Plant Name

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Hyssopus officinalis

Common Name

Hyssop

Soil

Chalk, Sand

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Dry

Plant Type

Semi-evergreen aromatic Shrub

Height x Spread in feet

2 x 3

Foliage

Mid-Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

Dark Blue in August-October

Comment

Erect form. Use in rock or herb garden, as low hedging. Grow at the base of a warm sunny wall or in containers. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. The foliage has culinary uses.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.

Besides the blue, there is the white and the pink flowered versions available as seeds from Iden Croft Herbs.