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Five Herbs for Tea

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10 Best Plants With Scented Leaves

Whether its for their leaves or flowers, grow these plants nearby to use in culinary dishes.  

Angelica

Basil

Bronze Fennel

Chamomile

Chervil

Coriander 'Lemon'

Cumin

Curly Leaf Parsley

Dill

Fennel

Fenugreek

Feverfew

Flat-Leaved Parsley

Garden Parsley

Lemon Thyme

Lemon Verbena

Lemon Balm

Purple Basil

Rosemary

Salad Burnet

Sweet Marjoram

Thai Basil

Thyme

Vietnamese Coriander

Herbs 

Use these plants to dissuade cats from disturbing certain areas in your garden.

Scaredy Cat Plant

Lavender

Creeping Pennyroyal

Chives

Lemongrass

Citronella Grass

Lemon Pelargonium

Curry Plant

Barberry

Blackberry

Firethorn

Hawthorn

Blackthorn

Holly

Wormwood

Plants to Deter Cats

Thyme Snowdrift

Creeping Thyme

Brassica oleracea (Capitata Group) 'Cabbages'

Cabbage

Solanum melongena

Aubergine

Solanum tuberosum

Potato

Root Rot

Tetranychus urticae

Red Spider Mite

Seed

Division

Cuttings

RHS hardiness

Repels harmful insects

Drought resistant

Pot plant

Attracts birds

Indoor plant

Attracts bees

Attracts butterflies