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Fav. herbs for their pretty flowers

20 years ago

Almost every store, catalog, and seed display has herbs separated from flowers and they don't usually offer much, if any, info. about the flowers. They just talk about eating it or using it for various home remedies.

So, besides the obvious ones that are also sold as flowers (like echinacea, lavender, salvia, nasturtiums, etc...) what are your favorite herbs that make flowers pretty enough to grow for their appearance?

I like borage and rosemary.

Comments (7)

woodviolet
20 years ago
Chives. Blossoms are a nice color with an upright habit (and of course I eat them, too.)
jakkom
20 years ago
Common garden sage has lovely purple spikes! And of course, lavender is the ultimate herb/flowering plant.
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Wendy_the_Pooh
20 years ago
Chives and Cilantro.
ocbird
20 years ago
I also love chive flowers, and edible sage. My sage flowered for the first time this spring and I was amazed! (i'm easily amazed...)

Bee balm is also very pretty, and lime scented thyme.
quiltguy154
20 years ago
Don't forget borage! Sky blue[white variety also] star-shaped flowers. They reseed readily. Bees and butterflies love the flowers too.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
12 years ago
chamomile, dill, bergamot
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
11 years ago
I know they're not really herbs, but the onions that didn't get big enough to eat last summer are making awesome light purple globe flowers now. Tall (about 3 ft.) and beautiful!

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