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Herbs A-Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Not hardy in Ohio, but tough and hardy in warmer parts of the country where you live.

Rosemary, Herb Cottage

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Herb Cottage'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3-4 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Bonsai, , Culinary, , Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Medicinal, , Topiary

When I escape the winter blues and enter our greenhouse, the fluorescent bright blue flowers on 'Herb Cottage' take my breath away. It's a solid well branched selection just jammed with leaves. Excellent for bonsai and topiaries. Formerly listed as 'Salem'
$ 3.79

Rosemary, Herb Cottage 2 Year Old

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Herb Cottage'

Rosemary, Hill Hardy

Rosmarinus officinalis `Madalene Hill'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Topiary

""Thanks for the Memories""

Madeleine Hill did not introduce this hardy variety (she introduced 'Arp'), rather it was named in her honor, by Tom DeBaggio. Long ago we were impressed with it's healthy and hardy growth habit. Not hardy in our open fields, but then all hardy rosemaries have a difficult time overwintering here. Plant against a south wall and protect from brisk winds with something transparent (not mulch!). A well drained, gravelly soil is also critical to prevent spring root rots.
$ 3.79

Rosemary, Ingram

Rosmarinus officinalis `Collingwood Ingramii'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3-4 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Topiary

Ingram is a very fast grower increasing up to 1-1/2 feet in a single year! Small plants start with upright growth and continue growing until they become heavy. they develop a prostrate posture making long stems perfect for Shish-ka-bobs. Darkest blue flowers.
$ 3.79

Rosemary, Large-creeping

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Hungington Carpet'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2-3 Feet trailing
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Topiary

This is the largest creeping variety we offer. Prostrate varieties flower in winter with a similarr beautiful blue color. Because it is practically identical to 'Lockewood de Forest', we have dropped that cultivar.
$ 3.79

Rosemary, Pink Flowering

Rosmarinus officinalis `Majorica Pink'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3-4 Feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal

Pink flowers distinguish this strong, upright, short needled variety. Doesn't branch well, but reaches amazing heights in one season. Another companion for the grill with long stems for Shish-ka-bobs. Mark trained one into a 4 foot Christmas tree in just 3 years. Summer pruning promotes better branching.
$ 3.79

Rosemary, Tuscan Blue

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4 - 5 feet
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Topiary

This rosemary always looks healthy! Is it it's broad leaves like 'Gorizia' but shinier and a bit smaller? Or is it the tall columnar form, reminiscent of an ""Irish Yew?"" It grows better than 7 feet in Zones 7-10. Best of all, I like it's fresh, Christmas scent.
$ 3.79

Rosemary, White-flowering

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Nancy Howard'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-3 Foot trailing
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Loamy-Sandy Well Drained
Flowers: Late Summer
Common Uses:Culinary, , Medicinal, , Topiary

The unique white flowers that cover this masterpiece in late summer, early fall add to the legend of how Mary layed her cloak on a rosemary while escaping to Egypt, turning the white to blue. Was this that white shrub? Balanced rosemary flavor. Hardier variety to below 0 degree F.
$ 3.79

SAGE - SALVIAS

All Sages/Salvia were "Herb of the Year," promoting it as the youth herb as it's been used to darken hair, improve memory, even ease wrinkles. Wishful thinking? Not entirely. We use it in the bath to soothe muscles, drink the tea to ease nerves and indigestion and you'd be WISE to add the silver and white varieties to your white garden. Sage is the common name for salvias, a plant group boasting 600+ varieties. Very generally speaking, sages love the sun, heat, and dry draining slopes, but check out each introduction for differences in hardiness & cultural needs. My favorite quality, however, is the variety of color and leaf shapes which is always welcome in otherwise subtle herb greenery.

Sage, Autumn Coral

Salvia greggii 'Coral'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Container, , Edible Flowers, Medicinal, , Ornamental, , Edible Flowers, , Hummingbird, , Ornamental / Medicinal Sages

We have to admit, during the first Summer we put them in our yard, we weren't all that impressed until Autumn as their name would suggest. Then the cool weather came- and WOW did they ever bloom and put on a great show, Even the butterflies applauded! With all that Spring and Summer shows of color, we need a season extender like this.
$ 3.79

Sage, Autumn Purple

Salvia greggii 'Purple'

Reminiscent of purple bedding plant ""Salvia"" these plants attract the attention of bees, hummingbirds, butterflies and humans.
$ 3.79

Sage, Autumn San Antonio

Salvia greggii 'San Antonio'

