Ornamental and Fragrant

"Herb of the Angels," Angelica is best known for candied stems.

Attractive honey plant (bees and butterflies love it!). Anise hyssop produces abundant nectar which yields a light fragrant honey.

Artemesia is a genus that includes many herbs that grown for ornamental and culinary uses. The most familiar name given a number of the ornamental varieties is Wormwood. Most are tolerant of clay soils and are hardy growers in our climate.

This beautiful wildflower is a host plant for Monarch butterflies. It will reach about 4 feet, in a columnar shape, in a sunny border, providing color from summer to frost.

One of the most striking plants you can grow in your garden! This artichoke relative is a beautiful accent with its silvery, long-toothed, deeply cut leaves that can reach 3-4 feet!

‘Foxy’ Blooms the first year! An old-fashioned garden favorite, the foxglove can reach 3–4', and bears tubular flowers in shades of pink, purple, rose and white.

Greek Myrtle is a dwarf evergreen shrub with a classical look that can be used in the garden like boxwood. The small dark green shiny leaves are fragrant when crushed and have many uses.

After years of trying many different varieties, we have found that the best types of lavender for growing in the hot, humid south are ‘provence’ and ‘sweet.’ Technically, they are lavandins, a class of lavender hybrids whose parentage provides much greater heat tolerance.

Compact Bright green leaves in a tight mat, and compact growth. Although this variety has some scent and flavor, it is generally used as a ground cover, and not as a culinary herb.

The scent of Patchouli is reminiscent of "hippies" or "Deadheads, as it was the scent of choice back in the '60s.

Rosemary is one of the most well known, versatile, easy-to-grow herbs that we offer. Here in the Southeast, it is an evergreen shrubby perennial that will tolerate the hot sun and bouts of drought once it is established.

Violas resemble tiny pansies, and come in an array of colors, from white, yellow, pink, purple and blue to black. They are very cold hardy here, and provide wonderful color from winter to late spring.

Sweet violets have a wonderful fragrance and provide pretty purple, pink, or white flowers to the Southern shade garden.