Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Though indigenous in the Mid-Atlantic to only a few counties in Pennsylvania, Anise Hyssop grows easily throughout in well-drained soil. Purplish flower spikes, which attract pollinators all summer, add a vertical layer to the garden; leaves and seeds add anise flavor to food.
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Anise Hyssop inhabits widely scattered areas in the northern United States and Canada. Though indigenous to only a few Pennsylvania counties, in the Mid-Atlantic it grows easily in well-drained soil. Its pretty flower spikes, which attract myriad pollinators [WATCH A NEW VIDEO] all summer, add a vertical layer to the garden; its leaves and seeds add an anise flavor to teas, salads and baked goods.
Featured Glossary word: Verticillaster
We wrap up our celebration of patriotic color flowers with those that are shades and tints of blue. Some of the pictured flowers may tend more toward a lavender hue, because in nature blue flowers constitute “less than 10 percent of the 280,000 species of flowering plants” according to David Lee, an emeritus professor at Florida International University.
