Monday 31 March 2014

My Herb Garden

Herbs


This is my herb garden I have 2 pots of Mint which have 3 types of mint in them. Apple mint, Spear mint and a Lemon mint (or lemon balm).



  • Lemon balm

    Lemon balm, also known as balm or balm mint and not to be confused with bee balm, is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to center-southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. It grows to 70–150 cm tall. Wikipedia


  • Scientific nameMelissa officinalis
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  • Apple Mint

  • Mentha suaveolens, apple mint, woolly mint or round-leafed mint is a member of the mint genus Mentha that ranges through southern and western Europe and the western Mediterranean region. Wikipedia

    Scientific nameMentha suaveolens
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  • Spearmint

  • Spearmint or spear mint is a species of mint native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, though its exact natural range is uncertain due to extensive early cultivation
  • Scientific nameMentha spicata
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  • I have just invested in some curley parsley
    , rosemary, thyme and lemon thyme.

  • Parsley or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a species of Petroselinum in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region (southern ItalyAlgeria, andTunisia), naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as a herb, a spice, and avegetable.

  • Rosmarinus officinalis, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which includes many other herbs.

  • Thymus citriodorus (Lemon thyme or Citrus thyme) is a lemon-scented evergreen mat-forming perennial. There has been a great deal of confusion over the plant's correct name and origin. Recent DNA analysis suggests that it is not a hybrid or cross, but a distinct species as it was first described in 1811

  • Thymus vulgaris (common thymegarden thyme or just thyme) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe from the western Mediterranean to southern Italy. Growing to 15–30 cm (6–12 in) tall by 40 cm (16 in) wide, it is a bushy, woody-based evergreen subshrub with small, highly aromatic, grey-green leaves and clusters of purple or pink flowers in early summer.[1]It is useful in the garden as groundcover, where it can be short-lived, but is easily propagated from cuttings.[1] It is also the main source of thyme as an ingredient in cooking and as an herbal medicine.
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