Herbs 2001

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Herb Page 2001

These are what I either KNOW I have (plants or seeds), or what I'm pretty sure will come back up (perennials). Check back often for updates!

Common Name

Botanical Name

Type
Uses Harvest
Comments

CATNIP
Nepeta cataria Perennial Culinary
Ornamental
Medicine Teas Symbolizes rapture; cultivated as a treat for cats.

CHIVES
Allium schoenoprasum Perennial Culinary Flowers
Ornamental
Chop chives into cream cheese or cottage cheese; great on potatoes.
Symbolises "usefulness; easy to grow and very productive over long season.

CHIVES, GARLIC
Allium tuberosum Perennial Culinary Flowers
Ornamental
Use as with regular chives in salads, soups, eggs and chesse dishes.
Seeds sprout easily so cut off spent flowers if you do not want more plants. Symbolizes "usefulness; easy to grow and very productive over long season.

COMFREY
Symphytum officinale Perennial Medicine Teas
Leaf and root used as poultices and in washes to treat cuts, scrapes, skin inflammations and sprains.
Do not used internally! No longer recom- mended for food or tea.

Symbolizes "Home Sweet Home"

CILANTRO / CORIANDER Coriandrum sativum Annual Culinary
Cilantro is a frequent ingredient in Mexican cooking and in other ethnic cuisine. The citrus and sage flavor is a must in salsa and guacamole.

Fresh leaves are best so growing your own insures a good supply. The ground seeds (coriander) are used in Indian cooking. Cilantro attracts beneficial in
Symbolizes "Hidden Worth"

Dill Anethum graveolens
Pic #2
Annual Culinary
Fragrance
Add to sauces, cheese, egg & fish dishes. Seeds make pickles. Mince leaves w/scissors, not knife to preserve flavor.
Snip off the developing flower stalks to keep the plant from setting seed and harvest the leaves Symbolizes preservation; easy to grow with beautiful ferny growth, dill is grown for both its leaves and seeds.

FENNEL, FLORENCE
Foeniculum vulgare 'Azoricum' Perennial - Evergreen Culinary
Ornamental Fragrance Bulb has an anise flavor and fleshy consist- ancy; is sliced into salads or cooked as a vege- table. Symbolizes "strength;" is grown for its edible "bulb" formed from the swollen leaf bases.

FENNEL, SWEET
Foeniculum vulgare Biennial Culinary
Fresh leaves can be gathered and used the first summer in salads or to garnish fish entrees.
Symbolizes "Worthy Of All Praise;" similar in appearance to dill.

HOREHOUND Marrubium vulgare Perennial Culinary
Ornamental
Medicine Teas
Used in cough and cold remedies. An infusion relaxes muscles and acts as an expectorant.
Symbolises "health;" a pleasantly aromatic perennial.

LAMBS' EAR Stachys byzantina Evergreen perennial Flowers Ornamental
Once known for medicinal properties, now an ornamental. Some people keep the flowers trimmed off to favor the exotic foliage. Others use the flowers in dried arrangements. Perhaps Lamb's Ear best use is as an attractive groundcover.
Symbolizes "gentleness;"

LavendEr, Provence Lavendula angustifolia "Provence" Evergreen perennial Culinary Flowers Ornamental Fragrance
Use fresh leaves and other herbs to flavor strong game meats and fowl. Use flowers and sprigs to make perfumes, sweet-smelling wreaths, potpourri, dry arrangements and fresh bouquets.
Symbolizes "devotion;" Queens of the scented herb garden! This variety is a dwarf English Lavender.

Mint, Apple Mentha suaveolens Perennial Culinary
Fragrance
Medicine
Strip off whole leaves for potpourris
Pick mint throughout summer to keep plant healthy and under control. Fresh leaves are usually more flavorful than dried.

Symbolizes "virtue;" known also as "Woolly Mint;" pleasing apple fragrance.

MINT, CHOCOLATE Mentha piperita 'Chocolate' Perennial Culinary Fragrance Teas
Great added to chocolate milk, cookies, cakes and candies or just to iced tea in summer.
Symbolizes "refreshment;" A wonderful mint with a hint of chocolate in taste and smell.

MINT, PEPPERMINT Mentha piperita Perennial Culinary
Fragrance
Medicine Teas
The oil of peppermint is the ingredient of mint-flavor- ed candles. Use as a garnish, in fruit cocktails, cold drinks, and salads. Tea aids digestion.

ry in bunches hung upside down to retain juices, or dry leaves in trays. Fresh leaves are usually more flavorful than dried. Mint can by kept frozen in plastic bags. Symbolizes "warmth of feeling."

