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Highlights 2001


Autumn Herb Gathering 2001 Highlights


Peggy Burris,

Broomstick Farms,

shares tips for using herbs from the garden.

 

Thanksgiving Turkey Tip:

Gather fresh sage from the garden, clean and pat dry.  Lift the skin from the turkey,

slip the sage leaves under the skin

in a fan pattern. 

It is beautiful and gives wonderful flavor to the Thanksgiving turkey!




2001 Plant Sale


2001 Plant Sale List


Other Herbs

aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis)

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

arnica (Arnica montana)

astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus)

black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

columbine, red (Aquilegia formosa)

comfrey, knitbone, boneset (Symphytum officinale)

blue borage (Borago officinalis)

salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) synonymous with Poterium sanguisorba

Cardamon (Elettaria cardamomum)

edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)

Vertissimo chervil, French parsley (Anthriscus cerefolium)

costmary (Tanacetum balsamita)

dwarf curry plant (Helichrysum angustifolium)

cutting celery (Apium graveolens)

galangal, Thai ginger (Alpinia galanga)

germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)

Robinson’s Giant painted daisy (Pyrethrum coccineum ‘Robinson’s Giant’)

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)germander

feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) synonymous with and formerly known as Chrysanthemum parthenium

Excelsior foxglove (Digitalis purpurea ‘Excelsior’)

horehound (Ballota nigra)

false indigo (Baptisia australis)

Indian mint, Yerba Buena (Satureja douglasii)

Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata)

lion’s ear, lion’s tail (Leonotis leonurus)

lovage (Levisticum officinalis)

marigold, Mexican Mint (Tagetes lucida)

Missouri primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)

wild passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)

patchouli (Pogostemon heyneanus)

rue (Ruta graveolens)

spilantes (Acmella oleracea) synonymous with and formerly known as Spilanthes oleracea and Spilanthes acmella

Berries Galore strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa)

golf leaf tansy (Tanacetum vulgare ‘Isla Gold’)

French tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)

Strawberry Fields gomphrena (Gomphrena haageana ‘Strawberry Fields’)

tea (Camellia sinensis)

turmeric (Curcuma longa)

valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides)

sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum)

 

 

Oregano

pot marjorum (Origanum onites), also called Cretan oregano

Cuban golden variegated oregano (Plectranthus amboinicus) syn Coleus amboinicus, also commonly called country borage, Greek oregano, false oregano, Spanish thyme

dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus) also called Cretan dittany and hop marjoram

golden oregano (Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’)

Greek oregano (Origanum heracleoticum)

Herenhausen oregano (Origanum ‘Herenhausen’)

Hopley’s Purple oregano (Origanum laevigatum ‘Hopleys Purple’)

Hot and Spicy oregano (Origanum vulgare ‘Hot and Spicy’)

Italian oregano (Origanum x majoricum)

Jim’s Best oregano (Origanum vulgare ‘Jim’s Best’)

Kaliteri oregano (Origanum ‘Kaliteri’)

Kent Beauty oregano (Origanum rotundifolium ‘Kent Beauty’)

Mexican bush oregano (Poliomintha longiflora)

Turkish oregano (Origanum tyttanticum)

variegated oregano (Origanum vulgare)



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