Ive looked around and have seen that Anise hyssop is hardy to my area in Seattle Wa., but I am wondering.. does the main plant go to seed and more come up from the roots next year ? or is it a self seeding annual .. dying back fully in winter and coming back from seeds in spring ?
I love this plant ... found a little frog hunting the bugs visiting the flowers this morning
Chris
What a beautiful plant and what a cute little green frog. We don't see many frogs in New Mexico and I really enjoyed seeing it. I too have anise hyssop. I started it more out of curiousity than anything, but it smells wonderful, the purple flowers on top are lovely, and yes, bees and butterflies love this plant. It does go to seed and reseed. It can be a bit of a problem, but the seedlings are easy to pull and I find my friends often want them if I am willing to put them in a small pot.
I haven't tried any of this, but anise hyssop is supposed to make a great tea and was used by the Native Americans to cure colds and bronchial infection. I believe there are a few recipes for it in one of Renee Shephard's cook books -- Recipes from a Kitchen Garden and more Recipes from a Kitchen Garden.
I love this plant, too. Just for its appearance and fragrance and maybe someday I will cook with it.
This message was edited Jul 28, 2006 2:35 PM
I use to have this, I think it got drowned out by bermuda, which ismore deadly than anise hysop LOL, it did reseed for me but the main plant came back yearly as well.
I loved it. I have some other hysops that seem to only come back from the main plant , they may drop a few seed and multiply but their not aggressive by no means , annise hysop blue fortune and tutie fruitie, golden julilee are all types of hysop
wow very cool .. thanks for the info guys .. I love this plant ... I want to try making tea from it when it gets cool enough to want to boil water in my house
Chris
