Herb Garden - Page 8 of 12 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Whirlybird Mix’ nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus ‘Whirlybird Mix’

    This old-fashioned cultivar of the species has a mounding habit and grows up to 18 inches tall and a foot wide.

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    ‘Empress of India’ nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus ‘Empress of India’

    This old-fashioned cultivar has a mounding habit and grows to a foot tall and wide.

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    ‘Alaska Mix’ nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus ‘Alaska Mix’

    This old-fashioned cultivar of the species has a mounding habit and grows 10-12 inches tall.

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    English wild thyme

    Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus

    This thyme grows to 6 inches tall, with fuzzy stems and tiny, rounded, fuzzy blue-green leaves.

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    Wall germander

    Teucrium chamaedrys

    This evergreen or deciduous subshrub is grown for its attractive, dark green aromatic foliage and its light pink to deep purple flowers, which blossom in summer and early fall.

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    Wrinkleleaf goldenrod

    Solidago rugosa

    This species has open, tree-shaped flower clusters that radiate out like a fountain.

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    Silver sage

    Salvia argentea

    This biennial or short-lived perennial is grown for its massive, downy-silver rosettes of foliage.

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    Saffron crocus

    Crocus sativus

    The saffron crocus blooms in the autumn, producing 1 to 5 rich lilac flowers with dark purple veins, held wide open above inconspicuous foliage.

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    Basil

    Ocimum basilicum

    The herb of kings combines superbly with roses.

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    English lavender

    Lavandula angustifolia

    English lavender has silvery gray, aromatic foliage topped in summer with lavender-blue to dark purple flowers on long stems.