What useful herbs can be grown in the garden?

For those who adhere to the “informal” style in landscape design, the herb garden is a real find. A garden in which spicy herbs reign is not an invention of today, but an old tradition that is again becoming fashionable. If the plot has a small free space that you would like to decorate with ornamental plants and use with maximum efficiency, then the “aromatic” garden is what you need. From spicy herbs, you can build a flower bed, a curb and, in the end, an ordinary garden bed. What kind of herbs are best grown in an “aromatic” garden, read the article.

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Rules for organizing an "aromatic" garden
Harvesting herbs
Choosing plants for a spicy garden

Rules for organizing an "aromatic" garden

Forming a flower bed or herb bed is not too different from forming a regular flower garden.

Choose a place in the garden for the flower bed so that it is convenient to approach it in any weather. Its shape can be any: round, square, triangular. Plant the tallest plants such as cumin, fennel, tarragon in the center so that they do not obscure other plants. From the flowering spicy plants in the center, you can also plant cucumber grass with bright blue edible flowers and a red swan with bright beautiful leaves. On the border, you can plant plants with graceful leaves - chervil, curly parsley, thyme, savory.

A special place should be reserved for annual spices. In the space allocated for them, be sure to sow basil, chervil, dill, mustard leaves and other plants of your choice, desire and taste.

An indispensable element of the garden in the village is a vegetable garden, and therefore even the most uncomplicated beds will look natural on the site.

To prevent tall plants from shading other residents of the spicy garden, build them an easy support from twigs or wire. The rest, smaller herbs, should be grouped around tall plants. In order for the spices to grow well and have the same pronounced smell and taste, it is better to place the garden in a sunny place and water it more often.

It is not at all necessary to plant all the herbs directly in the ground. Some of them can be planted in pots without a bottom and plastic containers, for example, mint - after all, its roots can spread over a large area.

Herbs in containers

To use the aerial part of the plants as spice additives, they must be harvested during the period of full development (when the growth of the leaves is complete or the plant is in the full flowering phase). Such harvesting of plants, as a rule, is carried out in the summer.

It is necessary to collect raw materials in good dry weather, in the afternoon or in the evening, when there is no dew on the leaves. It is advisable not to water garden plants on the eve of collection. Good watering is best done after harvesting raw materials - for better growth of new leaves or to stimulate the formation of inflorescences.

Well dried raw materials are brittle, easily crumble when touched. It has a beautiful green or other natural color, without defects or damage.It is better to store dry raw materials in glass jars or kraft paper bags.

For a small family, it is not worth harvesting a lot of dry raw materials for the winter, since dried essential oil plants are stored for no more than a year. Having started to make preparations and use essential oil plants for cooking, you will soon evaluate and decide which herbs are raw materials and how much your family needs to harvest for up to a year.

Drying herbs

Agastakhis wrinkled

Agastakhis wrinkled, or Polyglass wrinkled, or Lofant Tibetan, or Korean mint (Agastache rugosa) - anise aroma for exquisite salads and teas. It is called “northern ginseng” for its ability to strengthen the immune system. They are used in cosmetology to preserve the elasticity and youth of the skin.

Perennial herb of the Yasnotkov family. The aboveground part is used fresh for making salads and tea. Lofant is also an excellent honey plant and has unique medicinal properties. The advantages of this spicy herb include its simplicity and ease of cultivation. Lofant is propagated by direct sowing of seeds in open ground or through seedlings. The minimum planting pattern is 25x25 cm. Plants must be covered for the winter.

Agastakhis wrinkled, or Tibetan Lofant (Agastache rugosa)

Anise ordinary

Anise ordinary, Anise thigh (Pimpinella anisum) is an annual, thin and shortly pubescent plant. The root is thin, fusiform, taproot. Stem up to 30-50 cm high, erect, rounded, furrowed, branched in the upper part.

Medicinal annual herb from the Umbelliferae family with an erect, branched stem, up to 60 cm high, covered with a short downy. The leaves are alternate, the lower ones are solid, long-petiolate, rounded-reniform or cordate. The flowers are small, white, in complex umbrellas. Blooms from June to September. Prefers sunny areas, sandy loam or loamy soils.

Ripe anise fruits are used, which contain essential oil. Anise fruit preparations delay putrefactive and fermentative processes in the intestines, relieve spasms of the abdominal organs, inhibit the development of microbes in the renal pelvis and bladder, have expectorant and diuretic properties. Anise fruits are brewed like tea.

Anise ordinary, or Aniseed thigh (Pimpinella anisum)

Basil

Basil (Ocimum) - belongs to the mint family of herbs, used as a condiment to many dishes. Fresh basil has a rich aroma that can be described as a cross between licorice and cloves. Most varieties of basil have green leaves, but opal basil has a beautiful purple color. Other types of basil, such as lemon basil and cinnamon basil, are so named for their respective aromas.

A highly branched plant with tetrahedral stems from 30 to 60 cm in height. Its leaves are oblong-ovate, sparsely toothed, green or purple up to 5.5 cm long. At the ends of the stems, basil ejects inflorescences in the form of brushes, consisting of several flowers. Their color can be different: pink, white, white and purple.

Basil is widely used as a spice both fresh and dry. As a spice, it is more appreciated fresh.

Mustard salad

Mustard salad, or Leaf mustard - a variety of Mustard (Brassica juncea) - an annual cold-resistant early maturing plant. Within a month, she develops a large rosette of large leaves, original in color. The flowers are small, yellow, collected in a spike-shaped inflorescence, the fruit is a pod.

Young leaves of mustard leaf are used fresh for preparing salads and as a side dish for meat and fish dishes, in boiled form, as well as salted and canned. Mustard is a relative of arugula, but is more like watercress in early maturity.Mustard leaf stimulates appetite, enhances the secretion of gastric juice and bile, has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects.

Mustard greens, in which ascorbic acid and rutin (vitamins C and P) predominate in the natural complex of vitamins, is an excellent antiscorbutic agent that prevents untimely aging of the walls of blood vessels, their loss of elasticity and the deposition of cholesterol plaques on the inner wall of blood vessels. Because mustard greens stimulate appetite, it should not be included in a weight loss diet.

Oregano

Oregano, or Oregano (Origanum) - a genus of herbaceous plants of the Lamiaceae family, includes 45-50 species. Perennial herbaceous plants or shrubs, 30-75 cm high. Rhizome glabrous, often creeping. Stem tetrahedral, erect, slightly pubescent, glabrous in the upper part. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, oblong-ovate, whole-edged, pointed at the tip, dark green above, gray-green below, 1-4 cm long.

This herb has a strong aroma. Traditionally used in Greek and Balkan cuisine. It goes well with cheese, fried fish, and is also suitable for flavoring vegetable oils.

Leaves are plucked as needed. Outdoors from June to November, at home all year round.

Oregano, or Oregano

Hyssop

Hyssopus, blue St. John's wort (Hyssopus) is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae family. Perennial strongly odorous spicy herbs or shrubs with linear or oblong leaves.

Drought-resistant and winter-hardy shrub. Forms a bush 50-60 cm high and up to 60-70 cm in diameter, with erect branchy shoots. Shoots from below are lignified: in the first year they are green, later they acquire a grayish-brown tint. Leaves sessile, without petiole, small, green. The flowers are blue. The taste of stems, leaves and flowers is bitter and spicy.

