Plants at Edible Landscaping
Herbs - Medicinal Herbs
| Tea Camellia - Camellia sinensis |
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The profuse flowering, dense, round evergreen Camellia sinensis, whose leaves are used for green and black and white tea is an excellent ornamental.Leaves are glossy dark green and fall flowers are white with yellow centers. The bush is compact and round 6'tall and 5' wide. Tea is tender to strong winter winds and can defoliate from being too cold. Tea is as hardy or hardier than most camellia. In zone 7 plants do well protected on the east side of a building. Generally, tea enjoys dappled shade. The bush is not susceptible to insect damage or disease. Leaves are harvested throughout the growing season, picked when they are small. Space 6' circle Zones 6b-8
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| Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum |
Russian comfrey is a hybrid of S. officinalis x S. asperum. Sterile. White, purple or blue flowers with the same uses as common comfrey. Space 4' circles. Non-spreading habit. Zones 3-9
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| Scarlet Beebalm - Monarda didyma L |
Scarlet beebalm is aromatic herb a member of the mint family. It is also known by the common names bergamot, Oswego tea, and crimson beebalm. The common name beebalm refers to the use of a resin derived from the plant that may be used for healing and soothing in particularly of bee stings. The common name Oswego tea refers to the Oswego native Americans living near the present day city of Oswego in upstate New York who taught early settlers how to make a herbal tea from the plants leaves. The common name bergamont is derived from its fragrance that is similar to the fragrance of the bergamont orange. The genus name Monarda is in recognition of Nicolas Monardes, a Spanish physician, who authored an early herbal that introduced Europe to many of the plants from North America.
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