syria, Clary Sage has been used medicinally and as a flavoring for beverages. Details Soft, woolly heart shaped leaves with lilac, pale blue, pink or white flowers form in whorls...

Creeping Thyme - The Scented Ground Cover Resilient and reliable hardy, soft ornamental used for paths, rock gardens, or containers. Details Thick, spreading, ground cover with rosy pink flowers and oblong leaves with a lemony scent. One of the...

East Indian Lemongrass - Lemon Without the Citrus Tree This aromatic grass has clumped, bulbous stems becoming leaf blades widely used in Thai cuisine, with a distinct lemon flavor.  Details A densely tufted perennial with thick stems, lemongrass...

Feverfew - The Gardener's Aspirin Feverfew is a very aromatic herb that has medium to yellow-green leaves with long lasting small, white, daisy-like flowers. Details A hardy plant, feverfew needs little attention. Feverfew is propagated several ways,...

German Chamomile The tiny daisy-like flowers have a strong, aromatic apple scent and bloom early to mid-summer. They have collars of white drooping petals circling raised, cone-shaped, hollow yellow centers and are less than an inch wide, growing on...

Joe Pye Weed  An amazing plant that is a native herb, a wildflower, a butterfly plant and an ornamental for the flower and vegetable garden. Composite, rose-purple flowers have a vanilla-like scent. In danger of extinction in the wild, direct...

Lemon Balm - Of Bees and Lemons Lemon Balm is so known because the crushed leaves smell strongly of lemons, has a very long history of use as a healing herb, an insect repellent and as a culinary herb. Lemon Balm is very attractive to bees and...

Lemon Bee Balm - The Bee and Butterfly Wonderland Long flowering native annual wildflower with unusually fragrant, curved, tubular flowers in purple to pink. Attracts multitudes of hummingbirds and butterflies. Details This annual species is...

Mexican Marigold/Mexican Tarragon - Herb of Gods and Emperors Often overlooked or misunderstood, Mexican marigold - otherwise known as Mexican tarragon, botanical name Tagetes lucida - is an undiscovered treasure for your garden, no matter whether it is...

Navajo/Hopi Tea - Revered Ancient Plant of Many Uses Greenthread or Navajo/Hopi Tea is a cherished, beautifully hardy native herb that thrives in harsh conditions while generously sharing its abundant gifts. This short-lived perennial is native to North...

Nutmeg Flower/Black Cumin - Ancient Seeds of Blessing and Health Easy growing, abundant cheery bright blue flowers were widely known and revered by the ancient world, but you’ll love their attractive sprays of fringed blossoms in shades ranging...