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4/20/08 on the Garden Police: Tudor This



The Plant List:

The plants, hand selected at Green Thumb Nursery were chosen for their contribution to the garden through fragrance and culinary or medicinal use. Try them in your garden, we don't mind if you steal our ideas!
 
Trees  Features
Eugenia myrtifolia (three-tier topiary) White flowers, edible "cherries"
Apple  "Beverly Hills" for espalier Small fruit, early ripening date
   
Knot Garden Hedges  
Rosmarinus officianales  "Tuscan Blue" Use for cooking, medicinal tea  to  increase energy and improve memory
Myrtus compacta variegata Evergreen dwarf form. Fragrant for flower arrangement
Teucrium chamaedrys Attracts bees for pollinating your garden, lavender/pink flowers. Fragrant
   
Shrubs/Perennials  
Leptospermum scoparium "Gaiety Girl" (small accent trees) Evergreen with flowers, early New Zealand settlers soaked leaves to make tea substitute.
Leptospermum scoparium (shrub form)  
Lavandula stoechas "Quasti" Fragrant ,dark purple flowers, attracts butterflies.
Lavandula multifida Fragrant, grey-green foliage, deep blue flowers. Dry for potpourri, flavor water.
Salvia greggii "Lipstick" Aromatic folliage, attracts hummingbirds, use in cooking and sore throat gargle.
Armeria maritima "Cottontail" white Profuse white blooms extends all year in mild climates.
   
Groundcovers  
Chamomille nobile Essential oil for relaxing. Tea made from dried flowers
Thymus (Creeping Elfin Thyme) Used for seasoning, pot pourri
Mentha r. (Corsican Mint) Can be invasive. Use as aromatic filler between stepping stones
Strawberry "Sequoia" Large dark red fruit, sweet tasting, long fruiting season, good in most zones
   
Vines  
Jasminum polyanthum (Pink Jasmine) Fragrant, evergreen, pink flowers late winter/early spring
Hardenbergia (Lilac vine) Evergreen, lilac blooms late winter/early spring. Nice alternative to wisteria
   
Garden Police "Urn Salad Bowl" Collection
White flowering cabbage Foliage is edible raw or cooked
Artichoke Edible
Viola (pansies) Flavoring
Onions  
Mustard "Osaka purple"  
Swiss Chard "Brite Lites"  
Nastursium "Tip Top Alaska" Flowers, edible add to salad
   
Knot Garden Herbs  
Italian Basil Culinary herb, fresh or dry
Italian Parsley Culinary herb, in cold areas, plant in spring after last frost
Greek Oregano Culinary herb, use as ground cover, hanging baskets





 

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