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Tansy, strongly aromatic, is used mainly for its insect repellent properties. Indigenous peoples use it as an analgesic, contraceptive, tonic, etc. In decoction or manure, it serves as a natural insecticide. It can also be used as a repellent against mosquitoes.WARNING Tansy contains extremely TOXIC substances for humans and other mammals when consumed in high doses. It should be used in low doses and with the utmost care. Low germination rate (60%) which is normal for a wild plant.

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**Caution, can become invasive.

Chamomile is well known for its aromatic and medicinal properties. A delicate little plant in the garden, it will flower all summer long and you can cut it as needed.

BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Matricaria recutita
Common Names: Feverfew, chamomile, German chamomile, chamomile chamomile, blue chamomile, little chamomile, false chamomile, wild chamomile, common chamomile, sun's eye chamomile, bull's-eye chamomile.
English: Chamomile
Family: Asteraceae

Tulsi also called holy basil is considered in India as "the Queen of plants" because of its purifying and soothing properties for body and mind. It has been used for thousands of years to increase stress adaptability and endurance, detoxify the body and restore balance. Delectable flavor.

BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Ocimum sanctum
Common names: Basil, Tulsi
English: Holy Basil
Family: Lamiaceae

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Pinch the terminal shoots of the basil regularly to prevent early bolting.

This tobacco is native to Central America (Mexico and Venezuela). Also called white tobacco, it was cultivated during the pre-Columbian period in Mexico. The Aztecs dried its leaves, ground them and mixed them with Tagetes lucida and then consumed this mixture in various rituals. It is said of this tobacco that it influenced mental activity, and was therefore used by shamans, among others by the Warao ethnic group of Venezuela. In traditional medicine, white tobacco was consumed to combat the problem of asthma, inflammations, toothaches, headaches, snake venoms. The flowers of this plant are particularly decorative and very delicate.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

This tobacco is used to make cigars, among other things. It produces abundant fragrant leaves, used for cigars, but also for chewing. It likes the sun, but grows very well in cold regions. Also known for its beautiful pink trumpet-shaped flowers that attract pollinators.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

This tobacco comes from Turkey, in the region of Samsun, very close to the Black Sea. Prized for its rich flavor and unique aroma, it is nonetheless smooth to smoke. For cigarettes or pipes. Very adapted to the Quebec climate, it approaches very pretty and slender pink flowers.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

There are several varieties of tobacco, but among all of them, wild tobacco stands out as a giant. The plant is growing rapidly. The erect stems can branch. They have large, long, oblong, light green leaves, while the flowers, grouped in tight panicles, are a beautiful pure white. As night falls, their scent intensifies and attracts moths.



MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

This tobacco is small (3 or 4 feet), with very dark green, round-shaped leaves. It reminds us of Cuban varieties. It bears pretty, slender, dark red flowers, making it an excellent variety for an ornamental plant.

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Needs light to germinate.
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

This tobacco has a particularly sweet taste and is commonly used for light cigarettes. The plant can reach 1.5 to 2 meters. It bears pretty, slender, trumpet-shaped flowers in pale pink, which attract pollinators. Flowering in August and September. Very popular variety in the United States.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

This tobacco was grown in the 1930s in Quebec. It bears pretty, slender, trumpet-shaped flowers in pale pink, which attract pollinators. Flowering in August until the first frosts. Its taste is a little more pronounced than Virginia Gold.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

Oregano is an aromatic, bushy plant that is a must in any garden. She is native to Eurasia. A bee plant also called perennial marjoram, oregano forms a dense, easy-to-grow bush. The plant produces pretty purple flowers. Its fragrant leaves can be used as condiments on your pizzas, sauces and soups. In addition to being delicious, oregano is appreciated for its antiseptic, antispasmodic, appetizing, digestive, diuretic and tonic properties. Savor its dried flowers in herbal teas in winter tonic and digestive, they will cuddle you while waiting for the beautiful season!



MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
This perennial can stay in place for about 10 years, prune into shape in the spring if necessary. It is possible to multiply oregano plants by division • Take a subject that is already at least one year old. • With a spade, cut the root ball in 2. • transplant the oregano plant in the desired location. That's all !

Indispensable in the garden, thyme is an aromatic originating from Eurasia. Robust perennial, essential among the ''herbes de provence'', melliferous, this pretty plant has many virtues. The Egyptians and the Etruscans used thyme mixed with ointments to embalm their dead. The Greeks burned it in front of altars and homes because they attributed purifying properties to it. In the language of flowers, it is a symbol of courage, lasting love, the spirit of creativity, dynamism and physical resistance. All you have to do is plant it! In herbal tea, accompanied by lemon, it is a miracle remedy for small respiratory infections. Thyme also has stimulating, disinfectant, expectorant, digestive and many other properties, which makes it an excellent winter ally.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
In late winter or early spring, cut back the plant, removing 1/3 of the height.

Stachys byzantina is a perennial, woolly, gray-white herbaceous plant reminiscent of rabbit ears in its fluffy appearance. The lower leaves form a rosette from which emerges a stem 60 high. Some gardeners remove the flower stalks as soon as they appear (judging that they spoil the silhouette of the plant) yet the flowers have the advantage of being nectariferous and of attracting bees and butterflies. This low plant elegantly adorns all gardens by serving as a border or ground cover without being invasive. In Provence, it was called the "hand of God" because of its healing and vulnerary properties.


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Accommodates, and even appreciates, poor and stony soils (those that make up the embankments or other places difficult to flower!)

Clary sage is a perennial condiment and ornamental plant very honey-rich with white flowers tinged with purplish blue. It is used like sage officinalis but it is preferable to use the clary with the officinalis in long cures. In popular medicine, the leaves are used to heal wounds. It has been cultivated since ancient times for its medicinal properties. However, you have to wait until the 2nd year to see it bloom and see the carpenter bees and the gassed sphinxes who adore it gorge themselves with nectar.

Its leaves can be harvested throughout the beautiful season.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Sage is easy to grow, it requires no amendments or watering. Perennial with evergreen foliage, may require winter protection depending on the zoning of your region.

The Mexican Sunflower blooms throughout the summer with a profusion of large, daisy-shaped, bright orange flowers. Friend of butterflies like the monarch, bees, bumblebees and hummingbirds, its immense nectariferous flowers will delight everyone.

With its purple, pink and blue trumpet flowers, sweet fragrance and heart-shaped foliage, morning glories will add a romantic touch to your garden. This climbing plant grows quickly and is therefore ideal for decorating or covering structures such as a pergola. As its name suggests, the flowers prefer to open only when the sun is not too present, especially in the morning. We can therefore see them open in the morning, then closed a few hours later. Morning glories offer abundant flowering from July until the first frosts. Moreover, their magnificent flowers are just as attractive to our eyes as they are to butterflies and hummingbirds.

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reseeds itself

Boreal vanilla! This very easy to grow plant will add a unique flavor to your desserts. The essence is extracted from the flowers, but the young leaves are eaten in salads, and the seeds can be used as a spice. Its sweet fragrance is reminiscent of tonka bean and vanilla. Honey plant very popular with pollinators. Nitrogen-fixing, which makes it an excellent green manure, very interesting for enriching poor soils.

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White sweet clover can be very invasive! To limit its expansion, cut the flower stalks when they begin to dry out.

Beautiful perennial, aromatic and medicinal plant with a bushy habit. Hyssop is used in the composition of the famous ''Herbes de Provence''. Its small shiny green leaves can be used fresh or dried as a condiment. The ideal way to keep them dried is to cut them before flowering. Its delicate flowers form beautiful deep blue spikes which can also be eaten fresh in a salad, or as an infusion. To make the most of their aromas, it is interesting to cut them at the start of flowering. Very melliferous and appreciated by pollinators.

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Not susceptible to pests