It's kind of dangerous that with just a few button clicks I can have half a dozen new herb plants (4 fancy mints, 1 winter savory and a cola plant) coming my way.
@sheepnik A word on the mints, they mostly propagate by underground/soil runners but they also set seed if the flowers are left on long enough.
The varieties will cross-pollinate so any new plants which grow from self-seeding will lose their parents' distinctive smells and flavours. It's recommended to remove flowers anyway for better leaf quality, which will also prevent cross-pollination. But if one comes up next year that seems a bit off..
@sheepnik ok, you can try this out to see if it's true.
i've been coming across the labeling this year a lot too. first time i've heard it, though i have grown Southernwood before. i guess it's a new-ish variety?
Artemisias tend to be lovely foliage plants anyway.
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