Herb Garden

Herb Garden

The Herb Garden was established in 1984. 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

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