Purple Archives - Jersey-Friendly Yards

Woody-base perennial from Southern Europe used mainly as a culinary herb with elliptic green leaves that are highly aromatic .

Cool-weather vegetable typically harvested annually for its large head and is apart of the same species as other cooler season vegetables.

Hardy and fast growing member of the mint family that is native to Europe, but abundant in the states.

Popular perennial shrub that demands a lot of sunlight in exchange for fragrant leaves, which are popular for a multitude of uses.

The leaves of this popular perennial are very common culinary herbs, and can be grown in a wide range of sunny regions.

Spawling plant with blue, star-shaped flowers possessing edible leaves native to the Mediterrean.

Mad Dog Skullcap is a low-growing perennial with tiny, tubular, two-lipped blue flowers blooming from July to early October.

Geum rivale is a clump-forming, hairy perennial with showy, nodding, bell-shaped purple flowers.

Bottle Gentian are slow-growing but long-lived perennials with dark blue, bottle-like cylindrical flowers that look like buds about to open.

The state flower of New Jersey, Common Blue Violets adorn our yards in early spring, providing an important food source for emerging bees.

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