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Common
Name
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Scientific
Name
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Height
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Spacing
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Light
requirement
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Propagation
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Uses
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| Angelica | Angelica archangelica | 2 to 3' | 3' | Partial shade | Grow from seed | Stems in salads, or raw; leaves in soups and stews; teas; crafts. |
| Anise hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | 3 to 5' | 12 to 24" | Sun, light shade | Grow from seed or division | Attracts bees; edible flowers; leaves for flavoring or teas; crafts; seeds used in cookies, cakes, and muffins. |
| Artemisia | Artemisia spp. | 2 to 3' | 24" | Sun, partial shade | Division | Wreaths and other crafts; aromatic foliage. |
| Bee Balm | Monarda didyma | 2 to 3' | 12 to 15" | Sun, partial shade | Grow from seed or division; invasive rhizomes | Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds; teas; flavor jellies, soups, stews, and fruit salads; edible flowers; dried flowers in crafts. |
| Burnet, salad | Poterium sanguisorba | 12" | 18 to 24" | Sun, well drained soil | Grow from seed or division. | Cucumber flavored leaves used in salads, vinegar, butter, cottage cheese, and cream cheese; garnish. |
| Clary sage | Salvia sclarea | 5' | 24" | Sun | Grow from seed; biennial. | Leaves in omelets, fritters, and stews; flavoring of beers and wines; oil. |
| Chamomile | Chamaemelum nobile | 2 to 4" | Sun, partial shade; well drained soil | Grow from seed, division, or stem cuttings | Dried flowers for tea; potpourris; herb pillows. | |
| Catnip | Nepta cataria | 3 to 4' | 12 to 18" | Sun or shade | Grow from seed or division | Teas; fragrance for cats. |
| Chives | Allium schoenoprasum | 12" | 12" | Sun, partial shade | Grow from seed or division | Edible flower; leaves for flavoring, eggs, soups, salads, butter, cheese, dips, spreads, etc. |
| Costmary | Chrysanthemum balsamita | 2 to 4' | 12" | Sun, light shade | Division | Garnish; fragrance. |
| Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare | 4 to 5' | 4 to 12" | Sun | Grow from seeds, difficult to transplant | Entire plant edible; seeds in sausage and baked goods; leaves used with fish, vegetables, cheese spreads, and soups. |
| Feverfew |
Tanacetum parthenium | 2 to 3' | 12" | Sun, partial shade | Grow from seed or division | Tea, crafts. |
| Geranium, scented | Pelargonium spp. | 12 to 24" | 12 to 24" | Sun | Grow from stem cuttings | Teas, potpourris, sachets, jellies, vinegars, desserts. |
| Germander | Teucrium chamaedrys | 10 to 12" | 8 to 10" | Sun, partial shade | Slow to germinate from seed. Stem cuttings, layering, division | Attracts bees, decorative plant. |
| Horehound | Marrubium vulgare | 24" | 15" | Full sun | Grow from seed, cuttings, or division | Attracts bees; tea; flavoring in candy, crafts. |
| Hyssop | Hyssopus officinalis | 24" | 15" | Sun | Grow from seed, stem cuttings, or division | Attracts bees and butterflies; mostly decorative usage, potpourri. |
| Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia | 24" | 18" | Sun | Grow from seed or stem cuttings | Potpourris; herb pillows; crafts, vinegars, jellies. |
| Lemon balm | Melissa officinalis | 3' | 2' | Sun, light shade | Grow from seed, stem cuttings, or division | Teas; flavor soups, stew, fish, poultry, vegetables, and meat dishes; garnish; potpourris. |