In cooking, the dried leaves of the upper third of the plant are mainly used. Young stems, leaves and flowers, fresh and dried, are used to flavor meals and snacks. In folk medicine, hyssop is used for angina pectoris, gastrointestinal diseases. It promotes digestion, stimulates appetite.

An infusion of hyssop is recommended for the elderly as a fortifying drink. Possesses bactericidal properties.

When grown for seasoning, it is harvested throughout the summer: from a plant intended for medicinal purposes, the stems are cut off before flowering. At the same time, the upper part of the stems is cut off and the collection is dried in the shade. Store in a cool, ventilated area.

Common chervil

Openwork chervil, or Buten-leaved Kupyr, or Common chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) is an annual plant 15-50 cm high with a fusiform root. Stems are straight, shortly pubescent, branchy almost from the base, swollen at the nodes. The leaves are triangular, three times pinnately dissected.

It has a sweetish aniseed aroma, a spicy sweetish, parsley-like taste, which is why it is used as a spice. It goes well with other green vegetables - tarragon, parsley, basil. In North America, ground chervil is used for grilling poultry, fish and egg dishes. It is used with hard-boiled eggs, salted omelettes, fish sauces, green butter, potato soup, potato salad, spinach, poultry, fish, lamb and mutton.

Chervil dishes are a good vitamin and tonic. In folk medicine, the leaves and fruits of the plant were used for diseases of the kidneys, bladder, as an expectorant and astringent for gastrointestinal disorders. Good honey plant.

Sowing coriander, or cilantro

Cilantro or Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is an annual herb of the Apiaceae family, one of the most popular herbs.The stem of the coriander is erect, glabrous, up to 40-70 cm high, branched in the upper part. Basal leaves broad-lobed, coarsely dissected, with wide lobules and long petioles, upper leaves on short petioles with narrow linear lobes. The flowers are small, white or pink, arranged in complex umbrellas at the ends of the peduncles, forming 3-5 rays. Marginal flowers 3-4 mm long.

Coriander fruits are widely used as a spice for aromatization and fortification of sausages, cheese, canned meat and fish, pickles, pickles and liqueurs, are added in the baking of Borodino bread, confectionery and culinary products, as well as in the manufacture of certain types of beer.

Leaves of young vegetable coriander plants are eaten in the phases of the rosette and the beginning of shooting. The leaves have a pungent smell, they are eaten in salads, and also used as a seasoning for soups and meat dishes. Excellent honey plant. Delicate leaves are an excellent seasoning for salads, first and second courses, and the seeds are used in the preparation of marinades and confectionery. Coriander is also useful for colds and stomach ailments.

Coriander seed, Cilantro

Lovage

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a perennial herb; monotypic genus of the family Umbrella. The stem is 100-200 cm high, glabrous, with a bluish surface, branched at the top. The leaves are shiny, feathery, with large obovate or rhombic, somewhat incised lobes.

Frost-resistant and cold-resistant. The smell of lovage is sharp, spicy, the taste is sweetish at first, then sharp, spicy and moderately bitter. An essential oil is obtained from the plant, which is used in perfumery and cooking. Fresh stems, leaves and roots are used to flavor confectionery, drinks, marinades. Even small additions of lovage greens change the taste and give the canned food a peculiar mushroom aroma.

Green parts and roots of young plants are used for food as a spice in the preparation of green oil, salads; it is added to sauces, fried meat, gravies, soups, vegetables, rice dishes, cereals, poultry and fish. With the addition of a pinch of lovage, a strong meat broth acquires an exceptionally good taste, in which the taste of meat is emphasized and enhanced. Lovage is of particular importance in the diet along with dill and basil. The roots of lovage are shown in the diet for diseases of the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, obesity, rheumatism, flatulence.

Marjoram

Marjoram (Origanum majorana) is a species of perennial herbaceous plants from the genus Oregano (Origanum) of the Lamiaceae family. In the Middle East, it is better known as "Za'atar". Stems are erect, branched, 20-45 (50) cm high, woody at the base, silvery-gray. Leaves are oblong-ovate or spatulate, petiolate, obtuse, whole-edged, gray-tomentose on both sides. Inflorescences are oblong, tomentose-hairy, from three to five rounded, sessile, ovate, short spike-shaped bundles at the ends of the branches. The flowers are small, the corolla is reddish, pink or white.

Currently, marjoram is used mainly as a spice; it is added to salads, soups, fish and vegetable dishes, fresh or dried, and for canning. The plant is also used for the preparation of liqueurs, liqueurs, puddings, sausages, vinegar and tea flavoring. An essential oil is extracted from the aerial part of a flowering plant. Dry leaf powder is found in pepper mixtures. Marjoram improves digestion, is indicated for flatulence, has a diuretic and sedative effect.

In medicine in some countries, the plant is used for diseases of the respiratory tract and digestive organs. The use of marjoram is indicated for the dietary nutrition of gastric patients. In folk medicine, it is known as a gastric, tonic, anti-catarrhal and wound healing agent.Together with other drugs, marjoram was used for paralysis, neurasthenia, bronchial asthma and rhinitis. The plant was used internally in the form of infusion and externally - for baths and lotions as a wound healing agent. Valuable honey plant.

Melissa

Melissa, lemon mint, honey, mother plant, swarm, bee (Melissa officinalis) - a perennial essential oil herb from the genus Melissa (Melissa) of the Lamb family. The rhizome is highly branched. Stem branched, tetrahedral, pubescent with short hairs with admixture of glands, or almost glabrous. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, ovate to rounded-rhombic, crenate-serrate, pubescent.

It is grown for the sake of oval leaves, which, when rubbed, emit a strong lemon scent. Melissa, as a spice, goes well with game, veal, pork, lamb, fish, mushroom dishes. Fresh lemon balm leaves are added in the preparation of sauces, vegetables, soups of all kinds (fruit, pea, potato, mushroom). Many people like to add lemon balm to milk to make it smell better, to grated cottage cheese.

Melissa treats indigestion, it improves appetite, it is used for neuralgic and rheumatic pains, as a diuretic, used for depression, insomnia, migraine, menstrual pain, nervous weakness, migraine, insomnia, general loss of strength, some forms of asthma, colds, skin rashes, pain in the heart and palpitations, colic in the stomach and liver, anemia and to improve metabolism. Outwardly - with gum disease and furunculosis.

An alcoholic tincture of this spicy herb is used for rheumatic pains and neuromyositis, poultices made from the herb are used as a pain reliever for bruises, arthritis and ulcers. The plant enhances the activity of the digestive organs, has a mild laxative, stops nausea and vomiting, relieves the stomach and intestines from gases. In folk medicine, it is used for heart pain, bone pain, vomiting, to strengthen memory. The juice is used to treat old wounds.

Mint

Mint (Mentha) is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae family. The genus contains about 25 species and about 10 natural hybrids. All species are highly aromatic, most of them contain a lot of menthol.

Mint is widely used in medicine, pharmacology and cooking. Most often, we use it as a herb when brewing tea.

