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Perennial and Herb Plants
Achillea - Amo.
Plant shipping begins April 15, 2009, weather permitting!

Achillea millefolium
Paprika Yarrow
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun

Description: Deep ruby red flowers with a yellow eye fading to salmon rose. A summer repeat bloom can be encouraged by deadheading old flowers.
$4.49

Achillea millefolium
Hoffnung Yarrow
Height: 24" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun

Description: Pastel creamy yellow flowers hold for a long time and can easily be dried. The flowers grow on stalks up to 18" tall. A summer repeat bloom can be encouraged by deadheading old flowers.
$4.49

Yarrows are the mainstay in the sunny border garden, long blooming, excellent cut and dried flower, beloved by the butterfly, deer resistant, lacy aromatic foliage and drought tolerant once established.
The history of yarrow is full of magical, symbolic and medicinal tradition. As a witch's herb in medieval times for invoking magic, it was later used to protect against such magic, but also having an astrological influence of Venus and was woven into bridal wreaths and added to love potions to guarantee love.
Yarrow was sewn up in flannel and put under the pillow to make the sleeper dream of her true love. Medicinally Shakers and Native American's included it in many treatments from hemorrhages, colds, fevers, facial astringent and digestive complaints, use today is discourage.
Named after Achilles some 3000 years ago during the Trojan War, he would packed his comrades wounds to stop bleeding. Now knowing to having alkaloid to clot blood faster and azulene to stop inflammation. The flowers yield a yellow dye with alum mordant for wool.
Attracts beneficial insects including lady beetles and predatory wasps.

Achillea millefolium
Hoffnung Yarrow
Height: 24" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun

Description: Deep Orange fading to a pastel yellow flowers, they hold for a long time and can easily be dried. The flowers grow on stalks up to 18" tall. A summer repeat bloom can be encouraged by deadheading old flowers.
$4.49

Acorus calamus
Sweet Flag or Calamus Root
Height: 48" Zone: 4-9 Light: sun - part shade

Description: Iris like leaves similar to cattails but yellow green in color and very aromatic. Once used as a strewing herb on floors in churches. As people crunched the rushes underfoot, the fragrance was released. It was also on the ingredient list in Moses instructions to make an "ointment compound after the art of the apothecary" as a holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:25). Roots can be eaten raw or candied to soothe indigestion, coughs, headaches and flatulence. Leaves are used in American Indian purification rituals and historically used to dispel worms. Until the late 1960s it was found in hair and tooth powders as well as bitters, tonics and liqueurs. Roots are used as a fragrance fixative in potpourri. To use the plant for scenting linens, collect the rhizome in late fall and wash off the mud, chop up and dry well on screens, then place in little cotton muslin bags among you linens. It is also used in Asia to deter ants. Prefers compost rich soil.
$4.49

Agastache barberi
Tutti Frutti Hyssop
Height: 36"     Zone: 6-10     Light: sun - part shade

Description:   Prolific fragrant bloomer, covered with bright pink flowers until frost. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds in droves.
$4.49

Agastache foeniculum
Fragrant Delight Hyssop
Height: 36"     Zone: 4-10     Light: sun - part shade

Description:     Delightful aromatic sweet anise scented leaves with tall spikes of purple or white flowers producing abundant nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Flowers dry well for bouquets and potpourri; they are also excellent for herbal tea. Historically once used as a mouth wash and hangover remedy in China.
$4.49

Agastache 'Golden Jubliee'
Golden Jubilee Hyssop

Height: 15" Zone: 4-10 sun - part shade
Description: The name 'Golden Jubilee' commemorates the 50-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It was the very first chartreuse golden licorice scented leafed agastache. By late June, small bluish purple flowers top twenty-inch tall spikes, over an upright compact clump of foliage, golden to chartreuse at top, lime green toward the bottom.
$4.49

Agastache rupestris
Sunset Hyssop

Height: 15" Zone: 4-9 sun - part shade
Description: A perfect bushy form blooming mid-Summer thru fall with a multitude of apricot flower spikes. The foliage is also extremely fragrant with thread-like grey-green leaves, giving the plant a soft, wispy look. The nectar rich flowers are much loved by hummingbirds! Prefers rich, well drain soil.
$4.49

HARVESTING HERBS
To ensure good flavor and fragrance, pick fresh herbs right before the plant begins to flower on a warm dry day.

Allium cepa 'Proliferum'
Egyption Walking Onion

Height: 24"     Zone: 3     Light: sun to part shade
Description:     Also known as tree onions; they produce clumps of bulblets at the top instead of seed. The bulblets fall over and produce more onion sets. It can be used the same as green onion; the leaves can be used instead of chives. The hollow leaves can be stuffed with herbed cream cheese.
$4.49

Allium cernuum
Nodding Pink Onion
Height: 15" Zone: 5-9 Light: sun

Description: Large pink sphere-shaped flowers that attract butterflies in early summer. The garlic flavored, strap-like foliage can be used like garlic chives. It is a wonderful accent plant for a rock garden setting. It is very drought tolerant once established
$4.49

Chives

The delicate, onion flavor of chive is a favorite topping for baked potato's with the wonderful green color and hollow leaves makes it a great choice for garnishing for soups, dips, and more.
There are several kinds of chive, common, mauve and garlic.
Each has a different flavor and different bloom times.
Mauve chive has a similar appearance to common chive, although its blossoms are pinker. Garlic chive, has a mild garlic flavor, and has flatter, thicker leaves. It also has beautiful white flowers that bloom during July and August attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.
You can take advantage of chive's current blossoming by using the flowers to make chive vinegar and as a garnish for chive cream cheese.
Use a bottle of white vinegar and add chive blossoms to it, let it stand for two weeks and strain the blossom out, it will turn the vinegar a pinkish purple color.

Allium schoenoprasum
Onion Chive
Height: 18"     Zone: 3-9     Light: sun

Description:     Chives have a mild sweet onion flavor which can be used in both cold and hot dishes. Attractive edible lavender flowers can be used fresh or as a dried flower and are very showy in herbal vinegar. Sit back and watch the butterflies have an afternoon snack. Medicinally the sulfur oils found in alliums can help lower blood pressure, but must not be used in large doses
$4.25

Allium tubersom
Garlic Chive
Height: 20"     Zone: 4-8     Light: sun

Description:     Showy star white flowers appear in mid summer with flat garlic flavored leaves used to flavor soup, stews, dips and salads.
$4.49