Description: Celebrate the diverse culinary, medicinal, aromatic, and decorative properties of herbs. Whether you are devoting an entire bed or cultivating a collection of pots on the kitchen windowsill, you can grow these healing, appealing wonders almost effortlessly. Planning and planting instructions are given for all kinds of herbs -- hedges, flowering, medical -- and for all types of habitat, and an easy-to-access directory provides full growing information, uses, and other vital statistics for 200 plants, both familiar and exotic. Budding herbalists can see at a glance if a particular species suits their site as well as their needs! Sprinkled throughout are innovative, ingenious spreads dedicated to such topics as herbal beauty preparations; classic recipes for drinks and sauces; lavender linen sprays and potpourri sachets to make as gifts; and ideas for using herbs as decorative accents around the house.

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