Borago

Borage, borage, borage, borago are a monotypic genus of the Boraginaceae family. The only species is borage (Borago officinalis) - an annual herb. Annual plant, stiff-haired, 60-100 cm high. Stem is straight or ascending, thick, ribbed, hollow, branched at the top. Basal and lower stem leaves are elliptical or oval, obtuse at the apex, narrowed towards the base into a short petiole; stem leaves are oblong-ovate, sessile, embracing, like the stems, covered with stiff whitish hairs.

They are good substitutes for cucumbers, they are added to vinaigrette, salads, sauces (mustard, tomato, sour cream), side dishes, okroshka, cold vegetable soups and borscht. The roots collected in autumn are used to make green butter, added to cheeses, cottage cheese, sour cream, for flavoring tinctures, wines, punch, vinegar, syrups, beer, essences and cold drinks.

Cucumber herb gives a spicy taste to minced meat, minced meat and fish fried in vegetable oil. Fresh and dried cucumber flowers are used in the liqueur and confectionery industry.

Borago, cucumber herb

Perilla

Perilla is a monotypic genus of annual herbaceous plants of the Lamiaceae family. The only species is Perilla frutescens. Herbaceous plants with a straight ascending stem. The lower leaves are large, long-petiolate, ovoid, the upper ones are oblong-ovate, sessile or short-petiolate.

New spice and flavor culture.Due to its high decorative effect, it can be grown as a curb plant. The variety is early ripening, cold-resistant, with a long growing season - 135-150 days. The plant is tall - 120-140 cm, the stem is erect, branching, tetrahedral. Grown in open ground and in greenhouses, through seedlings or direct sowing. The mass of one plant is 200-500 g. The yield of leaves, depending on the growing conditions, is 0.5-5.0 kg / m2.

Recommended for fresh green young leaves (salads, meat and fish dishes), in the phase of technical ripeness, the leaves are salted and pickled, and also used as a powder from dry leaves as an aromatic additive to meat and vegetable dishes. Perilla greens are juicy, delicate with a refreshing taste and an unusual mild aroma, where there are tones of caramel, anise flowers and very light pepper tones.

Parsley

Parsley (Petroselinum) is a small genus of biennial plants in the Apiaceae family. Leaves are double- or triple-pinned. The teeth of the calyx are inconspicuous, the petals are yellow-green or whitish, often with a reddish tinge at the base, cordate, notched at the apex and in the notch with a long, inwardly curved lobe.

Parsley is used as a spicy herb in fresh, dried and less often salted form, leaves as an integral part of salads, and leaves and root vegetables as an addition to side dishes and soups, especially fish dishes. Freshly frozen greens fully retain their nutritional and healing properties for several months (if properly stored, up to a year).

Parsley root vegetables are edible, but thin and coarse, so they are rarely used. In medicine (less often in cooking), parsley seeds are also used. Parsley is known for its diuretic, choleretic and stimulating effects.

Purslane

Purslane, Dandur (Portulaca) - a genus of plants of the Portulacaceae family (Portulacaceae) - a genus of one- or perennial succulent fleshy plants of the Purslane family. About 100 (according to other sources, up to 200) species in tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres. Stems are open or ascending, leaves are alternate or almost opposite. Flowers are often small, inconspicuous, less often - large single.

Young shoots and leaves of Portulaca oleracea (preferably harvested before flowering) are used as a garnish for meat and fish dishes - boiled with garlic, vinegar, vegetable oil or stewed with onions in vegetable oil.

The use of large-flowered purslane in garden design is extremely diverse. It is planted in flower beds (often in carpet flower beds), on ridges, flower beds, dry slopes, retaining stone walls, at the joints of concrete slabs in rockeries. On dry soils, purslane can replace the lawn.

Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Rhubarb

Rhubarb (Rheum) is a genus of plants in the Buckwheat family. These are perennial very large grasses with thick, woody, branched rhizomes. Aerial stems are annual, straight, thick, hollow and sometimes slightly furrowed. Basal leaves are very large, long-petiolate, whole, palmate-lobed or dentate, sometimes wavy along the edge; petioles are cylindrical or multifaceted, with large sockets at the base. Stem leaves are smaller. The stem ends with a large paniculate inflorescence.

Fresh petioles, after removing the dense skin, are cut into pieces and eaten:

Cooked in sugar syrup, they give a sour, delicious jam;
Slightly boiled in thick sugar syrup, dried and again immersed in syrup the next day, give candied rhubarb;
Boiled with boiling water, mashed through a sieve and boiled with sugar, they go as a filling in sweet pies, reminding the taste of applesauce;
Wine, like Chablis, is prepared from the juice of the stalks, and the juice mixed with water and sugar is first fermented, when the latter is finished and the liquid clears up, filtered, defended and bottled, in which they are kept for at least a year in the basement.

Rosemary

Rosemary (Rosmarinus) is a genus of perennial evergreen shrubs of the Lamiaceae family. The calyx is ovate-bell-shaped, two-lipped, two-split; upper lip with three short teeth; lower two-toothed, three-lobed, with a large middle lobe. Two stamens, single-celled anthers.Leaves are opposite, narrowed, linear.

Rosemary has a strong aromatic sweetish and camphor scent, reminiscent of pine, and a very spicy, slightly pungent taste. Fresh or dry leaves, flowers and young shoots are used as a spice for processing fish, in small quantities they are added to vegetable soups and dishes, in salads, minced meat, to fried meat, fried poultry, to mushrooms, red and white cabbage cabbage and marinades. They give a pleasant taste to soft cheeses, potatoes, game meat, fish and pastry.

Rosemary essential oil is used in the perfumery and cosmetic industry; leaves, flowers and young shoots - in the alcoholic beverage and bakery industries.

Leaves and annual shoots of rosemary were used in folk medicine inside for amenorrhea, as an astringent, tonic for impotence; sedative - for nervous disorders in menopause; pain reliever - for pain in the heart and stomach colic and externally - for neuritis, thrombophlebitis, rheumatism, parotitis, leucorrhoea, as a wound healing agent. It is used in modern combined herbal preparations

Arugula

Arugula, Sowing caterpillar, Indau sowing (Eruca sativa) is a biennial herb of the Eruca genus of the Cabbage family (Brassicaceae). The stem is straight, branched, slightly pubescent. The leaves are lyre-pinnate or dissected, with serrated lobes.

It has been cultivated as a spicy herb in the Mediterranean since the days of the Roman Empire, where it was considered an aphrodisiac. Until the 1900s, arugula was mainly harvested in the wild, cultivation on a mass scale was not used, and practically not studied by science. It has a rich, pungent taste.

It is mainly used in salads, and also as a vegetable additive to meat dishes and pastas. In coastal Slovenia (especially in Koper) it is added to cheese cheburek. In Italy, it is often used in the preparation of pizza; usually arugula is added to it shortly before the end of cooking or immediately after that. Also used as an ingredient in pesto in addition to (or replacing) basil.

In the Caucasus, young shoots and leaves are eaten. The leaves are used as a seasoning for dishes in the form of a salad, young shoots are eaten fresh, the seeds are used to make mustard. In Indian medicine, seeds are used as an irritant and anti-cutaneous drug; in folk medicine - for skin diseases, juice - for ulcers, freckles, hematomas, calluses, nasal polyps.

