Culinary Plants

Origanum calcaratum

Dittany of Amorgos

Looking lovely in the rock garden this month, despite the heat and drought is our 10 year-old patch of the Greek native, Dittany of Amorgos (Origanum calcaratum). This amazing woody perennial oregano can be found on island like Crete, hanging out in crevices of limestone cliffs. At JLBG, we grow it in our gravel amended

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Bird of Paradise Tree and Buffalo Gourd…two little known horticultural oddities

We hope you’ve received your new Fall 2016 catalog and are enjoying the plants we selected for inclusion. If not, they’re all on-line. It’s been years since we were able to offer one of our favorite garden plants, the Hardy Bird of Paradise Tree…Caesalpinia gilliesii.  After years of searching, we located a seed source and

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