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Anise herb plants for your garden
Anise produces tall green feathery stems and to around 60cm tall. The plant has white flowers and produces seed pods which are used in cooking.
Uses: The licorice flavoured seeds are used in baking and flavouring sweet rolls and gourmet bread. the seeds are also used when crushed to flavour desserts and fruit salads. They are also used to create licorice flavoured liqueur.
Growing: Anise is an annual hardy plant that is grown from seed. Start the seeds off in punnets and then plant out as seedlings in early spring. Plant at a depth of around 1cm and space around 15cm apart. These plants grow in alkaline soil.
Picking: Remove the seed heads once they turn brown and shake heads onto some paper and then store seeds in a jar.
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Anise hyssop herb plants for your garden
This plant is a hardy perennial. The flowers are poker shaped coloured lavender-blue, pink or white flowers. These plants are related to mints and grow to around 1m tall. The plant is commonly used as a boarder plant.
Growing: Grow from spliting plants or by seed. They like to grow in a sunny spot. They will grow in a wide variety of soil types. Plants will self seed. Anise hyssop can also be grown in containers.
Uses: The seeds are dried and used baking bread and in biscuits. The leaves can also be used to make a tea. Various parts of the plant are also used in potpourri
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Basil herb plants for your garden
There are many types of basil, the most commonly used is sweet basil. The plants are fast growing and have small white flowers. Generally the plant grows to around 60cm tall.
Uses: Used extensively in general cooking especially with tomatoes.
Growing: Basil is a soft annual and grows best by seed. Place the seed in small punnets and then plant out as seedlings in spring. Space around 30cm apart. They also grow well in containers.
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Bay leaf plants for your garden
Bay plants are hardy trees growing to around 4m. They can be grown as a hedge, standard plant or grown in containers. The tree has hard, dark green leaves and is considered ornamental.
Uses: The dried leaves are used to flavour vegetable soups and meat stews. Only a few leaves are needed to flavour a large dish.
Growing: Bay trees will grow in most temperate climates and will grow in most soils from clays to sandy soils. Plants can be hard pruned when required.
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