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Will live year after year in zone 5b and maybe colder zones.

Lavandin, Grosso -Fat Spike

Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bees, Borders, Cut Flower, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

After an ""Herb Companion"" article rated this the best overall variety, we had to offer it. The experts and we agree. 'Grosso' earned finest overall appearance, color, size, flavor and fragrance plus it's hardy to Ontario, Canada! Even three weeks after we cut off the first crop of flowers, the whole area still had the marvelous fragrance. Dry easily, to preserve appearance and fragrance for a long time. No wonder it's the most popular lavender in France by far.
$ 4.29

Lavandin, Hidcote Giant

Lavandula x intersectional 'Hidcote Giant'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3-4 ft.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Very large, light violet flower heads on long, 2-1/2 foot stems is what gives this fragrant lavender a giant reputation. You'll enjoy its productivity as you harvest for potpourris and large wands.
$ 4.29

Lavandin, Marge Clark

Lavandula angustifolia 'Marge Clark'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bath, Bedding Plant, Bees, Borders, Cut Flower, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

From H & H Botanical in Michigan and named for the incredible herbalist who passed away suddenly a few years back, this is a superb seedling selection with very dark purple flowers and nice plant shape. An improvement over ""Provence"" with darker flowers. Rebloomed occasionally throughout the season.
$ 4.29

Lavandin, Richard Gray

Lavandula x intersectional 'Richard Gray'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun Only to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Late Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Similar to ""Sawyer's Woolly"" except that the leaves as well as the entire plant appear shorter and the shade of silver is, well, kicked up a notch!
$ 4.29

Lavandin, Seal

Lavandula x intermedia 'Seal'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3-4 ft.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Bath, Bees, Borders, Cut Flower, Fragrant, Hedges/Shrubs, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Do not confuse this ""Seal"" with the ""Seal Seven Oaks"" (English) Lavender. Both are hardy here, but this Lavandin is much taller with mauve flowers and it blooms a little later. It is known for producing large numbers of flower spikes per plant.
$ 4.29

Lavandin, Super

Lavandula X intermedia ‘Super’

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3-4 ft.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Bath, Bedding Plant, Bees, Borders, Cut Flower, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Aromatherapists: stop here! Flower heads are very large, showy and produce some of the finest essential oils. A plant in bloom can reach up to 5' tall, in July, but we suggest you prune, the light violet spikes & branches, to a manageable, more attractive, 2-3 foot height.
$ 4.29

Lavandin, White Provence

Lavandula x intermedia 'Alba'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2 1/2 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bath, Bees, Borders, Cut Flower, Fragrant, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Someday I'll see France for myself but until then I can dream & admire these pure white flowers waving softly in our lavender field. Tall stalks tower above silvery foliage, July through August.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Croxton’s Wild

Lavandula angustifolia 'Croxton's Wild'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3+ feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Bath, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Ornamental, Potpourri, Tea

We dropped the lavender commonly known as ""True English Lavender"" for this European introduction. If you desire a tall, wild looking, silvery, shrub with thigh-high masses of light, lavender-blue flowers, we think you will enjoy this ""true lavender."" Buds in your blueberries? You decide. Tom DeBaggio introduction.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Cynthia Johnson

Lavandula angustifolia ‘Cynthia Johnson’

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 1/2 Feet - 2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Hardy To Zone 4 @ -30 degrees! Cross your fingers and order early because the last time this was offered, we sold out in a month. Dark blue-purple flowers in tight clusters on taller stems than "Hidcote" appear about a week later, contributing to a longer blooming season. A Rice Creek introduction - Thank you Cynthia Johnson!, who ever you are.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Hidcote Type

Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' Type

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 12-18 inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

This very dwarf cultivar (shorter than 'Munstead') with dark blue/purple flower spikes, upscales any container, border, or hedge. Along with cooking, it's also terrific in potpourris where only buds are desired. Intentionally selected and grown from cuttings, for finest plants.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Karen Langan

Lavandula angustifolia `Munstead-type'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 12-18 inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Garden Railroads, Medicinal, , Ornamental

We selected from our "Munstead" seedlings the one plant that had the darkest blue flower buds, most silvery foliage & repeat flowered in the fall. Seed grown varieties vary in all those features. Finally, Mark named this variety after Karen for having put up with me for all these years. Believe me, this is the least she deseves it!

