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Anise Hyssop (agastache foeniculum) 
   

P.  Grey-green leaves and spikes of blue flowers.  Strong liquorice-mint smell.  Good bee and butterfly plant.  Leaves can be used in salads and teasd.   Good for cold sores.  More info

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Bergamot "Panorama" (monarda didyma) 
   
P.  Whorls of flowers in shades of red to salmon.  Fragrant plant loved by bees; indeed, it is also known as Bee Balm.  Makes a good pot pourri ingredient.  Vapour from leaves can ease a cold.  Anti-inflammatory.  Sun or partial shade, damp soil.  Ht 18 - 36 ins (35 - 90 cm).
Black Cohosh (cimifuga racemosa) 
   

P.  Spires of creamy-white bottlebrush flowers.  Ht 5 ft (1.5 m).  Flowers July to September.  Relieves asthma, rheumatism, tinnitus.  Regulates blood pressure.  Native American Indians used it for "women's problems".  Partial shade, moist soil.  Dies down over winter.  More info

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Box (buxus sempervirens) 
   

HP.  Evergreen.  Good for edging, hedging and topiary.  More info

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Bronze Fennel 
   

Same as foeniculum vulgare but leaves have a distinct bronze tinge to them.  Very striking specimen for any border, let alone the herb garden.  More info

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Catmint (nepeta cataria) 
   

P.  What can we say - the mint that cats just LOVE to roll in!!  More info
Chervil (anthriscus cerefolium) 
   

A.  Frondy, culinary herb.  More info
Chocolate Mint 
   

P.  Divine aroma!  Chocolate and mint!
Cistus ladanifer 
   

HP.  Sticky leaves and papery white flowers with yellow centres and purple splotches.  Grows into a shrub about 6 ft (2 m) high.  Used in perfumery.  Sun.  Ideal for chalk and poor, dry soil.  More info
Clary (salvia sclarea) 
   

B.  Ht to 4 ft (1.2 m).   Large, wrinkly dark-green leaves and spikes of mauve/pink "flowers".  Used for eye problems.  Lowers blood pressure, relieves wind and colic.  Sun.   More info
Curry Plant (helichrysum italicum) 
   
HP.  Bushy habit with silver-grey leaves that smell of curry.  Small yellow flowers in summer.  Ht 2 ft (60 cm).  Doesn't mind poor soil.  Sun.  More info
Dill (anethum graveolens) 
   

A.  Frondy, culinary herb with small white flowers.  More info
Elecampane (inula helenium) 
   
HP.  WF.  Almost tropical-looking herb with its large leaves and large yellow flowers that look like sunflowers.  Ht 4 - 5 ft.  Good for asthma and colds.  Good for bacterial and fungal infections.    More info
Evening Primrose (oenothera biennis) 
   
B.  Bright yellow flowers June to October which are particularly attractive to moths.  Ht 2ft 6 ins (80 cm).  Birds like the seeds.  Food plant of the Elephant Hawk moth.  Many medicinal uses, such as treating PMT, dermatitis, high cholesterol and psoriasis.    More info
Fennel (foeniculum vulgare) 
   

P.  Ht about 6 ft (2 m).  Tall stem, tendril leaves and yellow umbels of flowers in summer.  Many culinary uses due to its aniseed flavour - although don't confuse this plant with the bulbous rooted Florence Fennel.  Good hoverfly and bee plant.  Plant used to be eaten to hold hunger pangs at bay when food was scarce.  Yields a yellow dye.  Was used as a medieval strewing herb.  Many other herbal uses.  Even makes a good face pack!  More info

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Feverfew (tanacetum parthenium) 
   
HP.  Frondy leaves and daisy flowers.  Attractive plant traditionally used for relieving headache and migraine.  Good bee plant.  Grown near roses it will deter aphids.  More info