Two Must-Have North American Native Herbs: Mint and Hyssop

I'm in love with mountain mint and anise hyssop, two powerhouse permaculture plants with "stacked functions." They are:

Easy to grow

Pollinator magnets

Hosts for other beneficial bugs

Delicious as a culinary herb

Awesome medicinals

They're also North American native plants. I actually like our native mint better than non-native culinary mints for cooking.

I've got a full breakdown on both herbs over at Brunette Gardens. Also, when looking for posts on this topic, I found this handy chart on native edible plants of North America. Whee!

UPDATE:

We moved our blog to Substack, so here's a new, working link for the mint/hyssop post mentioned above:

Mountain mint and hyssop 'licorice'