Arugula, or Indau sowing

Ruta

Ruta is a genus of evergreen perennial fragrant grasses, semi-shrubs, shrubs of the Rutaceae family. The leaves are trifoliate or pinnate, speckled with translucent glands, with a fragrant essential oil.

Ruta is bred as a spicy herb for the sake of young leaves, which are used as a seasoning for dishes, for sprinkling sandwiches and in vinegar (a taste that resembles garlic or onions), and also as a medicine, for which the plant is cut just before flowering and then dried ...

Celery

Celery (Apium) is a genus of plants of the Umbrella family (Apiaceae), a vegetable crop. There are about 20 species in total, common on all continents. A biennial vegetable herb with a thick, spindle-shaped yellow-white and brownish root vegetable with a porous flesh. The leaves are shiny, dark green, the petioles of the basal leaves are long and fleshy.

All parts of this spicy herb are added to the first and second courses, salads, drinks, sauces, seasonings. The rhizome is also used in a dried form. The stems are recommended to be used instead of salt for diseases of the gallbladder, osteoporosis, kidney disease. In medicine, it is used as a diuretic. It is an aphrodisiac.

Root celery has a diuretic and tonic effect and is widely used for kidney and bladder diseases.In homeopathy, extracts from seeds, roots and leaves are used as a diuretic and cardiac remedy, as well as for diseases of the genital organs.

Thyme

Thyme, Thyme, Thyme, Bogorodskaya grass, Thymus are a genus of semi-shrubs of the Lamiaceae family. Perennial shrub up to 35 cm tall with woody recumbent or ascending stem and erect or ascending herbaceous branches. Taproot, woody. Stems are woody at the base, spread over the soil, branched, with covered hairs bent down or erect.

The leaves are varied in size, venation and shape (from round or ovoid to linear-oblong), rigid, almost leathery, short-petiolate, less often sessile, entire or sometimes serrated (a constant feature in some Far Eastern species).

Young shoots of thyme have a strong, pleasant lemon aroma and a slightly bitter pungent taste. It is recommended to add thyme to fatty lamb and pork dishes. This spicy herb contains an essential oil with a strong scent. Thyme works well with peppers to enhance the flavor. It is used in the manufacture of many medicines, as well as an ornamental plant for landscaping the site.

Thyme, or Thyme

Caraway

Caraway (Carum) is a genus of perennial or biennial plants of the Apiaceae family, of which the common caraway (Carum carvi) species is the most famous. Leaves are double or triple pinnate. The flowers are bisexual or partially staminate. Petals are white, pink or red, round obovate. Fruitlets are oblong, somewhat laterally compressed, ribs are obtuse.

The roots are used in cooking as a spice. Leaves and young shoots are used in salads. Seeds - for flavoring homemade baked goods, for pickling cabbage, pickling cucumbers.

Savory

Savory (Satureja) - annual plants, semi-shrubs or shrubs, a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae family. Leaves are whole-edged or almost whole-edged, short-petiolized. The flowers are 4-9 mm or 10-15 mm long, bluish-white, light purple or pinkish, collected in 3-7-flowered whorls in the leaf axils. The calyx is bell-shaped, two-lipped or almost regular, five-toothed. The corolla is two-lipped; four stamens; anthers are bilocular, separated by not very wide connective; stigma with diverging lobes. Fruits are nuts, from round to ovoid, obtuse.

The medicinal effect of savory is antispasmodic, bactericidal, astringent. You can pick young leaves as a seasoning, but dried savory is also an excellent strong spice. Savory greens are very fragrant and resemble thyme, but with pungent undertones.

Ramson

Ramson, Bear Onion, Wild Garlic, Bulb (Allium ursinum) - a perennial herb; species of the genus Onion (Allium) of the Onion family (Alliaceae). The bulb is elongated, about 1 cm thick. The stem is triangular, there are two leaves, shorter than the stem, with a lanceolate or oblong sharp blade 3-5 cm wide and a narrow petiole, twice as long as the blade or equal to it.

It is used as a green culture, it is included in salads and other dishes. Ramson has an antihelminthic and antimicrobial effect. It is recommended to use it for scurvy and atherosclerosis, in folk medicine it has been used for thousands of years, including for fever, as an antihelminthic and antimicrobial agent, as an external agent for rheumatism, for various intestinal infectious diseases. In ancient Rome and in the Middle Ages, wild garlic was considered a good remedy for cleansing the stomach and blood.

Sage

Sage, Salvia (Salvia) is a large genus of perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs of the Lamiaceae family. Leaves are simple or feathery. Calyx bell-shaped, tubular-bell-shaped, conical or tubular, unchanging or slightly increasing during fruiting; the upper lip is three-toothed.The corolla is always two-lipped; the upper lip is helmet-shaped, sickle-shaped or straight; the middle lobe of the lower lip is much larger than the lateral ones, very rarely equal to the lateral ones. Stamens - 2; the column is threadlike; the stigma is bilobed.

Fresh and dried, the spice is used to add a piquant taste and aroma to dishes from meat, game, fish, salads, pies, and when preparing tea. It has anti-inflammatory and disinfectant effects, is used as a medicine for rinsing, compresses. All species of this genus are essential oil; many of them entered the culture as medicinal, for example, Sage (Salvia officinalis). The different properties of essential oils in different types of sage and the possibilities of their use have not yet been studied. The most famous is Clary sage.

Tarragon, tarragon

Tarragon wormwood, Tarragon, Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) is a perennial herb, a species of the genus Wormwood of the Astrovye family. Stems are not numerous, 40-150 cm high, erect, glabrous, yellowish-brown. Stem leaves are whole, oblong or linear-lanceolate, pointed; the lower leaves are incised at the top. The flowers are pale yellowish. The inflorescence is paniculate, narrow, dense; envelope leaflets are short-elliptic or almost spherical; the envelope is glabrous, greenish-yellowish, shiny, membranous along the edge.

Tarragon wormwood has a low-spicy aroma and a pungent, spicy and piquant taste. There are known varieties of salad direction, common in the Caucasus and Central Asia, and spicy-aromatic forms (Ukraine, Moldova).

The green mass of the plant is widely used in fresh cooking as a spicy-aromatic seasoning for pickling cucumbers, tomatoes, making pickles, for pickling cabbage, soaking apples and pears.

It is used as a spice in the preparation of rice dishes, boiled fish, mayonnaise, fried game, lamb. Finely chopped fresh leaves are added as a spice to poultry, eggs, light sauces, meat dishes, and all types of salads. They can be used to make green butter.

A refreshing drink "Tarhun" is prepared from the plant and used to flavor wines and liqueurs. Especially popular in France is the manufacture of a special aromatic-spicy vinegar from the aerial part of tarragon wormwood, used for dressing salted fish. A bunch of tarragon branches - green or dried, put in a bottle of vodka for several weeks, gives vodka a special taste and aroma. Depending on whether you took green or dry branches, the taste is different.

