Common name: Salad Burnet
Scientific name: Poterium sanguisorba
Family: Rosaceae
Uses: Decorative, culinary.Attractive flowers. For culinary use. Use for flavoring. Use in vinegars. Use in containers.
History: The word sanguisorba means "to drink up blood." Salad Burnet was long believed to stop hemorrhages although no modern evidence has shown this to be true.
Common name: Rue
Scientific name: Pimpinella anisum
Family: Rutaceae
Uses: Decorative, culinary, medicinal.Attractive flowers. Use for drying. Use for dye (yellow; green). Use in containers. Use in marinades and sauces. Said to have some medicinal uses.
History: Sometimes referred to as the Herb-of-Grace, the shape of this plant