Favorite Tea Herbs to Grow
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Article by: Barbara Adams The list of herbs , How to Build a Waterfall For Your Garden Pond one can use for tea is long, with their uses crossing over from pure culinary pleasure to folk remedy and healing. Here are some all-time beverage favorites, from South African natives to North American natives and many others you might want to try. Starting with the mints (Mentha spp.), a fun, sometimes hard-to-find variety is banana mint. While the common name for some plants , Using Vines to Beautify Your House uses the word "banana" to describe color , Why a Flower Bed Should Look Bare When You First Plant It or shape, banana mint really has the aroma of bananas. Chocolate mint is another favorite. Children marvel over and over at how sniffing a plant , Selecting Outdoor Benches growing in their own gardens , Using Vines to Beautify Your House smells like a chocolate peppermint patty. The citrus-scented mints: lime mint, orange mint and lemon mint, make especially delicious iced teas. Peppermint, spearmint, and licorice mint, of course, are better-known candy flavors for both hot , Garden for Birds #4 and cold , Rubber Pond Liners beverages. Mints are usually grown in pots , Best Florists Online or some sort of contained area because of their rampant ability to spread, and prefer lots of surface space versus depth to their growing , Wildlife in Winter Ponds area. They are hardy perennials , Why a Flower Bed Should Look Bare When You First Plant It and can usually take partial shade. Another South African native that grows , Real Men Use Reel Mowers in Europe and the US is the scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.). It was introduced to Europe in the 1600s where its popularity spread. Although it resembles real geraniums, it is actual not a geranium at all, yet it is in the same botanical family. The leaves offer even more tea flavors to choose from than the mints, including apricot, strawberry, apple, rose, , Set Yourself Apart: Create Your Own Wind Chime Garden lemon, almond, licorice, and coconut. Scented geraniums are tender perennials , Garden Hot Tubs that can be grown in containers and moved indoors , Brilliant Beetroot! or covered in winter. , Buying a Lawn Mower German chamomile (Matricaria recutita) and Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) have long been infused into tea, dating back thousands of years to the ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks. It is quite easy to grow, , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses usually already well-known to potential customers, and offers a slight apple-like aroma. Although legend says that Peter Rabbit was given Roman chamomile, German chamomile is the most popular variety used for tea, and only the flowers, , Choosing Gardening Tools without the leaves or stems, are used for this purpose. Two more lemony favorites include lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla), and lemon balm (Melissa officinalis). Lemon verbena is a tender perennial , Choosing Gardening Tools said to have the best lemon flavor of the entire plant , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 10) Nutrients kingdom, reminiscent of lemon drops, making a great lemonade iced tea. Lemon balm, however, a native to the Mediterranean and cultivated there for close to 2000 years, also has its faithful followers who insist its fragrance is quite beautiful. , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! It is hardier than verbena, and while its top will die back in cold winters, , Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting the roots , Tips For Growing Beautiful House Plants Even If You're A Beginner return new growth. Its native habitat , Why Teak Coffee Tables Are Essential For Your Outdoor Space also stretches to western Asia, southwestern Siberia, and northern Africa, and it has naturalized in North America and other areas. Bees love its flowers. , Birdbaths Hibiscus (Abelmoschus moschatus) is a tender perennial , Guide To Growing Annuals with a delicious tart flavor and ruby red color. , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 10) Nutrients The Pharaohs of the ancient Nile Valley drank it, as did many cultures around the world, including those of China, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe. Hibiscus grows , Why Teak Coffee Tables Are Essential For Your Outdoor Space profusely in Africa (as well as the Caribbean and Hawaii). In temperate climates , Light Up Your Garden And Brighten Your Life it can be grown in pots , Patio Awnings Add to Your Outdoor Fun to bring inside , Why Teak Coffee Tables Are Essential For Your Outdoor Space or covered in winter. , Using Vines to Beautify Your House The flowers , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume are more often used for making tea, with leaves occasionally used, although leaves give it a more 'green' flavor. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is another tender perennial. , Landscaping - Maintaining A Landscaped Garden Its flavor as a tea is described as having hints of ginger and quite pungent. Both its leaves and flowers , The Basics Of How to Plant Container Gardens are used for tea. Long ago, people were well acquainted with rosemary which was associated with remembrance, fidelity and love. And it has many folk remedies attributed to it. There are many, many more herbs , Guide To Growing Annuals to choose from: pineapple sage and bee balm to name just a few. And remember the organic , Garden Gnomes Inspire Cult Following Worldwide strawberries, raspberries, dandelions and roses , Best Florists Online you may already have growing , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden in your garden , Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting or as a farm , Cactus Grafting: Lophophora Williamsii to Trichocereus Candicans as a Rapid Propagation Technique crop. Strawberry and raspberry leaves make delicious and healthful beverages. The Native Americans on the island where this author lives have shown me how they use a sprig of native wild rose , Garden for Birds #4 to make a tea they once used for respiratory ailments. Rosehip tea and dandelion root , Gardening - Schefflera Care tea are considered a very healing beverage. Be sure all herbs , Birdbaths used for consumption are safe , Guide To Growing Annuals from sprays or other contaminants, and check your local , Choosing Gardening Tools authorities for regulations , Lawn And Garden Detergent, or Garden Soap, or on growing , Light Up Your Garden And Brighten Your Life and selling any food , Greenscapes: Energy Efficient Landscaping product. Once you dive into the mystery, legend and history of herbal tea, it can be tempting to experiment with making tea from unknown or even well-loved garden , Landscaping - Maintaining A Landscaped plants. But some of our garden , Lawn And Detergent, or Garden Soap, or favorites, such as the leaf, roots , Patio Awnings Add to Your Outdoor Fun and flower , Buying a Lawn Mower of rhubarb, and those fragrant sweet peas, are considered toxic or poisonous when consumed. Be alert to possible allergies, as well, and stick to the documented tea herbs, , Patio Awnings Add to Your Outdoor Fun as herbal teas from every continent and every culture throughout humankind's history (and prehistory) will provide a treasury to choose from that will last, and enhance, a lifetime. (c) 2006 Barbara AdamsBarbara Adams Author: Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard , Real Men Use Reel Mowers to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth , Garden Hot Tubs (New World Publishing) http://www.MicroEcoFarming.com |
  
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