Rue
Host plant for the swalowtail butterfly and repels Japanese beetles,a ccording to USDA research report. May cause skin irritation for some people.
Salad Burnet
Unusual herb with reddish hyacinth like blooms. Young leaves taste like cucumber. Hardy perennial.
Savory, Lemon Winter
Wonderful lemon scented savory. Plants are slow to grow and still quite small at the end of April. Probably need another month of TLC before selling them. Slow to germinate
Savory, Winter Upright $5.00
Strong flavor. Perennial. Low growing hedge with months of white blooms. Used in pork and sausage.
Soapwort
Entire herb can be simmered to produce a soap for fine fabrics. Pink flowers in summer. Used to clean old tapestries in Europe. Good ground cover May be invasive.
Southernwood $5.00
Sprawling member of the wormwood family. Fresh branches can be woven into old baskets and dried. Pumgent and repels insects.Called Old Man's Love in the Middle Ages. Reputed to grow hair but probably repelled lice!
Tangerine Southernwood $5.00
Tall feathery fragrant member of the wormwood family. Repels fleas and moths. Fresh branches can be woven into a basket that's seen better days. When dried, you have a beautiful fragrant usable basket again.
Sweet Grass $5.00
Native American herb used in ceremonies and to make smudge pots.