Here are more of these useful herbs with their healing properties.
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
The polite way to describe lemon balm is ?vigorous.? This bushy herb is in the mint family and can grow to 12-32 inches tall. By midsummer, lemon balm?s amazing fragrance will be at its most well-developed, and you can enjoy this herb as an iced tea and culinary herb as well as for its traditional uses for uplifting the mood. This is a wonderful family herb, and is safe for all ages, although you may want to use lemon balm sparingly if you have thyroid problems. Not the least bit picky, lemon balm will make itself at home in almost any garden and can crowd out more timid neighbors. You can keep it under control using a root barrier or by growing the herb in pots that have been sunk into the soil. Lemon balm will thrive in either part shade or full sun. Traditionally used as a bee plant, pollinators love this herb.
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
A very hardy mint family plant, horehound is about two feet tall when fully grown. Its downy leaves are a soft, green gray color and whorls of small white flowers appear in the summer. Native to Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia, this herb has naturalized in other areas. Horehound prefers a sunny spot, but isn?t picky about soil. Traditionally used as a digestive bitter and also as a lung remedy, you may have come across traditional horehound candy at an old timey-general store.
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