Anise (Pimpinella anisum) is a lovely flowering annual herb, with a highly recognizable licorice scent profile. Native to the Middle East and Northern Africa, it's been used for centuries by many ...

If you’re looking for a lovely, easy-to-grow, pollinator-friendly plant for your garden, this might be the one for you. Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is an upper Midwest native, hardy in Zones 4 ...

With around 16 species known to flutter about the United States, you definitely don't want to miss an opportunity to welcome a hummingbird to your yard. Add attractive color and vital nectar to your ...

Anise is one of the world’s oldest and best-loved spices, flavoring the food, drink, and medicines of many cultures since ancient times. Anise is native to Egypt and the Mediterranean region. It is ...

Blue Fortune Agastache, or anise hyssop, is causing quite a stir in our garden. We have dozens — some partnered with Tiger Eye Gold rudbeckia, others with the scarlet milkweed — but the 3- to ...

Herbal culture began with early civilization. And though the herbs we raise now are likely to go no farther than our kitchen, we humans once used them widely in medicines and cosmetics. Heroes were ...