Tarragon, or Tarhun

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Oregano (oregano, motherboard, incense, or zenovka)

Herbaceous or semi-shrub spice with oblong-ovate, pointed leaves;

A plant with a strong aroma and a slightly bitter spicy aftertaste

Oregano is photophilous, requires regular watering, grows well in any soil;

The spice is used dried and fresh in many dishes. The grass repels pests in the garden and helps to get rid of moths in the house of Hyssop (blue St. John's wort)

Spicy herb or shrub with sessile oblong leaves and blue flowers;

The aroma is very strong, the taste is spicy with a slight bitterness

Winter-hardy and drought-resistant plant, prefers open, humid places with well-drained, non-acidic soil. Watering hyssop is necessary only during long dry periods;

In cooking and traditional medicine, it is used fresh or dry. The young plant is taken entirely, and the leaves from the upper part of the Lovage shoot are cut off from the adult

Branched plant up to 2 m in height, feathery leaves with incised lobes, shiny;

The aroma is spicy, pungent, the taste is sweetish at first, then pungent, very pleasant with a little bitterness

A frost-resistant plant, it develops well in the shade and in the sun, any soil is suitable. A young lovage can be watered in a drought, but an adult does not need watering;

The roots of the plant are popular in folk medicine. In the cooking of lovage, marjoram (za'atar) is used entirely

Erect, branched plant no higher than 50 cm. Leaves are gray tomentose, oblong-ovate. Flowers are small;

The aroma is sweetish-spicy, slightly camphor, the taste is bitter-spicy

Quite a heat-loving plant, which is planted in a sunny place, protected from wind and draft. Marjoram needs regular, frequent watering and weeding;

Marjoram is very popular in cooking and folk medicine, it is used dry and fresh. A dried plant has a clearer taste than Melissa (lemon or bee mint, mead, queen plant, swarm or bee)

Herbaceous plant with a branched tetrahedral stem, opposite ovoid, serrate leaves;

When rubbed, lemon balm leaves exude a lemon scent

A sunny or slightly shaded place is suitable for growing, the soil should be non-acidic, loose and well-drained. You can water lemon balm only in drought;

Melissa is widely used in cooking, both fresh and dry. Also, the herb is popular in folk medicine Peppermint

The genus includes about 25 species and about 10 natural hybrids;

Almost all species have a very strong fresh aroma due to the high content of menthol

Mint loves loose, fertile soils, grows well in the shade and in the sun. 2 waterings per month is enough, the plant does not tolerate stagnant water. Mint is often grown at home;

The plant is used fresh and dry in cooking (most often as a seasoning for tea, making a Mojito cocktail), pharmacology and medicine Rhubarb

Herbaceous plant with a very large, branched root. Basal leaves are petiolate, large, stems are smaller. Paniculate inflorescence;

The plant is appreciated for its original sour taste.

Frost-resistant and unpretentious plant, loves the sun, but takes root well in partial shade. The soil must be permeable and fertile. Flower stems are best removed;

In cooking, petioles of leaves peeled from a thin film are used, jam is made from them, candied fruits are dried, and Rosemary wine is made from the juice of the petioles

The tapered, linear rosemary leaves grow opposite each other. Flower - ovate-bell-shaped calyx of light blue-lilac color;

Strong sweetish-camphor aroma, reminiscent of the smell of pine, the taste is spicy, slightly bitter - an irreplaceable seasoning for cocktails

Rosemary loves warm, sunny areas with loose, calcareous soil. Watering is carried out regularly, in moderation, the plant does not tolerate waterlogging. Once every 7 or 8 years, the bush is cut off completely for rejuvenation. Formative pruning is done in the spring. Shelter is required for the winter;

In cooking, dried young shoots, leaves and flowers are used, the plant is also used in the perfumery and cosmetic industry and folk medicine Ruta

Herbaceous shrub or semi-shrub plant. Leaves are pinnate or trifoliate, densely covered with translucent glands with aromatic essential oil. The flowers are yellow;

The spice tastes like a mixture of onions and garlic.

Photophilous, drought-resistant plant that gets along well in any soil. Ruta tolerates a haircut well and does not like stagnant moisture. It is better to work with the plant with gloves, it can cause irritation and burns on the skin;

In cooking, dried young (collected before flowering) leaves of Thyme (thyme, thyme, Bogorodskaya herb or matter) are used

A semi-shrub no higher than 40 cm with a recumbent or ascending branchy stem. Hard leaves from round to linear-oblong shape;

Young shoots have a distinct lemon aroma and a bitter, pungent aftertaste.

For thyme, choose a sunny location with light, loose and non-acidic soil.You should monitor the humidity, water sparingly and avoid stagnation. If you cut the shoots of thyme to the lignified parts, the bushes will be more compact;

Used dry and fresh in cooking and traditional medicine, thyme is also often planted to decorate the garden (rockeries, alpine hills)

Herbaceous shrub up to 1 m tall, oval leaves with serrated edges, small purple flowers;

The aroma is reminiscent of mint, oregano and anise

Unpretentious and easy to grow plant, but requires shelter for the winter;

In cooking, the plant is used (dry and fresh) for the preparation of salads and teas. Korean mint is popular in folk medicine and cosmetology Ramson (bear or victory onion, flask or wild garlic)

Elongated bulb up to 1 cm thick, petiolate leaves, elongated, up to 5 cm wide. The stem is tetrahedral, the flowers are greenish-white;

Tastes like a mixture of onions and garlic

The plant loves the sun and moderate humidity, does not tolerate acidic soils. Ramson grows well in partial shade;

Used in folk medicine and cooking (young leaves, stem and bulb are used) for cooking various dishes Sage (salvia)

Leaves are simple or feathery, flowers are lilac;

Seasoning with a very strong, pleasant, tart aroma

Sage loves the sun, non-acidic, light and fertile soil. Pruning is carried out for 2 years after planting, the bush is cut 10 cm from the soil. Watering - regular, moderate;

In cooking, the herb is used (fresh and dried) as a seasoning for various dishes, alcoholic beverages and for making Tarragon tea (etragon or tarragon wormwood)

Herbaceous plant no higher than 150 cm, few stems, glabrous. Leaves are oblong or linear-lanceolate, pointed, flowers are pale yellow, small;

A herb with a light spicy aroma and a piquant, pungent, spicy taste

Tarhun does not like excessively humid and wetlands, the plant can be planted anywhere, the main thing is that the sun's rays fall on the bush;

In cooking (various dishes, pickles and alcoholic beverages), the entire aerial part of tarragon, dry or fresh Asparagus (asparagus) is used A plant with long and dense stems, needle-shaped leaves are located at the tips of the shoots

Asparagus is very fond of the sun, the soil is fertile and sandy loam. Water the plant often, but not abundantly. It is advisable to feed asparagus at all stages of growth. For the winter, the bush is cut and spud;

Asparagus has many beneficial properties; young plant stems are used in cooking. Dried ground berries replace coffee. Root used in folk medicine Sorrel

Sorrel is a common garden plant with arrow-shaped, sour-tasting leaves and a long stem bearing a paniculate inflorescence;

By the way, there is another species of this perennial - this is Uteusha spinach, which has nothing to do with spinach. Nice because it drives out very early greens in spring

Sorrel is unpretentious, grows well in the sun in loamy, neutral, slightly acidic and fertile soils. It is advisable to update the beds every 4 years. The plant loves moisture. Peduncles should be cut off;

In cooking, sorrel is used to prepare salads and hot dishes. Young leaves of the Horseradish plant are used Popular and common garden plant with large leaves and a powerful, pungent root

For horseradish, it is better to select a remote small area, the plant grows very quickly and clogs its neighbors. It is better to plant horseradish in the sun or in a small shade, light soils are well suited;

Horseradish is widely used in cooking and folk medicine, leaves and root are used, fresh and dry Fennel perennial (voloshsky or pharmacy dill)

The root is fleshy, the stem is straight, strongly branched.The leaves outwardly resemble dill with a bluish tinge;

The taste is a bit like aniseed, but sweeter. This herb has a really pleasant, refreshing flavor.

