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Garlic (Allium sativum) A, Ht. 2’.

Popular culinary bulb for growing in a sunny site in light soil. Harvest the bulbs when the leaves die back. Garlic is a powerful antiseptic and is also said to lower blood pressure and perhaps reduce cholesterol levels.

 

Germander, Hedge (Teucrium chameadrys) P. Ht. 12".   

Neat, shrubby herb with glossy, dark-green leaves. Bees and butterflies enjoy the deep pink flower spikes during late Summer. Ideal for a low, formal border hedge. medicinal.

 

Goats Rue (Galega officinalis) P. Ht. 4’.  

A very showy member of the legume family with pale mauve or white flowers. Growth will be more vigorous in light soils and sun. Medicinal.

 

Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus – henricus) P. Ht. 18”.

An ancient vegetable. Treat the young shoots as asparagus and the leaves as spinach. Contains Iron.

 

Gravelroot (Joe Pye Weed) (Eupatorium purpureum) P. Ht. 6’.

A tall, graceful North American herb with large flower heads in shades of purple. Prefers a moist soil. Thought to have been named after an Indian medicine man called Joe Pye who made great use of it’s medicinal properties.

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