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An attractive houseplant that releases a pleasant odour when brushed against. Scent remini-scent of oregano, but it is not used in cooking. Fleshy small almost round leaves with small shallow rounded teeth on edges.

Depending on local conditions this plant can be persistent and hard to remove later, so make sure to plant where you really want it. Unusual, but interesting fish-like flavour. Striking red, green and white variegated ground cover for shady areas.

Spicy like nutmeg geranium, but with a hint of apple .

In the modern kitchen, shoots gathered when 12cm/5" high can be peeled, boiled and eaten like asparagus. Seeds may be slow to get going, but an established plant will self-seed if allowed to.

Leaves are excellent in potpourris and sachets. Widely used in perfumes and soaps, and even to perfume India ink. One of the definitive perfumes of the Orient and of India in particular.

Bay laurel is an evergreen tree with glossy, deep-green, crinkled leaves that stem from smooth reddish woody branches. Leaves should be picked young, dried in the shade, and can then be kept in dry-storage for up to one year.

Try it in candies, cookies, cakes, salads, seafood... Anywhere where you need to create a new sensation. It's hard to play favourites with your babies, but for mint breeder Jim Westerfield, this one always held a special place in his heart.

Spread 4-6ft (120-180cm). Its unique and eye-catching growth habit falls over the edges of walls and planters, and blooms with small blue flowers. Plant in full sun to part shade. Foxtail is a playful showy variety with a dense plume-like appearance.

Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.

Fast growing, low creeper, with small white flowers; excellent in hanging baskets. Leaves contain the intensely sweet compound hernandulcin (1000 times sweeter than sugar) but high camphor content makes them unsuitable for use as a sugar substitute.

He is said to have outlived 23 wives, and left behind 11 generations of descendents when he died in 1933. Virility- and longevity-promoting prowess aside, fo-ti is one of the most widely used tonic herbs in traditional Chinese medicine.

Also for ceremonial smudging. Used by Amerindians for diarrhea; also for headaches, stomachache, menstrual problems. Lovely white ghost-like flowers; attractive silver foliage; excellent for dried arrangements.

Essential oil used in perfumery. Showy spikes of blue flowers. Decorative plant with a refreshing aromatic scent. Slightly bitter leaves are finely chopped on salad, game meats, soups and stews.

Excellent for pathways. Never exceeds 2cm/1”. Dense, tight-fitting foliage, pink flowers. Ground hugging low thyme, lower than other varieties.

Dazzle friends and family with banana mint tea, julep, or ice cream; or how about banana mint cookies and muffins? The unexpected fruitiness inspires a creative gastronomic tangent.

Does not attract cats despite its stronger, more pleasant scent. Excellent for massing, as ground cover or in rockeries. (Catmint) Smaller ornamental form of catnip with lavender-blue flowers and grey-white foliage.

The traditional rose-scented geranium with deeply cut leaves.

The leaves have strong flavour, similar to winter savory, and can be used fresh or dried just like other savories. The essential oil in the leaves has antimicrobial, antiviral and antioxidant properties.

Very attractive addition to any mint collection. Mature leaves are downy, ovate and silvery grey in colour; flowers are light pink-purple; and the growth habit is upright and robust.

In animal studies it lowered blood sugar in diabetic animals but not in normal animals, unlike antidiabetic drugs. At the same time it protects the kidneys and retinas from damage caused by high blood sugar.

Leaves and flowers make a pleasant, soothing tisane. Showy flower in a mixture of red tones.

Developed at Twickel Castle in Holland before 1922. Deep purple flowers with long stems and outstanding fragrance. Ideal for sachets, for cut-flowers, and for craft work. Needs regular pruning to maintain a neat rounded shape.

Very hardy and adaptable to both dry and wetter growing conditions. Ht. 25-60cm/10-24". As the flowers appear in midsummer the strong scent fills the air far and wide. A terrific new lavender from Holland with deep violet-blue flowers and a nice compact...

Formerly used to bandage wounds. Silvery appearance is ideal for contrasting and grey gardens. Delightful soft, downy foliage resembles lamb's ears in feel and appearance.

Flowers cherry-red. Similar to common white yarrow.

Can reach 2.5m/8ft in height if not pruned back. The fragrance has been described variously as “resembling orange blossoms” and “sweet musk mingled with heliotrope.” Will bloom repeatedly through the year if well-fed and watered.

Helps relieve headache, and has general tonic action. Good substitute for black tea; infusion resembles the taste and is caffeine-free.