MINT, PINEAPPLE
Mentha suaveolens 'variegata' Perennial Culinary
Ornamental Fragrance
Teas
Makes a wonderful iced tea or herbal punches in summer. Add to salads, fruit dishes and other desserts. Also good with pork.
Symbolizes "hospitality;" pineapple flavor and scent.

MINT, SPEARMINT Mentha spicata Perennia Culinary
Fragrance
Teas
Spearmint marries well with lamb, and minted apple jelly and lamb are a classic twosome. Refreshing touch to tea and other beverages. Try flavoring peas and cream of pea soup. Mint leaves, chopped or whole are great in salads.

Cut back to the ground at least twice/summer.
Symbolises "refreshment;" considered the most versatile and popular garden mint, spearmint has a fruity aroma and flavor.

MINT,CURLY SPEARMINT Mentha spicata 'crispa' Perennial Culinary
Ornamental Fragrance
Teas
Used to make mint iced tea. Excellent as a garnish. Dry for potpourri.
Plant in pots or herb beds. Ornamental variety of spearmint

RUE

Ruta graveolens
Pic #2
Perennial - Evergreen Culinary
Ornamental
Medicine
Salad dressings, wreaths, and insect repellent in garden.A leaf or two, which are very small, are excellent flavorings in salad dressings, where the bitterness adds body.
Take tender leaves and branch tips for use anytime. Wait until just before frost to take branches for wreaths. Symbolizes "grace;" called "Herb of Grace."
Ancient medicinal plant is beautiful, hardy perennial that grows erect to 24" high & 12" wide. Has silvery blue-green leaves & in early summer, sends up numerous stalks of showy yellow flowers well above foliage. Known as the bitterest of all herbs.

SAVORY, SUMMER Satureja hortensis Annual Culinary Flowers
Summer Savory with its slightly sharp flavor, is usually considered the "gourmet' savory. This annual savory will sometimes die out in our summer heat.
It is what the French call "sarriette" that is so delightful with new peas, and an essential ingredient in "herbes de Provence" along with thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, and basil.
In German, the word for summer savory is "Bohnenkraut", "the bean herb", so complementary is its flavor with all legumes.
Symbolizes "interest."

