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The easiest herbs to grow in your herbal tea garden
Easy-to-Cultivate Medicinal Herbs
1. Peppermint
- Properties: Peppermint tea has a refreshing flavor and is great for digestion. It can help with indigestion, nausea, and bloating. It’s also calming for the stomach and can alleviate tension headaches.
- Cultivation: Peppermint is a hardy perennial that loves moist, well-drained soil and partial shade. It spreads quickly, so it’s best to grow it in containers or confined areas to keep it from taking over your garden.
2. Lemon Balm
- Properties: Lemon balm tea has a mild lemon flavour and is known for its calming and mood-enhancing effects. It can help reduce anxiety, promote relaxation, and improve sleep quality. It’s also antiviral and may help prevent colds and flu.
- Cultivation: This perennial herb prefers rich, well-drained soil and partial shade. It’s easy to grow from seed or cuttings and can spread quickly, so regular pruning is necessary.
3. Chamomile
- Properties: Chamomile tea is famous for its soothing and sedative effects, making it a perfect bedtime beverage. It helps with relaxation, anxiety, and sleep quality. Chamomile also has anti-inflammatory properties and can aid digestion.
- Cultivation: Chamomile can be an annual or perennial herb that likes well-drained soil and full sun. It’s easy to grow from seed and produces delicate, daisy-like flowers perfect for tea.
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More Obscure Medicinal Plants
1. Wood Betony
- Properties: Wood betony has been used for centuries to alleviate headaches, anxiety, and digestive issues. It has mild sedative and analgesic properties, making it useful for tension headaches and stress relief.
- Cultivation: This perennial herb prefers well-drained soil and partial shade. It produces tall spikes of purple flowers in summer and can be propagated from seeds or divisions.
2. Skullcap
- Properties: Skullcap is a calming herb that helps relieve anxiety, nervous tension, and insomnia. It has mild sedative effects and can promote relaxation and improve sleep quality.
- Cultivation: Skullcap is a perennial that prefers moist, well-drained soil and partial shade. It produces small, blue flowers on slender stems and can be propagated from seeds or cuttings.
3. Vervain
- Properties: Vervain has a long history in herbal medicine for its calming and tonic properties. It balances the nervous system and can help with stress, anxiety, and insomnia. Vervain also supports liver function and digestion.
- Cultivation: Vervain thrives in well-drained soil and full sun. It produces clusters of small, purple flowers on tall spikes and can be propagated from seeds or cuttings.
These easy-to-grow medicinal herbs, along with some more obscure plants, offer a range of benefits that can enhance both physical and mental well-being. Adding them to your English garden not only beautifies your space but also provides a bountiful harvest of healing herbs for tea.
- Look for herbs with properties you can use.
- Incorprate colour and textured herbs and flowers to your garden.
- Dont forget to smell the creations you are cultivating. This is just as important as watching them grow.
