Fragrant Foliage - Page 2 of 11

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    ‘Walker’s Low’ catmint

    Nepeta × faassenii 'Walker's Low'

    This mound of lavender-blue flowers and aromatic, grayish green leaves up to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide is great as edging or in a border, herb, or rock garden.

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    Desert purple sage

    Salvia dorrii

    Found in the Great Basin deserts of the western U.

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    Mexican anise tree

    Illicium mexicanum

    Attractive, glossy, dark green leaves and red flowers are similar to those of Florida anise, but this plant flowers continuously from spring to fall.

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    Common sage

    Salvia officinalis

    Cooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this classic, evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce.

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    Colorful Flowering Sage

    Salvia nemorosa

    This drought-tolerant perennial produces flower spikes in shades of violet, purple, or white to pink, with purple bracts.

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    Allwood hybrids

    Dianthus × allwoodii

    These modern hybrids bear salmon-pink blossoms ('Doris' has scarlet in the center) and bloom freely with moderate fragrance.

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    ‘Dropmore’ catmint

    Nepeta × faassenii ‘Dropmore’

    This cultivar is a clump-forming perennial with toothed gray-green leaves and larger flowers than the hybrid.

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    Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’

    Lavandula angustifolia 'Violet Intrigue'

    'Violet Intrigue' exhibits the typical handsome gray foliage of good lavenders, but its form and flowers are particularly noteworthy.

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    Wintergreen

    Gaultheria procumbens

    This creeping, rhizomatous shrublet grows to 6 inches, with scalloped or bristly toothed, glossy, dark green leaves.

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    Golden oregano

    Origanum vulgare 'Aureum’

    Golden oregano is a robust creeper with tiny, rounded leaves 1/2 to 1 inch wide.