The plant does not like acidic soils, grows well on sandy loam or loam, likes open or slightly shaded places. Watering is moderate, regular. Quite allelopathic plant - suppresses neighbors. Careful shelter is required for the winter;

Used in cooking (dry and fresh), cosmetology and folk medicine Chives (chives or chives)

A plant with filamentous roots, bright green leaves and purple flowers;

Spicy, tangy taste

The plant loves moisture and loose soils, and is responsive to fertilizers. It is better to plant chives in the sun or in a light shade, you can grow at home. Watering is frequent, but not plentiful;

Fresh, young leaves are used in cooking, and chives are also grown as an ornamental plant.

The bulbs are oblong, underdeveloped, the stem is thick, full. The leaves are large, fistulous;

Many varieties have a sharper taste than green onions.

Frost-resistant plant, grows well in moist soil, in light shade or in the sun;

For eating, take the whole plant or only the leaves. Multi-tiered onions (horned, Egyptian or viviparous onions)

The name of the onion reflects the peculiarity of the arrows of the plant, air bulbs are formed on them, which do not have a state of dormancy, they immediately throw out greens;

Delicate pungent taste

It grows well on both heavy and light soils, the main thing is to follow the rules of agricultural technology, in the first case, the bulbs are planted at a distance of 15 cm from each other, and in the second, they indent 25 cm. Care is simple - thinning, loosening and regular watering;

Leaves are used in cooking Aromatic onions (branched or Siberian onions, dzhusai, Chinese garlic)

The bulb is small, the arrows are ribbed, flat, the flowers are white. Leaves are flat, thin, up to 40 cm in length;

Taste - a mixture of garlic and onions, a very popular herb in Central Asia

A plant in dry places, loves fertile, loose soils, grows well in the sun and in light shade. Dzhusay watering is carried out only when necessary, during dry periods;

Fresh and dry leaves are used in cooking Slime onions (drooping or ferruginous onions)

The leaves are flat, thick, smooth, and remain tender for a long time. Flowers are light lilac, inflorescences drooping or twisted;

Onion-garlic taste with light bitterness

A very unpretentious plant, you need to remove weeds on time and water in a drought;

In folk medicine, the whole plant is used, and in cooking - leaves and bulbs

Many people enjoy going out into nature. The smell of herbs intoxicates and at the same time fills with strength. I want to be charged with this natural energy more and more. You can successfully grow a “dacha pharmacy” at your dacha, and you will always have not only the power of nature, but also its beauty.

Most medicinal plants are wild, so they are extremely unpretentious. So they will definitely like it on your site. But they are also beautiful, so their decorative "component" can be used in garden design. It is not difficult to find medicinal plants, take a closer look at what grows outside the perimeter of your site, what is in the nearest forest or field. Carefully dig out the rhizomes of wild herbs and transplant them to your site, but garden medicinal plants can be sown with seeds.

Here are some versatile medicinal plants that can be planted on the site:

Peppermint and field mint

Smell, abundance of greenery, unobtrusive beauty - all this is mint. It is considered one of the oldest medicinal plants on earth. In addition to medicinal properties, mint is rich in vitamins A and C, manganese. When brewing tea, be sure to add mint leaves - and you will not have to complain about ailments.

It is best to grow mint indoors, as it grows so abundantly that it displaces other plants from the territory. Hanging outdoor flowerpots are one of the most suitable breeding places for mint.

Mint can be propagated by seedling by sowing seeds as early as possible, or by dividing the bush, if you or your neighbors already have this plant. Peppermint has a choleretic effect, and field mint has an antispasmodic effect. Both mints also have a slight relaxing effect.

Valerian Until now, botanists are still arguing about the etymology of the name of this plant. Some believe that it bears the name of the Roman physician Pliny Valerian, others - that this is just a translation of the verb "valere", which means "to be healthy." One way or another, valerian is one of the most popular medicinal plants. The roots are mainly used for medical purposes.

Valerian seeds lose their germination very quickly, which is why it is best to plant them under an apple tree. There they are reliably protected from any influences and germinate faster. Do not overdry the soil under valerian, it does not tolerate this.

Valerian flowers are lilac, white, or red. The bush reaches a height of two meters.

Melissa

Melissa is lemon mint and has a lemon scent on its leaves.

Unlike peppermint and field mint, its “hobbyhorse” is just a relaxing and some hypnotic effect.

Oregano

Be sure to get this medicinal plant, this is not only a benefit, but also a magnificent aroma that you will enjoy in your area.

It not only blooms beautifully, but also attracts urticaria butterflies to your site. This is just the plant that loves semi-shaded places very much. Oregano tea is practically a delicacy. Moreover, the delicacy is healing.

The healing properties of oregano are an increase in the secretion of various glands of the body, including an increase in peristalsis and intestinal tone. The plant is strong enough that oregano is not recommended during pregnancy. In general, oregano has a calming effect on the central nervous system.

Monarda

This beautiful plant is sometimes called "bergamot" because the scent of monarda leaves mimics the scent of bergamot. You can even make your own bergamot tea by mixing any tea with fresh monarda leaves and waiting two weeks for the leaves to dry and transfer their aroma to the tea.

Monarda is considered by most to be a spicy herb, but it is also a medicinal plant. The broth (or tea, to which monarda leaves are added) is very useful for digestion. But its main application is skin. Monarda heals wounds, skin infections, and is also an anti-allergic skin remedy and helps with eczema and psoriasis.

Elecampane

The name speaks for itself. Elecampane is considered a cure for all diseases. There are over 100 species of this plant.

This plant is somewhat similar to buzulnik. Its yellow flowers are collected in large, few baskets 7–8 cm in diameter, and the leaves are large, elliptical. The plant is tall, up to 1.5 m in height.

Its bright flowers, similar to mini sunflowers, will delight you in July-August. This plant is not an exception: it loves light, warmth and water. But often it should not be watered. Thanks to a very developed root system, elecampane does not remain without moisture even in the heat. With elecampane, any flower arrangement will be eye-catching.

A decoction of elecampane relieves spasms of the gastrointestinal tract and enhances the formation of bile. In addition, it is used for chronic diseases of the respiratory tract: bronchitis and tracheitis.

Salvia officinalis

Sage, aka Salvia, is considered a perennial plant. But there are annual and biennial species. It is a sub-shrub with numerous stems, with dense small gray-green leaves and a spike-shaped inflorescence, consisting of many light purple flowers.

People also call it "gourd". And indeed, it does a targeted treatment of the throat. Infusion of sage leaves is used for inflammatory processes of the oral cavity and pharynx, including tonsillitis.

The ancient Romans used sage as a cure for many diseases. Our contemporaries do not break this tradition, using sage also in cooking.

