Common name: Summer Savory

Scientific name: Satureja hortensis

Family: Labiatae

Uses: Aromatic, culinary, decorative, and medicinal.Dried plants are used to scent potpourris. Fresh or dried leaves flavor vinegars, herb butters, bean dishes, creamy soups, and tea. Summer savory can be grown in containers. It is said to have some medicinal qualities.

Common name: Purple Basil

Scientific name: Ocimum basilicum purpurescens

Family: Lamiaceae

Common name: Marigold

Scientific name: Tagetes species

Family: Asteraceae

Uses: Decorative.Attractive flowers. Use for dye (lemon yellow; bright orange). Use in containers.

History: Marigolds are native from Arizona and New Mexico to South America and Africa.

Description: Plants have deep green aromatic feathery foliage and single to double flowers. Leaves are usually opposite, simple, or more often pinnatified or pinnate.