Common Name	Botanical Name	Type	Uses	Harvest	Comments
CATNIP	Nepeta cataria	Perennial	Culinary Ornamental Medicine Teas		Symbolizes rapture; cultivated as a treat for cats.
CHIVES	Allium schoenoprasum	Perennial	Culinary Flowers Ornamental Chop chives into cream cheese or cottage cheese; great on potatoes.		Symbolises "usefulness; easy to grow and very productive over long season.
CHIVES, GARLIC	Allium tuberosum	Perennial	Culinary Flowers Ornamental Use as with regular chives in salads, soups, eggs and chesse dishes.	Seeds sprout easily so cut off spent flowers if you do not want more plants.	Symbolizes "usefulness; easy to grow and very productive over long season.
COMFREY	Symphytum officinale	Perennial	Medicine Teas Leaf and root used as poultices and in washes to treat cuts, scrapes, skin inflammations and sprains. Do not used internally! No longer recom- mended for food or tea.		Symbolizes "Home Sweet Home"
CILANTRO / CORIANDER	Coriandrum sativum	Annual	Culinary Cilantro is a frequent ingredient in Mexican cooking and in other ethnic cuisine. The citrus and sage flavor is a must in salsa and guacamole. Fresh leaves are best so growing your own insures a good supply. The ground seeds (coriander) are used in Indian cooking. Cilantro attracts beneficial in		Symbolizes "Hidden Worth"
Dill	Anethum graveolens Pic #2	Annual	Culinary Fragrance Add to sauces, cheese, egg & fish dishes. Seeds make pickles. Mince leaves w/scissors, not knife to preserve flavor.	Snip off the developing flower stalks to keep the plant from setting seed and harvest the leaves	Symbolizes preservation; easy to grow with beautiful ferny growth, dill is grown for both its leaves and seeds.
FENNEL, FLORENCE	Foeniculum vulgare 'Azoricum'	Perennial - Evergreen	Culinary Ornamental Fragrance	Bulb has an anise flavor and fleshy consist- ancy; is sliced into salads or cooked as a vege- table.	Symbolizes "strength;" is grown for its edible "bulb" formed from the swollen leaf bases.
FENNEL, SWEET	Foeniculum vulgare	Biennial	Culinary Fresh leaves can be gathered and used the first summer in salads or to garnish fish entrees.		Symbolizes "Worthy Of All Praise;" similar in appearance to dill.
HOREHOUND	Marrubium vulgare	Perennial	Culinary Ornamental Medicine Teas Used in cough and cold remedies. An infusion relaxes muscles and acts as an expectorant.		Symbolises "health;" a pleasantly aromatic perennial.
LAMBS' EAR	Stachys byzantina	Evergreen perennial	Flowers Ornamental Once known for medicinal properties, now an ornamental. Some people keep the flowers trimmed off to favor the exotic foliage. Others use the flowers in dried arrangements. Perhaps Lamb's Ear best use is as an attractive groundcover.		Symbolizes "gentleness;"
LavendEr, Provence	Lavendula angustifolia "Provence"	Evergreen perennial	Culinary Flowers Ornamental Fragrance Use fresh leaves and other herbs to flavor strong game meats and fowl. Use flowers and sprigs to make perfumes, sweet-smelling wreaths, potpourri, dry arrangements and fresh bouquets.		Symbolizes "devotion;" Queens of the scented herb garden! This variety is a dwarf English Lavender.
Mint, Apple	Mentha suaveolens	Perennial	Culinary Fragrance Medicine Strip off whole leaves for potpourris Pick mint throughout summer to keep plant healthy and under control. Fresh leaves are usually more flavorful than dried.		Symbolizes "virtue;" known also as "Woolly Mint;" pleasing apple fragrance.
MINT, CHOCOLATE	Mentha piperita 'Chocolate'	Perennial	Culinary Fragrance Teas Great added to chocolate milk, cookies, cakes and candies or just to iced tea in summer.		Symbolizes "refreshment;" A wonderful mint with a hint of chocolate in taste and smell.
MINT, PEPPERMINT	Mentha piperita	Perennial	Culinary Fragrance Medicine Teas The oil of peppermint is the ingredient of mint-flavor- ed candles. Use as a garnish, in fruit cocktails, cold drinks, and salads. Tea aids digestion.	ry in bunches hung upside down to retain juices, or dry leaves in trays. Fresh leaves are usually more flavorful than dried. Mint can by kept frozen in plastic bags.	Symbolizes "warmth of feeling."
MINT, PINEAPPLE	Mentha suaveolens 'variegata'	Perennial	Culinary Ornamental Fragrance Teas Makes a wonderful iced tea or herbal punches in summer. Add to salads, fruit dishes and other desserts. Also good with pork.		Symbolizes "hospitality;" pineapple flavor and scent.
MINT, SPEARMINT	Mentha spicata	Perennia	Culinary Fragrance Teas Spearmint marries well with lamb, and minted apple jelly and lamb are a classic twosome. Refreshing touch to tea and other beverages. Try flavoring peas and cream of pea soup. Mint leaves, chopped or whole are great in salads.	Cut back to the ground at least twice/summer.	Symbolises "refreshment;" considered the most versatile and popular garden mint, spearmint has a fruity aroma and flavor.
MINT,CURLY SPEARMINT	Mentha spicata 'crispa'	Perennial	Culinary Ornamental Fragrance Teas Used to make mint iced tea. Excellent as a garnish. Dry for potpourri.	Plant in pots or herb beds.	Ornamental variety of spearmint
RUE	Ruta graveolens Pic #2	Perennial - Evergreen	Culinary Ornamental Medicine Salad dressings, wreaths, and insect repellent in garden.A leaf or two, which are very small, are excellent flavorings in salad dressings, where the bitterness adds body.	Take tender leaves and branch tips for use anytime. Wait until just before frost to take branches for wreaths.	Symbolizes "grace;" called "Herb of Grace." Ancient medicinal plant is beautiful, hardy perennial that grows erect to 24" high & 12" wide. Has silvery blue-green leaves & in early summer, sends up numerous stalks of showy yellow flowers well above foliage. Known as the bitterest of all herbs.
SAVORY, SUMMER	Satureja hortensis	Annual	Culinary Flowers	Summer Savory with its slightly sharp flavor, is usually considered the "gourmet' savory. This annual savory will sometimes die out in our summer heat. It is what the French call "sarriette" that is so delightful with new peas, and an essential ingredient in "herbes de Provence" along with thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, and basil. In German, the word for summer savory is "Bohnenkraut", "the bean herb", so complementary is its flavor with all legumes.	Symbolizes "interest."