Sage will grow in your garden for 8 years. It is very easy to plant it. Propagated by seeds. Like most medicinal plants, it loves light and warmth. Thanks to the wonderful blue and lilac flowers gathered in ears, sage will be a great addition to any herbal mix.

St. John's wort

St. John's wort is a bush. Therefore, after growing, it alone can be a decoration of your site. There is even a specially bred garden St. John's wort, it is larger than the field one.

In the shade, St. John's wort will grow, but very slowly. Therefore, it is better to plant in the sun. When St. John's wort emerges, the plant needs careful weeding. But, if he has taken root, you can not worry about him - he will continue to grow without outside help.

"Grass from 99 diseases" - this is how St. John's wort was called in Russia. By order of the Russian tsars, this plant was harvested in Siberia, dried, ground into flour and sent to Moscow.

St. John's wort infusion is used as an astringent, disinfectant and anti-inflammatory agent for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, mainly acute and chronic colitis. It is also a good immunomodulator and an excellent natural antidepressant. Using the healing properties of St. John's wort, you need to remember that it is undesirable to take infusions from it on hot sunny days, since this herb is photosensitive - you can immediately get burnt.

Lavender The smell of this plant cannot be confused with any other. In addition to its aesthetic properties, lavender has many other benefits, which makes it indispensable for many housewives.

Lavender sachets will not only add an unforgettable aroma to bed linen, but also relieve insomnia. A bouquet of lavender in your bedroom will also scare away mosquitoes and mosquitoes, which will help you fall asleep without fear of being bitten by these insects.

A bath with a decoction of flowers and stems of this plant will soothe not only the body, but also the soul. If you decide to master the basics of Italian or French cuisine, then you cannot do without dried lavender. In aromatherapy, lavender is used not only as a sedative, but also as a means of preventing respiratory diseases. Inhalation of air saturated with the scent of lavender perfectly helps people of vocal professions, with severe overstrain of the vocal cords. The voice will return after the first session. A pleasant side effect of lavender scent is protection from viral infections.

Calendula officinalis (marigold)

In the common people, calendula is called marigold. An annual plant that adapts to any soil. Its delightful flowers will adorn any flower bed.

Calendula officinalis is often planted in summer cottages for decorative purposes: in flower beds, borders, modules, in containers. But in addition to the bright "appearance" of calendula has a number of valuable properties: firstly, it is a good antiseptic, the decoction of flowers can be used in the treatment of cuts, burns.

It is also an excellent remedy for stomatitis and gingivitis. However, many people know about the anti-inflammatory properties of calendula. But not everyone knows, but calendula is an excellent remedy for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, colitis, enterocolitis and gallbladder diseases. Calendula tea is also used in the treatment of heart disease, accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath and edema. In case of a cold, they rinse the throat with it.

pharmaceutical camomile
Pharmacy chamomile is no less decorative than garden chamomile, only this option is in miniature. Well, and if there is a lot of this chamomile, the beauty is unprecedented.Any "daisies" bloom for a long time, have repeated flowering and stand in bouquets for a long time.

As an ornamental plant, it is also good because it blooms from the end of June to August inclusive. Chamomiles are photophilous, they love watering, but they absolutely cannot stand waterlogging. Therefore, they must be planted in open and light areas.

Everyone probably knows about the properties of chamomile - it relieves spasms and has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, it is used for digestive problems, for toothaches and general wounds. And it is also used for cosmetic purposes - for example, a decoction of chamomile strengthens the hair and lightens it a little. If you wash your face with a decoction of chamomile, you can get rid of acne.

Fireweed (Ivan-tea)

Tall and bright plant. A decoction of Ivan-tea has a tranquilizing effect like valerian, as well as anti-inflammatory and enveloping effect, due to the tannins contained in the plant.

It is effective to use a decoction of Ivan-tea for stomach ulcers, gastritis and colitis.

Yarrow

Yarrow is used in garden design mainly in its "color" variants, but ordinary white is no worse, all the more so.

If we are talking about a country pharmacy. Yarrow has hemostatic properties and also affects the outflow of bile. It has certain antiarrhythmic properties (when using leaf juice). When included in the collection of herbs, it enhances their effect.

Jerusalem artichoke

This tall flower, generally similar to a sunflower, is also called an earthen pear. Because, unlike a sunflower, it has an edible root, or rather special nodule formations.

Very tasty dishes are prepared from Jerusalem artichoke nodules, and it is good because its harvest can be harvested in November and even in March, that is, when there is still nothing in the garden. Jerusalem artichoke has an anti-diabetic effect, and is good for both the treatment and prevention of diabetes.

Highlander serpentine

Its popular name is cancerous necks. Its pink sultanas on thin stems, as a rule, adorn garden ponds. "Officially" it refers to ornamental plants for the summer cottage.

And not everyone knows that it is a medicinal plant. And what else. But not inflorescences and not leaves, but rhizomes. The broth has astringent properties, it is used for acute and chronic intestinal diseases, as well as for stomatitis and gingivitis.

Schisandra chinensis

Most summer residents are probably familiar with him, because he is an excellent option for vertical gardening for trellises, pergolas, fences, absolutely unpretentious and always beautiful: leaves, flowers, berries are very decorative. Schisandra chinensis has medicinal berries, leaves, and roots.

Berries have a strong tonic effect. It is said that before the indigenous people of the Far East, when going hunting, took with them only a few lemongrass berries, and thanks to this they did not know fatigue and could not sleep at night. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat lemongrass berries in large quantities. From the roots of lemongrass, a tincture is prepared in the medical industry, it is sold in pharmacies. It is a tonic and immunomodulatory agent. But not everyone knows that lemongrass leaves also tend to increase immunity, so they can be brewed during the flu and cold season.

Thyme
Thyme has many varieties, but they are similar in properties. And he has a place not only on the alpine hill, but also in the pharmaceutical garden.

For medical purposes, leafy twigs are harvested, collected during full flowering. Thyme has bactericidal and antifungal effects.

Celandine

This plant has a rich history that also dates back to the days of Ancient Rome. Even then, on the basis of celandine, the cream "Chilidonia" was created, which is still used to treat skin diseases.

Ancient alchemists tried to get gold with this herb. Naturally, it didn't work out.But on the other hand, they learned to use it in metallurgy for worming and etching metals.

Celandine is best planted with seeds. It takes root well and grows rapidly. Looks great both in the flowerbed and in the garden. But if there are small children in the house, celandine must grow out of their reach - the plant is poisonous!

Echinacea

Its seemingly simple flowers are mesmerizing. This charm will last in your garden from mid-July to September. And for all this time, bees will become frequent guests, since echinacea is a honey flower.

This plant blooms only in the second year. It is very thermophilic and cannot live without the sun. Even partial shade will destroy him.

Wounds, burns, inflammations are the scope of this flower. They also use it for snake and insect bites.

Not sure which crops to give preference to: decorative or edible? There is an exit! Plant attractive food plants in your area. They are also very useful for human health.

Among herbs and vegetables, you can find many specimens that will not only decorate the site, but also bring invaluable benefits to the body due to their medicinal properties. These plants have another important plus: they practically do not need to be looked after.

