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Landscape Herbs
It’s not just a garden around your house. You must visualize it as a landscape framing the beauty of the space. But is it also that all?
The common picturesque garden across the town will surely have a carpet lawn, some shadowy trees, and an outline of crotons, a few flowering plants, front yard and a narrow path to take walk and some usual plantations. You all are aware of it. Many of you also give a seasonal touch to your garden. How do you think of giving herbal flavor to the same?
Herbs for the lawn
Herbal landscape - you can call it that way. Chamomile is the herb best suitable for shaping a lawn. Chamaemelum Nobile is its scientific name. As you grow them in your lawn, you might have a feeling that these are just ornamental herbs. Hey, you are mistaken. Chamomile is a three-in-one type of herb. It can be used for medicinal cure, ornamental décor and culinary purpose. A cup of chamomile blossoms as tea is really revitalizing and healthy.
Herbal trees
Beside the lawn the area which covers trees in your landscape garden can also be herbal in nature. You will have to just culture a good knowledge about the herbs and then decide to plant the trees. This will allow you to share the natural bliss with the therapeutic treatment right at your home.
Trees you must grow
Silver birch or Betula pendula: This is mainly an ornamental herb but the leaves produce dyes of green and yellow color.
Linden or Tilia platyphyllos: The leaves when they just start growing are very fresh and young. You can use them instead of tea leaves and relish the flavor that’s boon to your health.
Hedge germander or Teucrium Chamaedrys: This is a combo of medicinal and ornamental herb. It is grown almost everywhere in America. The flowers and leaves are more or less same in shape and size. Of course the leaves are green but the flowers are colorless.
Juniper or Juniperus communis: The juniper berries extract can be converted into tonic that is useful in different ways. Gin is flavored by the juniper berries tonic. It is also used for marinating meat.
Herbs you eat
What is Cucumis sativus? It is basically an herb that is edible and has medicinal quality. Cucumber, you know it popularly by this name. A very common ingredient of salad and you also use it as skin coolant and toner in different skin care methods. Skin rashes and infections can be healed with the help of cucumber juice.
Forsythia is another plant herb. Its fruits are liked by many. And diseases like mumps that mostly happen to the kids can be cured through its consumption. So it is also regarded as a healing fruit.
Kitchen garden herbs like chives and basils can be grown in abundance. Similarly lemon thymes that can be taken with fish and Levisticum officinale which is a must element for stews and soups are also great components of landscape herbs.