Herb Garden
Herb Garden
The Herb Garden was established circa 1985. It contains plants used to provide fragrance or for culinary or medicinal purposes. Every culinary dish tastes better when fresh herbs are used. Some traditionalists such as rosemary, common basil, thyme, and oregano fill this particular garden. Other herbs that have been increasingly used in restaurants for complex flavors have been incorporated into the garden for the 2018 growing season, including several varieties of nasturtium, cinnamon and lemon basil, and sugar bush.
In 2009, an anonymous supporter donated the sculpture titled “Eternal Flame” carved by Stacey Henderson of Des Moines. The piece is carved from Yule marble from the same Colorado quarry as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
*This collection site was last updated on June 4, 2018.
| Designation | Genus | species | Cultivar | Common Name |
| Deciduous Tree | Gymnocladus | dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree | |
| Deciduous Shrub | Buxus | microphylla var. koreana | Korean Boxwood | |
| Deciduous Shrub | Corylus | avellana | Contorta | Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick |
| Deciduous Shrub | Hypericum | kalmianum | Ames | St. John’s Wort |
| Deciduous Shrub | Malus | x | Prairifire | Prairifire Flowering Crabapple |
| Deciduous Shrub | Malus | x | Prairifire | Prairifire Flowering Crabapple |
| Deciduous Shrub | Paeonia | suffruticosa | Guardian of the Monastery | Tree Peony |
| Deciduous Shrub | Paeonia | suffruticosa | Shichifukojin | Tree Peony |
| Deciduous Shrub | Paeonia | suffruticosa | Kokuryu-Nishiki | Tree Peony |
| Deciduous Shrub | X Sinocalycathus | raulstonii | Heartlage Wine | Raulston Sweetshrub |
| Perennial | Achillea | milefolium | Yarrow | |
| Perennial | Allium | schoenoprasum | Chives | |
| Perennial | Foeniculum | vulgare var. azoricum | Perfection | Florence fennel |
| Perennial | Levisticum | officinale | Lorage | |
| Perennial | Miscanthus | sinensis | Variegatus | Variegated miscanthus |
| Perennial | Nepeta | x faassanii | Sun Hills Giant | Catmint |
| Perennial | Origanum | vulgare | Oregano | |
| Perennial | Paeonia | Duchesse d’Orleans | Garden peony | |
| Perennial | Paeonia | Paula Fay | Garden peony | |
| Perennial | Papaver | orientalis | Royal Wedding | Oriental poppy |
| Perennial | Pervoskia | atriplicifolia | Russian sage | |
| Perennial | Rhizoma | iridis variegatum | Variegated orris artemsia | |
| Perennial | Rhizoma | iridis | Orris root | |
| Perennial | Rosmarinus | officinalis | Rosemary | |
| Perennial | Ruta | graveolens | Common rue | |
| Perennial | Salvia | officinalis | Gold Variegated | Sage |
| Perennial | Agastache | hybrid | Mandarin | Dwarf hummingbird mint |
| Perennial | Melissa | officinalis | Lemon balm | |
| Annual | Anethum | graveolens | Dill | |
| Annual | Coriandrum | sativum | Cilantro | |
| Annual | Ocimum | basilicum | Dark Opal | Opal basil |
| Annual | Ocimum | x citriodorum | Lemon basil | |
| Annual | Ocimum | basilicum | Cinnamon | Cinnamon basil |
| Annual | Petrosilinum | crispump | Big Italy | Big leaf parsley |
| Annual | Stevia | rebaudiana | Sugar bush | |
| Annual | Tagetes | lucida | Mexican tarragon | |
| Annual | Thymus | vulgaris | Common thyme | |
| Annual | Tropaeolum | majus | Peach Melba Superior | Nasturtium |
| Annual | Tropaeolum | majus | Alaska Variegated | Nasturtium |
| Annual | Tropaeolum | majus | Cherry Rose Jewel | Nasturtium |