| Lemon verbena | Aloysia triphylla | 2 to 5' | 12 to 24" | Sun | Grow from seed or stem cuttings | Potpourris; herb pillows; lemon flavoring for drinks, salads, and jellies. |
| Lovage | Levisticum officinale | 3 to 4' | 6' | Sun, partial shade | Sow seeds late summer; division. | Seeds in breads, butters, and cakes; teas; leaves in soup, stew, cheese, cookies, and chicken dishes; root edible. |
| Marjoram | Majorana hortensis | 1 to 2' | 12" | Sun | Grow from stem cuttings, division, or seed | Flavoring for meats, salads, omeletes, vinegars; jellies; teas; flower head for crafts. |
| Oregano | Origanum vulgare | 24" | 8 to 12" | Sun | Grow from seed, cuttings, or division | Flavoring for tomato dishes, meat, poultry, and pork stuffings; vegetables, sauces, etc. |
| Peppermint | Mentha x piperita | 36" | 18" | Sun, light shade | Cuttings and division recommended; invasive rhizomes | Teas, fragrance. |
| Rosemary | Rosemaryinus officinalis | 3 to 6' | 12" | Sun | Seeds slow to germinate; stem cuttings, layering, or division | Teas; flavoring for vinegar, jam, bread, butters, stuffing, vegetables, stew, and meat dishes. |
| Rue | Ruta graveolens | 3' | 12 to 18" | Sun | Grow from seed, stem cuttings, or division | Decorative plant; bitter leaves added to salads, sandwiches,vinegar; crafts. |
| Sage | Salvia officinalis | 18" | 12" | Sun | Grows slowly from seed; stem cuttings, division, layering | Seasoning for meat, vegetable and egg dishes; stuffings. |
| Sage,
pineapple |
Salvia elegans | 48" | 24" | Sun | Stem cuttings | Attracts hummingbirds; teas; potpourri; cream cheese; jams, jellies. |
| Santolina | Santolina chamaecyparissus | 24" | 2 to 3' | Sun, needs good drainage | Slow to germinate from seeds. Stem cuttings, layering, or division | Dried arrangement, potpourris; accent plant. |
| Sorrel | Rumex spp. | 3 to 4' | 12" | Sun | Grow from seed | Flavoring of soups, butters, omelets. |
| Southernwood | Artemisia abrotanum | 4' | 18" | Sun, well drained soil | Stem cuttings, division | Teas; sachets; potpourris. |
| Spearmint | Mentha spicata | 18" | 18" | Sun, partial shade | Cuttings or division recommended; invasive rhizomes | Teas; flavor teas, sauces, jellies, and vinegars; leaves in fruit salad, peas, etc. |
| Sweet marjoram | Origanum majorana | 8" | 12" | Sun | Grow from seed, division, or cuttings | Flavor tomato sauces, eggs, etc. Leaves in salads, sauces, pizza, and meats. |
| Sweet rocket | Hesperis matronnalis | 3 to 4' | 24" | Sun | Grow from seed | Salads. |
| Sweet woodruff | Galium odoratum | 8" | 12" | Partial shade | Division | Tea; sachets. |
| Tansy | Tanacetum vulgare | 3 to 4' | 2 to 3' | Sun | Grow from seed or division | Toxic oil in leaves; decorative plant; crafts. |
| Tarragon | Artemisia dracunculus | 24" | 12" | Sun | Division or root cutting, stem cuttings are slow to root | Sauces, salads, soups, omelets, meat, vegetable, and fish dishes. |
| Thyme, common | Thymus vulgaris | 4 to 8" | 6 to 12" | Sun | Cuttings, seeds or division | Teas; attracts bees; sachets; potpourris; flavoring for poultry, fish, stews, soups, tomatoes, cheese, eggs, and rice. |
| Valerian | Valeriana officinalis | 2 to 5' | 12 to 24" | Sun | Division is recommended over seeding | Roots for flavoring; ornamental plant. |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 8" to 5' | 12" | Sun | Seeds or division | Crafts. |
| Winter savory | Satureja montana | 24" | 18" | Sun | Grow in light, sandy soil from cuttings or seed; Cut out dead wood | Leaves used to flavor meat, fish, salads, soup, stew, and sausage. |
| Wormwood | Artemisia absinthium | 36" | 5' | Sun | Seed germinate slowly; stem cuttings, division | Bitter flavor; toxic if consumed in large quantity. |
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