This year I am.ordering seeds for Greek mountain tea and Hyssop. And planting on the valerian from.the nursery bed.
Of course the plants I want to grow most are wildly unsuited for my zone 6 hot summer climate and heavy soil. Rhodiola wants arctic or alpine conditions so I am not even trying. Greek mountain tea is tender and grows on scree so I’ll try it in pots.
So what does grow well here, meaning with no help at all? Echinacea purpurea which I have never yet dug up and prepared the roots. Comfrey which is a thug and may never be allowed in. Fennel. Dandelions. Hellebore, a medicine of the ancients, which is toxic.
Immune booster, skin care, nursing mother’s tea, diuretic.
Local weeds, jewel weed Impatiens, great for poison ivy exposure and mild rash. Although soap and water and cortisone are better.
Plantain, heal all Prunella, does it really?