Dabe's "HOME" Page - Pictures of my house and garden

Looking north into the garden the opening of the rear garage door.

At the right, you can see purple cone flower and amaranth (really, you can). Sorry about the fuzzy quality of this photo.

Purple horsemint and wild hysop are allowed to self-sow themselves as filler among the other plants. Care is taken to keep the area around the roses clear so they don't mildew too badly.

Horsemint has a deep purple/brown leaf and a distinctive aroma, but is not edible as far as I know. It presents a stalk of pale blue flowers late in the season and can provide a nice dry feature in the winter garden.

Wild hysop reappears each year from roots and seeds. It has a dramatic stalk -- up to 2 feet long -- of small but vividly purple flowers which last for weeks. Often it reflowers later in the season.