There is a lot of rumour around this plant on German internet sites. Its German name resembles that of a famous liqueur, and so the myth tells that the plant is shut away by the liqueur-mafia. Alas it isn`t true. There once was sort of a liqueur-mafia consisting of my great-aunt Creszenzia ...

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A well known garden plant and very reliable. Its `mini-sunflowers` apear from mid summer to autumn.

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In our region it is by far the most common plant of cottage gardens. Everywhere it is planted in a similar spot: at the fence or in front of a wall. The reason for this is the fact that the plant needs support, it won`t stand by itself. If every stood in front (actualy: stood below) of this...

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The Thin-Leaf Coneflower can be found everywhere in the easter states of the USA. Its habitat are moist prairies and along rivers. In Europe it is often considered a shortlived plant, but this is only the case if the soil isn`t moist enough. If you keep it at the edge of your pond it will perform as a true perennial. Its garden worth is the late blooming period. Often it is in flower far into October.

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Sorrel grows on all moist meadows. For culinary purposes however you probably don`t want to harvest it from a meadow (who knows what the farmer or the dog of the neighbour have done to the meadow ...), but prefer to grow it in your kitchen garden. When we were children we loved to chew the leaves, now that we are grown up we prepare sorrel-soup.

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Sage probably needs no special intruduction. It grows best on dry and sunny spots in the garden. If you don`t like the taste of dried sage, try the the fresh leaves. Their taste is much more delicate.

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Pidgeon`s Scabious once was common on meadows in Germany, but today it becomes rare. It can`t bear the amount of fertilizer and the early cutting that are usualy in modern agriculture. It is a plant of semi-xeric meadows and it prefers a similar spot in the garden: sunny, poor soil and very good drainage. If you can provide this conditions, it will show gratefull and produce flowers from mid summer till autumn.

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A native stonecrop that is a strong grower and can form large carpets. Its silver-grey leaves are edible, but they are of little taste. In former times they were grown as a vegetable, called `Tripmadame`.

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 A stonecrop variety from China and Korea. Its foliage carries a silver hue, the flower appear from mid summer to autumn. They are reddish and loved by bees.

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Sedum telephium is one of the parents of this cross, and it is a stonecrop that can be found almost everywhere in Eurasia. For a stonecrop it grows quite tall. `Herbstfreude` (= `Joy of Autumn`) looks pretty much like the wild variety but it grows more tidy. Its foliage is gray-green, the flowers are produced from mid summer on and they are reddish to brownish.

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A house leek with small rosettes. They are red and with just a bit spider web on them.

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House leek is a plant that needs almost no care at all, and since it exists in an endless number of varieties, it is perfect for collectors. We didn`t intend to grow house leek. But one day we had to find something to plant on the little hut that houses the dustbin. We decided to use house leek and ...

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 This house leek got red-green rosettes that are covered with some `spicer web`. As the name indicates, thaw drops do get trapped in there.

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 Probably the most beautiful of all comfreys, but no plant that can be used in a mixed border for it is a very vigorous grower. It needs a space for itself, and since it is happy with light and deep shadow, it is not difficult to find such a space. As a reward for the extra space its ...

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This plant has been with us as far as I can think back. Nobody knows who planted it first, probably it dwelled here before us. It is a true cottage garden flower. Pretty, merry, carefree and also with some pharmaceutical power. During summer it produces huge amounts of ...

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There are two double varieties of feverfew, one blooms yellow the other one white. We goofed it and got one box of a mix of both varieties that we offer here.

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Tansy grows along rivers and on gravel. It was used as a spice and a medical plant. In England it was even used to prepare a sort of pudding. That was no good idea, for tansy is quite poisonous. On the other hand who can tell if it was really more dangerous than many dishes of the notorious ...

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White varieties of the sweet violet also occur in the wild. One of them was seleceted and propagated and received the name `Alba` (= `the white one` - how inventive ...). If you look closely you will realise it isn`t truely white but carries a very pale lilac hue on the flowers.

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This violet is one of countless creations of Armand Millet, a French violet breeder (yes, there was a time when there were violet nurseries). The Millet family did run a nursery near Paris from 1838 to 1940, and they delivered huge masses of violets to the markets of ...

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As an exception among violet varieties this one is of British and not of French origin. It was released to the market by the nursery `Tottenham & Feltham` in 1863. The breeder was F.J.Graham. It is a very dark flowered violet and its long flowering stalks make it very suitable for bouquets.

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