ColonialGarden Maintained by The University of Connecticut Master Gardener Program

Medicinal

Comfrey Coneflower Costmary, Bible Leaf Foxglove Germander Symphytum officinale Echinacea purpurea Tanacetum balsamita Digitalis purpurea Teucrium chamaedrys as tea for vomiting relief of colds and flu increases urine for heart ailments wound dressing production

Hens and Chicks, Hyssop Lamb’s Ear Rose Campion, Rue Russian Sage Houseleek Hyssopus officinalis Stachys byzantine Dusty Miller Ruta graveolens Perovskia atriplicifolia Sempervivum tectorum relief of sore throats antiseptic for cuts Lychnis coronaria for joint stiffness relief of fever for fevers and insect muscle relaxant bites for asthma

Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica shrevei woven into twine

Potpourri Plants

Thin-leaved Coneflower Valerian Yarrow Feverfew Rudbeckia triloba Valeriana officinalis Achillea millefolium Tanacetum parthenium as tea for dysentary sleep aide stops bleeding for headaches and migraines

Lavender Lavandula angustifolia antiseptic for skin

Lavender Cotton Lemon Balm Penny Royal Soapwort Santolina chamaecyparissus Melissa officinalis Mentha pulegium Saponaria officinalis insect repellant for cold sores mint flavoring for soups used to make clove soap Culinary Plants

Basil (St. Joseph’s Borage (Starflower) Common Sage Common Tansy Wort) Borago officinalis Salvia officinalis Tanacetum vulgare Foeniculum vulgare Ocimum basilicum for soups and salads herb for cooking flavoring for biscuits -like spice herb for cooking

Garden Angelica Garlic Chives Good King Henry Great Burnet Lemon Thyme Allium tuberosum Chenopodium bonus- Sanguisorba officinalis Thymus x citriodorus Levisticum officinale licorice flavoring for tea flavoring for soups henricus for soups and salads for herbal tea for soups asparagus-like edible

Spearmint Mentha spicata flavoring for drinks and candy

Marjoram Mountain Garden Sage Oregano Skirret Sorrel Origanum x majoricum Salvia officinalis Origanum vulgare sisarum Rumex acetosa herb for cooking ‘Berggarten’ herb for cooking flavoring for stews flavoring for soups herb for cooking

Specialty Plants

Apothecary Rose Rosa gallica ‘officinalis’ elimination of wrinkles

Thyme Winter Savory Wormwood (Green Thymus serpyllum Satureja montana Ginger) herb for cooking herb for stuffing Artemisia absinthum flavoring for drinks

Dyer’s Broom Wrinkled Rose Genista tinctoria Rosa rugosa ‘rubra’ used to dye cloth Vitamin C for scurvy and leather

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