Organic Anise Hyssop

The leaves and tiny lavender-blue flowers of anise hyssop smell and taste of anise, but its square stems and opposite leaves tell you it belongs to the mint family. The leaves look a bit like catnip, but larger.

Herb lovers claim it as a culinary herb, using the fresh or dried leaves in tea and crumbling the tangy flowers over fruit salad.  Bees are very attracted to the flowers.

Plant indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Transplant out after danger of frost is past. Light/Soil: Full sun to partial shade; rich, well-drained soil. 2-4’ high. Spacing: 12-18". 

Approximately 100 seeds. Hardy zone 4-9, Heirloom.