Harvest stalks before first flowers open. Use fresh or dried for arrangements, tussie-mussies, and wands. This is the very best lavender for long hedges and general landscaping. $ 4.29

Lavender, Melissa Pink

Lavandula angustifolia 'Melissa'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Garden Railroads, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

Horticulturists are always looking for colors that aren't ""normal"" for the species and we love contradictions like this PINK LAVENDER. White and flower stalks bloom from June through July for a delicate fragrant summer performance. Use like the other ""normal"" lavenders.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Pink

Lavandula angustifolia `Jean Davis'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Pale pink flower spikes appear in June on very dense, compact, mounds. One of our most hardy varieties that remains evergreen throughout the winter without the typical near-death look of many Lavenders. Nicely fragrant flowers for fresh use only in ""open stage,"" as flowers do not dry well.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Seal Seven Oaks

Lavandula angustifolia 'Seal Seven Oaks'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 1/2 to 2 feet
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

Lavender is so easy on the eye and disposition, why not extend the season? `Seal Seven Oaks' bloom about 2 weeks earlier than other cultivars with light purple and violet clusters of flowers on long stalks.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Thumbelina

Lavandula angustifolia 'Thumbelinar'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1ft. x 1 ft. wide
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Bees, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Edible Flowers, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Tea

Super short, super hardy perennial with very blue flowers that appear for about 2-3 weeks each June. Great railroad garden shrub.
$ 4.29

Lavender, Twickel Purple

Lavandula angustifolia 'Twickel Purple'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 12-18in.
Water: Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Bedding Plant, Borders, Culinary, Cut Flower, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Soap Making

Among the many lavenders, ""Twickel Purple"" distinguishes itself in its growth habit. Two foot stems fan out around the plant culminating in narrow, dark purple-violet spikes above.
$ 4.29

Lemon Balm, Citronella

Melissa officinalis ‘Citronella’.

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun
Height: 1-2 ft.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Fragrant

This strongly fragrant variety does indeed smell of ""citronella."" Let's hope it enhances lemon balm's inherent insect repelling qualities.
$ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Golden

Melissa officinalis `Aurea'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to Shade
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Tea

Golden is a compact, gilded leaf version of the species. Matures to green but is very ornamental, nonetheless and it'll come up golden again the following spring. Makes a great lemonade! Not as aggressively self-sowing as regular ""Lemon Balm"".
$ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Improved

Melissa officinalis 'Quedlinburger'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Shade, Tea

Higher oil content and hardier than species, so use it abundantly, fresh or frozen, in summer sun teas, soups and fish. As flowers appear in summer, cut back 1/2 and use, to avoid self sowing seed. This is an herb that encourages you to use it!
$ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Lime

Melissa officinalis ‘Lime’

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 1-2 ft.
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Ornamental, Potpourri, Tea

Offered with honesty, this variety is mildly ""lime scented."" We offer in hopes that some breeder can multiply this subtle flavor and introduce a powerful lime flavored variety.
$ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Seed-free

Melissa officinalis `Sterile'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to P.Shade-Shade
Height: Normal
Water: Organic-Loamy
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Borders, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Potpourri, Tea

Check off another plant from Mark's wish list. When he saw it featured in Herb Companion magazine, awhile ago, he went on the hunt. Not only will this not make seeds that spread flamboyantly, but it is also a compact, mounding variety. Victory, at last!
$ 3.79

Lemon Balm, Variegated

Melissa officinalis `Variegata'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade to Shade
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bath, Culinary, Fragrant, Medicinal, Potpourri

A shorter version of the species with splashes of bright yellow, mixed randomly, on spring leaves which matures to green as summer heats up. The following spring, it will emerge with splashes again.
$ 3.79

Lovage

Levisticum officinale

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P. Shade
Height: 6 Feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Summer
Common Uses:Borders, Culinary, Ornamental, Shade

Very large, hardy, strongly flavored celery substitute which is best grown in the back of a shady border. Use fresh cut stalks as a straw in ""Bloody Marys"". Seeds, leaves or roots are used, fresh or dried, in soups, stir-fries and tuna fish. Tall yellow flower stalks make dramatic feature display. To stop scald, mulch or provide extra summer water.
$ 3.79

MINT

I'd like to dispel a couple of "myths about mints" (say that 5 times).

Mints have been know to take over small towns. In a few situations, like a shady area you can't mow, it's O.K. However, sinking a soil filled, 5 gallon bucket, with holes in the bottom for drainage, into the ground and then planting mint in a bucket, will contain them beautifully. Allow 3" of bucket above ground, to stop mint runners.
You CAN plant a variety of mints in 1 bed granted you keep flowers clipped. You will disappoint the bees, but next year's seedling won't have a muddled mint flavor.

Mints enjoy part to full shade, moist & peaty soil and all are hardy here. As exposure to sun and water increases, so does the spread and height of mints. These scented standbys are suited under apple trees, in patio container or unmowable slopes.

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