A Is for Anise Hyssop
Welcome to The A to Z of Winter Sowing!
My posts will be simple, a photo and description of what you're looking at, and occasionally what the plant looks like fully grown. Two days ago I posted the what is, and how tos of, winter sowing. lisasgardenadventureinoregon.blogspot.com/2024/03/what-is-winter-sowing.html
If you have any questions about winter sowing, or the seeds I grew, leave a comment and I'll respond.
So, let's get this started!
A is for Anise Hyssop.
Your garden shots are always great
ReplyDeleteThanks! I like a camera in the phone, or just digital at all, since I can take dozens and know right away if they turned out, and keep one.
DeleteI've heard the words, but don't know much about them.
ReplyDeleteHave fun with the Challenge!
Lee
Yes, winter sowing has quite a following. I'm not a "rabid" winter sower!
DeleteGreat plant! I've had mixed success with it. It grew quite well in a prairie garden I planted for a project, but it didn't like my backyard garden--could have been too much shade, or the rabbits ate it. (Even plants listed as rabbit-resistant are sometimes devoured by the mean little critters. ;-) ) But I do love the plant! Winter sowing is fun.
ReplyDeleteOne of mine died this past winter, I think it drowned in too much rain. The others are coming back. I don't have rabbit problems! Oddly, my son in a town house complex with a small patio and containers does.
DeleteThat looks like it's going to be a nice plant when it's all grown.
ReplyDeleteIt's very pretty, and the bees love it.
DeleteThe leaves look almost like nettle. I wonder if they smell or taste like fennel or licorice.
ReplyDeleteThey do smell like minty and licorice-y.
DeleteThis plant in my planter box crept over from my neighbor's yard. I liked it, but I never found out what it was.
ReplyDeleteAs a member of the mint family, it will root in water from a cutting.
DeleteI hadn't grown anise hyssop since moving from Arkansas in the 1980's so I bought one plant last year. I'm sure it will come back - I look forward to it. In Arkansas I grew it from seed I purchased from (I think) Nichols Garden Nursery. You brought back memories.
ReplyDeleteI have a few plants. A couple are coming back, one died. I think it drowned!
DeleteGreat start!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeletePerfect plant for letter 'A'...seems we were on the same plant path. Wonder if my Autumn Joy grows in your zone. It freezes, but comes back quite hardy and blooms just in time for the Monarch Migration. We have a plant that looks much like anise hyssop here in Texas, but it seems to stay low like ground cover.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting WhereBluebonnetsGrow
Yes! I does grow here. I don't have it, but it's on my "want" list.
DeleteAnise - can you cook it? Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos.
ReplyDeleteRonel visiting for A: My Languishing TBR: A
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