Blue and Pink Hyssop

This is a pair of Blue and Pink Hyssops, to flower a rock or garrigue style garden. These two varieties have semi-evergreen, highly aromatic foliage, which is believed to have many medicinal properties. Forming well-balanced small bushes, measuring 45 cm in all directions, they flower from June to September. This decorative flowering attracts a large number of insects and butterflies. To enjoy them, you can also grow them in a large container, making sure to let the substrate dry between waterings.

The duo consists of:

1 Hyssopus officinalis: this is the typical species, with lavender-blue flowers, the "Sacred Herb" of Greek civilizations.

1 Hyssopus officinalis Roseus: this slightly shorter form produces pink flowers.

This duo of hyssops will find its place in herb gardens next to common sage or winter savory. These small shrubs thrive in well-drained, dry, poor, and limestone soils, as long as the exposure remains very sunny. Plant 4 plants per square metre, alternating the two varieties.

You can also plant this duo in a large rock garden with rockroses, oreganos, thymes, and low-growing cistus (Cistus x skanbergii, 'Grayswood Pink'), taking into account their ultimate size. In dry slopes, associate these hyssops with compact lavenders like 'Munstead' and creeping rosemarys such as 'Pointe du Raz'. Hyssop tolerates pruning well, it can be shaped into a ball, and it can even be used along a vegetable garden path or to edge squares of culinary plants.

Harvest fresh hyssop leaves as needed, and the flowers at the beginning of flowering. To preserve, cut the leaf stems before flowering and dry them. Use them to flavour salads, vegetables, soups, and liqueurs. Hyssop is also used in infusion (20g of leaves per litre of boiling water with a little cinnamon and honey) for the bronchi, digestion, and the nervous system.