Herb Garden - Page 6 of 12 - Fine Gardening
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Plant GuideStiff goldenrod
Solidago rigidaThis lovely goldenrod has velvety leaves that are gray-green in summer and dusky rose in autumn.
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Plant GuideGray goldenrod
Solidago nemoralisThis is one of the smallest species of goldenrod, topping out at only 4 to 6 inches high in poor soils, and 2 feet high in fertile soils.
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Plant Guide‘Purple Rain’ sage
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'Throughout the summer, this cultivar produces multiple flower spikes in irresistible shades of smoky purple.
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Plant GuideRosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Salem'
This hardy, fast-growing evergreen shrub has an upright, rounded form and attractive flowers.
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Plant Guide‘Roger’s Delight’ scented geranium
Pelargonium ‘Roger’s Delight’Trailing ‘Roger’s Delight’ has lemon-scented leaves and large red upper petals and paler lower petals.
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Plant Guide‘Pungent Peppermint’ scented geranium
Pelargonium ‘Pungent Peppermint’This trailing plant has peppermint-scented, deeply cut leaves and mauve flowers.
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Plant GuideFragrant Solomon’s seal
Polygonatum odoratumFrom late spring to early summer, this species bears pendent, green-tipped white flowers along arching stems.
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Plant GuideCurly-leaf parsley
Petroselinum crispum 'Crispum'
This clumping perennial has triangular, strongly flavored, crinkly leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Dropmore’ catmint
Nepeta × faassenii ‘Dropmore’This cultivar is a clump-forming perennial with toothed gray-green leaves and larger flowers than the hybrid.
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Plant GuideAnise hyssop
Agastache foeniculumA classic plant for both herb gardens and borders, anise hyssop is composed of erect branches of mint-and-licorice-scented, medium green leaves ending in fuzzy spikes of small lavender flowers.
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