1. Oregano, or oregano

Thanks to this spicy herb, you can brew aromatic tea and make a unique meat dish. The shoots of this medicinal plant contain useful essential oils, fiber, vitamin C. Oregano helps with skin diseases, coughs, insomnia, hypertension, problems with the gastrointestinal tract and other ailments.

This medicinal plant is a shrub up to 80 cm high, which blooms profusely with lilac inflorescences in summer. Fans of monochrome gardens can plant oregano next to other purple spicy herbs: lavender, sage, thyme, and more.

2. Zucchini

By the middle of summer, squash grows large leaves that resemble exotic plants. Bright yellow flowers are no less decorative, attracting bees and bumblebees to the garden.

The pulp of the fruit is good for the gastrointestinal tract. It contains dietary fiber and fiber, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, PP, as well as micro and macro elements necessary for the human body: potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, manganese, iron, sulfur, etc. prepare many healthy and low-calorie meals.

3. Cattleman

Catnip is a perennial plant with blue or bluish-purple inflorescences. It is settled in well-lit areas with light moist soil. Cattlemen actively use in single plantings and compositions with geraniums, lavender and sage. Dwarf varieties are suitable for decorating borders, rock gardens, rockeries and garden paths.

The most common type is lemon catnip, or catnip. This plant is also popularly called catnip.

Due to its anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, antipyretic, analgesic and expectorant properties, catnip is widely used in folk medicine. It is most often added to tea. The herb regulates the female menstrual cycle. Also, this medicinal plant is indicated as an antibiotic for the treatment of tumors and skin diseases.

4. Lovage

This spicy plant in the form of a powerful bush about 1.5 meters high with leaves like celery is not found in the garden as often today as in antiquity. But in vain. Lovage is used to prepare first and second courses, various pickles. It is valued for its high content of essential oils, vitamins, and mineral salts.It is also believed that this plant strengthens family ties.

In the first half of summer, small yellowish flowers, collected in umbellate inflorescences, bloom against the background of large feathery leaves. At this time, the medicinal plant looks very decorative.

5. Melissa

This herb is often called lemon mint. It can be grown in the trunks of ornamental trees or along a fence. At the same time, it is important that the sun's rays look in there, since the maximum amount of nutrients accumulates in the leaves of lemon balm in the light. And you also need to remember that the soil should always be slightly moist.

Lemon balm has light green leaves, and from June to September white-pink flowers appear in their axils, attracting bees to the garden. The shoots of the plant are used mainly for the preparation of essential oils, and are also added to tea.

6. Perennial onion

Chives

Chives, slime onions, and batun onions contain many vitamins and give the dishes a rich taste and aroma. These plants are also very decorative. Slime onions are attractive for large whitish inflorescences, chives are for small lilac flowers that are ideal for decorating borders, and for batun onions thick feathers are crowned with light greenish-yellow spherical inflorescences. Other types of decorative bow are useful and at the same time beautiful.

7. Mint

Depending on the type of mint, it has a menthol, lemon or peppery aroma. Peppermint is ideal for fish and meat dishes, as well as stewed vegetables. Other types are used to add a captivating aroma to teas and cold drinks.

In any drink, mint leaves go well with lemon wedges.

Mint has a refreshing, choleretic, diaphoretic, soothing, analgesic, anti-inflammatory effect. Thanks to menthol, the plant exudes a strong odor, which has a beneficial effect on the condition of the respiratory tract. In summer, mint is also decorative in the garden: against the background of rich green leaves, pale purple inflorescences appear.

Mint bushes look great in mixborders, herb garden, and along garden paths. Also a good design solution is planting mint near a small reservoir. This plant is harmoniously combined with monarda, hyssop, mullein, phlox, marigold, basil.

8. Parsley

These greens can be placed under an apple tree, and curly varieties will look good in curbs. Parsley is versatile and suitable for any dish. The shoots of the plant can be cut from early spring to late autumn, and frozen for the winter.

Parsley leaves can also be used to make beauty face masks. These products are excellent for softening and whitening the skin, as well as removing dark circles under the eyes, wrinkles and signs of fatigue.

9. Rhubarb

From juicy reddish petioles, on which large rhubarb leaves are attached, excellent compotes, jelly and pie fillings are obtained. And the leaves themselves are suitable for making stuffed cabbage. Ancient Chinese healers used dried rhubarb root to lower body temperature and as a laxative and body cleanser.

Rhubarb is usually planted in a far corner of the garden on a sunny or slightly shaded side. The perennial grows rapidly, therefore it needs periodic division of the bush.

Rhubarb stems and leaves can be stored for up to a week in the refrigerator if wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.When preparing raw materials for the winter, washed and dried stems are cut into pieces 2 cm long, placed in a tightly closed plastic bag and stored in the freezer.

10. Salad

The lettuce contains vitamins of group B, C, such useful elements as potassium, calcium, sulfur, iodine, phosphorus, as well as coarse dietary fiber, which help to improve digestion and normalize intestinal motility.

This plant needs to be weeded and watered regularly. Then the leaves will be juicy and as useful as possible. The lettuce can be planted as an original green border or as a background plant. Dill will be an excellent neighbor for this greenery.

11. Golden currant

This relative of black, white and red currants is quite rare in our gardens, and this is undeserved. Golden currant is unpretentious, able to withstand drought and nutrient deficiencies in the soil, it is almost not damaged by insects and at the same time it blooms beautifully and bears excellent fruit.

In the garden, yellow fragrant flowers that bloom in May, and autumn orange-red foliage are attractive, and in the kitchen juicy berries are good, from which compote and jam are prepared.

Plant this plant next to other berry bushes and your garden will sparkle with bright colors.

12. Tarragon, or tarragon

Fresh tarragon leaves are added to meat and fish dishes, as well as pickles and marinades. Dried, it is also used to make homemade bread. The leaves and young shoots of tarragon are rich in vitamins, microelements and other substances useful for the body that have a beneficial effect on the work of the cardiovascular system and the gastrointestinal tract. Also, the plant is used as an anthelmintic agent.

This herb has elongated, oblong, lanceolate leaves with a forked tip. They are rich in essential oils with a slight scent of anise, taste good and have no wormwood bitterness. In August-September, small greenish-yellow flowers appear on the plant. Tarragon loves light, but it can also live in partial shade, while it does not tolerate stagnant moisture in the soil.

13. Thyme, or thyme

This plant creeping on the ground (up to 20 cm high) is ideal for alpine slides. In summer, thyme blooms profusely with purple flowers, which can be cut (several pieces at a time) and added to tea. This will not harm the thyme. And at the end of flowering, all inflorescences can be collected and dried for the winter.

Thanks to essential oils, in particular thymol, thyme is used as an antihelminthic, disinfectant, expectorant and pain reliever. This herb improves digestion, heals skin rashes.

14. Dill

Dill reproduces well by self-seeding. If you leave several umbrellas in the garden in the fall, you will not have to sow greens in the spring. But keep in mind: the place must be sunny.

This popular condiment goes well with almost all dishes. Greens contain vitamin C, carotene, nicotinic and folic acids, calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus salts, essential oil, flavonoids. Thanks to this healing composition, dill regulates the work of the gastrointestinal tract, lowers blood pressure and has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system.

What useful and ornamental plants would you add to our list?

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