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GARDEN OF THE SUN - HERBS page 1 Botanical Name Common Name Achillea millefolium COMMON YARROW Achillea millefolium 'Rosea' DWARF PINK YARROW Achillea tomentosa WOOLLY YARROW Allium ampeloprasum ELEPHANT GARLIC Allium schoenoprasum CHIVES Aloysia citrodora LEMON VERBENA Artemisia abrotanum SOUTHERNWOOD Artemisia dracunculus FRENCH TARRAGON Brassica oleracea var. longata WALKING STICK KALE Buddleja BUTTERFLY BUSH Buxus BOXWOOD Cerastium tomentosum SNOW-IN-SUMMER Chaenomeles japonica 'Contorta' JAPANESE QUINCE 'CONTORTA' Cymbopogon citratus LEMON GRASS Digitalis purpurea FOXGLOVE Erigeron FLEABANE Eriophyllum confertiflorum GOLDEN YARROW Eruca 'Roquetta rugola' ARUGULA 'ROQUETTE RUGOLA' Eryngium SEA HOLLY Foeniculum vulgare COMMON FENNEL Gaillardia BLANKET FLOWER Lavandula LAVENDER Melissa officinalis LEMON BALM Micromeria thymifolia EMPEROR'S MINT Monarda BEE BALM Monarda didyma SCARLET BEE BALM Nepeta x faassenii CATMINT Origanum MOUNDING MARJORAM Origanum dictamnus DITTANY OF CRETE or HOP MARJORAM Origanum laevigatum 'Hopley's' ORNAMENTAL OREGANO 'HOPLEY'S' Origanum vulgare 'Aureum Crispum' GOLDEN CURLY OREGANO 'AUREUM CRISPUM' Origanum vulgare 'Creaton' OREGANO 'CREATON' Origanum vulgare var. hirtum GREEK OREGANO GARDEN OF THE SUN - HERBS page 2 Botanical Name Common Name Pelargonium APRICOT-SCENTED GERANIUM Pelargonium GINGER-SCENTED GERANIUM Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses' SCENTED GERANIUM 'ATTAR OF ROSES' Pelargonium 'Rober's Lemon Rose' GERANIUM 'ROBER'S LEMON ROSE' Pelargonium x hortorum 'Platinum' PLATINUM ZONAL or HORSESHOE GERANIUM Petroselinum crispum FLAT LEAF or ITALIAN PARSLEY Rosmarinus officinalis ROSEMARY Salvia apiana WHITE SAGE Salvia chamaedryoides GERMANDER SAGE Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' MEALYCUP SAGE 'VICTORIA BLUE' Salvia greggii AUTUMN SAGE Salvia leucophylla PURPLE SAGE Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Queen' SAGE 'BLUE QUEEN' Salvia officinalis GARDEN or CULINARY or COMMON SAGE Salvia officinalis 'Aurea' GOLDEN SAGE Salvia officinalis 'Purpurea' PURPLE COMMON SAGE Satureja montana WINTER SAVORY Stachys byzantina LAMB'S EARS Tanacetum balsamita COSTMARY Tanacetum parthenium FEVERFEW Teucrium GERMANDER Thymus THYME Thymus pulegioides DUTCH TEA THYME Thymus x citriodorus LEMON THYME.

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