![]() An edible blue dye can be obtained from the flowers.Ī common domestic herbal remedy, it is uplifting and soothing. Flowers are eaten raw and have a sweet cucumber flavour. Leaves are rich in potassium and calcium. The leaves can be used cooked or raw, although the leaves are quite prickly and hairy, so only young leaves are used. The scented leaves can be made into a tea or sprinked over salads or used as a seasoning. Prized as a bee plant for the light fragrant honey that is produced from the flowers, Anise hyssop has a long history of medicinal use for ailments including coughs, fevers, wounds, diarrhea, and chest pains. Basils are commonly planted as companions to tomatoes. As an insect repelling plant it is a good plant to grow in the home. With a milder action than sweet basil it is mainly used internally for digestive issues and as a tonic while externally they are used to treat acne, insect stings, bites and skin infections. A refreshing tea can be made from the leaves while the seeds can be added to bread, or soaked in water to become a refreshing mucilagenous beverage. Leaves and flowers can be eaten raw or cooked, and are often paired with tomato dishes, or anything with peppers or eggplant. It is a fantastic plant to grow as biomass, for enriching and activating compost, or as a liquid feed for plants. Rich in a substance called 'allantoin' which is a cell proliferant that speeds up the healing process. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots.Ĭommonly used as a herbal medicine with a rich history of treating various complaints, especially in the external treatment of cuts, bruises, sprains, broken bones, eczema etc. Young leaves can be cooked or eaten raw, while shoots can be eaten as an asparagus substitute and roots added chopped up to soups. There is some controversy surrounding the internal use of comfrey. Has some medicinal use, especially in Spain. Young leaves, stems and flowers can be added to salads or as an edible garnish. The plant does well in almost any well-drained soil in a full sun position. Noted for their sweet scent like honey, they come in white, pink, salmon, rose-red, violet and lilac and are known to attract insects such as bees. The much branched stem has small, broad oval to lanceolate sessile leaves and dense clusters of small flowers. Some important medicinal use, and can be used as a dye plant.Īlyssum is a low growing ANNUAL reaching 20cm in height. Flower buds are eaten as a globe artichoke substitute. Somewhat drought tolerant it can grow in saline soil.įlowers, leaves, roots and stems are eaten. ![]() It can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soil although it prefers well-drained soil in full sun. Flowers are violet-purple, produced in a large, globose, massively spined flowerhead. Cardoon is a thistle-like plant in the sunflower family and grows to be a stout plant with large, deeply lobed and heavily spined green to grey-green leaves. Medicinally it has a lot of domestic uses.Ī large PERENNIAL growing to 2m with at least a 1m spread. Leaves have a cucumber flavour and the pretty star-shaped blue flowers are also edible. Somewhat tolerant of drought, it can grow in semi shade or full sun. Large floral displays with multiple flowers blooming simultaneously. It is very bristly or hairy all over the stems and the leaves. Used as a culinary herb, and noted as a Native-American medicine for various ailments.Īn ANNUAL flowering plant growing to 60cm, well noted for bringing bees to the garden. Leaves are anise-scented and the flowers slightly aromatic. The plant prefers well-drained soil and a full sun position. ![]() It grows upright and clump-like with oval, toothed leaves that have a white tint underneath. Leaves, which are mild in flavour, are used like common basil.Īnise hyssop is a PERENNIAL growing to 90cm with bright lavender-purple flowers that are very attractive to bees and butterflies. ![]() The plant prefers full sun in a moist, but well-drained soil. Leaves and roots are used mainly as a medicine although young leaves have historically been eaten.īush basil is an ANNUAL growing to 30cm with a tidy rounded growth habit and tiny, light green leaves. It prefers full sun, but can grow well in partial shade. Comfrey grows well in almost any moist soil, but can tolerate heavy clay soil. It has large, hairy and broad leaves bearing small bell-shaped flowers and a long black, turnip-like root. Comfrey - white flowering dwarf evergreen removeĬomfrey is a hardy PERENNIAL growing to 45cm.
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