This is a bi-colored flower of pastel cream and coral. Each of the species flower somewhat throughout the Summer, but it is in the Fall when all the colors become more vivid and the plants just look as if they've breathed a sigh of relief with cooler temperatures.
$ 3.79

Sage, Autumn White

Salvia greggii 'Alba'

You can always count on the fact that 'Alba' translates to white and that's exactly what you'll get from these flowers.
$ 3.79

Sage, Autumn Wild Thing

Salvia greggii 'Wild Thing'

Just when you think the flower couldn't get any more fuchsia, it kicks it up a notch to a hot, fuchsia pink as the heat fades away. Lipsticks would be jealous.
$ 3.79

Sage, Cleveland

Salvia clevelandii

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2 x 3 Foot
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Borders, , Culinary, , Medicinal

$ 3.79

Sage, Fruit-scented

Salvia dorisiana

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Container, , Culinary, , Ornamental

Fragrant, fuzzy foliage tickle shocking, lipstick pink, 1"" flowers by December. It is a big grower that benefits from frequent tip pinching during the growing season to prevent legginess. If not in a frost free area, dig up or grow in containers to bring inside for a Christmas display. Leaves & flowers are used like ""Pineapple Sage"".
$ 3.79

Sage, Grandfather White

Salvia apiana

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Borders

Used ceremonially by southwestern Native Peoples to purify themselves (in sweat lodges during flu season) or dwellings, this power-filled, silver leaved shrub, about the size of garden sage will have everyone asking ""What is it?"" Traditionally, small wands are burnt to ward off evil spirits. Frankly, it's odors scares anything away. Ask Mark's brother, Kyle, (our website guru) just how bad it smells. According to our brother Soft-Shell Turtle, the eastern Native Peoples use a different sage with the botanical name Artemesia ludoviciana.
$ 3.79

Sage, Hummingbird Blue

Salvia guarantica

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Container, , Ornamental

$ 3.79

Sage, Mexican All-purple

Salvia leucantha 'Midnight'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3-4 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Cut Flower, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

A florist friend told us this was ""the most magnificent cut herb"" he has ever grown. Plants rise to about 5 ft. tall by August, when, fuzzy, blue spikes appear. Cut stem back about 1/3 in June and July to promote more branching, flowering & compact height. Important pollen source for bees in the fall if frost doesn't get them.
$ 3.79

Sage, Pineapple

Salvia elegans

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Sun
Height: 3-4 Feet
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Late Fall
Common Uses:Bees, , Culinary, , Ornamental, , Tea

Delicious scarlet-red flowers on 3' spikes form in the fall as the grand finale. Use fresh leaves or flowers in teas, fruit or chicken salads, white wine, and summer lemonade. Its flavor is more fruity than heavy sage. Plants grow large and enjoy being harvested, but pick lower leaves, which are more succulent, being protected from the sun. Stop pinching tips by August 1st to allow flowers to form.
$ 3.79

Sage, Saltillo

Salvia coahuilensis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade
Height: 2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Late Summer
Common Uses:Bees, , Container, , Medicinal, , Ornamental

Clearly, the most exquisite dark blue flower we grow. It is a shorter growing sage that flowers from August through April in southern gardens or as a houseplant in the north. Flavorful green leaves are used in cooking in native homeland of northeastern Mexico.
$ 3.79

Sage, Tangerine

Salvia elegans 'Tangerine'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1 to 3 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Middle Spring
Common Uses:Borders, , Culinary

Same great flowers as ""Pineapple Sage"", but foliage smells of melons, plants are shorter (for us it grown only two feet) and it flowers from at least May until you allow it to freeze. Inside, it will flower all winter. I just made a luscious honeydew sage syrup for herbal sodas. Even in the winter, you can tell this is one refreshing herb. I can't wait for sun teas!
$ 3.79

Sage, Variegated Red

Salvia microphylla 'Variegata'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 3 - 4 feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bees, , Container, , Medicinal, , Ornamental, , Edible Flowers, , Hummingbird, , Ornamental / Medicinal Sages

Edible scarlet-red flowers, all summer, adorn the white and green leaves. Inedible but exotic ornamental to brighten any mixed herb container.
$ 3.79

SCENTED GERANIUM

Common Uses:Bedding Plant

Herb of the Year 2006

Did you know that scented geraniums are not geraniums at all, botanically? These, plus the popular, annual bedding geraniums are actually pelargoniums, derived from the greek word "pelargos," meaning "stork's bill

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