basil
Ocimum basilicum
Ararat The best tasting purple basil. This heirloom has purplish-gray, mottled foliage, wonderful aroma and … Continued
Other Trait: fragrant
bee balm
Monarda hybrids/Monarda fistulosa/Monarda punctata
Monarda punctata (bee balm, wild bergamot) has large pale lavender whorled flowers June through August. … Continued
‘Bitsy Gold’ hosta
Hosta longissima (R. Savory 1985)
Growing 8″h x 21″w, Bitsy Gold makes a great edger. These small hostas have long … Continued
‘Bright Sunset’ daylily
Hemerocallis hybrids
‘Bright Sunset’ produces 6″, highly fragrant flowers the color of a tropical sunset: burnt coppery-orange … Continued
bronze leaf fennel / fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Leaves are a nice addition to salad, cole slaw, and dressings. Will produce seeds the … Continued
butterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) features showy orange (pure native) or yellow (selection ‘Hello Yellow’) flower … Continued
cheddar pinks
Dianthus gratianopolitanus/Dianthus hybrids
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’ (cheddar pinks) grows a low growing, silvery-blue mat of foliage spreading … Continued
chives / garlic chives
Allium schoenoprasum/Allium tuberosum
Mild onion flavor. Can be used fresh in salads, or can be frozen or dried … Continued
cilantro Delfino / Chinese parsley
Coriandrum sativum
Cilantro flavor and fragrance with ferny foliage similar in appearance to dill. Open, frilly leaves … Continued
Corsican mint
Mentha requienii
Fragrant, moss-like ground-cover mint. Less than one inch tall, it is the least rampant of … Continued
Cuban oregano
Plectranthus amboinicus
Great herb for Caribbean cuisine. Loves hot, summer weather. Nice in containers and baskets, plants … Continued
‘Bouquet’ /’Fernleaf’ dill
Anethum graveolens
Delicious, tangy dill provides both seeds and greens to flavor many foods. This variety blossoms … Continued