Blue Hyssop
Formats
Decorative plant in gardens, rockery. Medicinal, culinary and aromatic plant. Dry flowers and leaves. It is used against cough, colds, bronchitis and to make gargling in case of throatache. In cooking recipes it is used to season salads, game and mushrooms. It tastes a little spicy. The fresh and dry leaves can be used as an insect and snails repellent. It was used to purify Christian temples and to look after lepers.
Evergreen small shrub up to 30-60 cm with hermaphrodite deep blue flowers. Lanceolate leaves and bright red or orangey berries. Intense aroma.
Grows on dry well-drained and calcium rich soils.
Use
Edges, Pest-repelling Plants, Gardening, Medicinal, Flowerbeds
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Description
Decorative plant in gardens, rockery. Medicinal, culinary and aromatic plant. Dry flowers and leaves.
Flowering
| Flower colour | Blue |
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| Flowering period | June, July, August, Summer |
| Fragrant | Fruit |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Evergreen |
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Botanical information
| Common name | HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS - Blue Hyssop |
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When to plant?
| Sowing period | March, April, May, Spring |
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| Average germination (%) | 80 |
| Seeds per gram | 1.000 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Edges, Pest-repelling Plants, Gardening, Medicinal, Flowerbeds |
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| Soil pH | Alkaline |
| Soil type | Sand |
| Soil moisture | Well-drained |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -15ºC) |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
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