Absinthe, Wormwood
Wormwood is a common component of the legendary spirit absinthe. While it has long been used medicinally, believed to be a digestive aid, it is Wormwood's relation to the liqueur known as the green fairy that makes it the subject of literature and legend. We think this attractive perennial with its richly-scented feathery grey-green foliage and bright yellow flowers makes a delightful addition to any garden setting.
Agastache, Anise Hyssop
Popular bedding plant and edible flower. Very aromatic with a sweet, licorice-mint flavor. Vigorous plants produce abundant blooms, attracting bees and other pollinators. Leaves and flowers can be used fresh or dried to flavor drinks, teas, salads, soups, pasta, and desserts.
Agastache, Rose Mint
This aromatic has a phenomenal minty, rose fragrance. Prepare for a super long season of heavenly scented blooms; this agastache will set flowers in June that last until September! Its cheerful pink flower spikes attract pollinators and beneficial insects. These care-free plants thrive even in poor soil.
Artemisia, Mugwort
Mugwort is a fragrant, bitter herb used in traditional medicine for issues like anxiety, menstrual cramps, and insomnia. It's rich in antioxidants. Historically used in teas, incense, and even as a flavoring, it's known for its potential to promote vivid dreams and relieve stress.
Artemisia, Sweet Annie
Sweetly aromatic everlasting. Tall plants with fern-like dark green foliage dotted with tiny cream-yellow colored flowers. Use foliage for wreaths and as filler for mixed bouquets. Also known as wormwood. Has a bitter taste and a sweet smell that lasts even after being dried. Plants are vigorous and can reach towering heights of up to 6' tall.
Basil, Cardinal
A Thai basil with larger leaves, this edible ornamental has showy flowers on purple stems. Cinnamon/clove flavor with hints of anise. Slower growing and slow to bolt.
Basil, Genovese, Everleaf
This very compact Genovese type basil plant has short spaces between leaves and branches, which produces high yields of leaves and branch tips for a continuous harvest.
Basil, Large Sweet for Pots
Don't have a lot of room in your garden? This basil is perfect for you. It provides large, tasty leaves and grows perfectly in a container. Deer resistant.
Basil, Lime
Lime basil is a vibrant herb with a distinct zesty lime aroma and citrus-y, sweet flavor. Ideal for containers or gardens, this 12–24” tall plant thrives in full sun and warm weather. It is commonly used in salads, seafood, cocktails, and teas.
Basil, Sacred
One of our favorite plants of all time, this basil is considered sacred by Hindus and is also known as Tulsi or Holy Basil. It is a beautiful medicinal and culinary herb as well as a gorgeous attracting butterflies and beneficial pollinators. Fills the air with sweet, exotic fragrance. Easy to grow and resilient in gardens as well as containers, we enjoy it both fresh and dry across the seasons. In summer, we simply pluck leaves and often entire stems for sun tea, we also dry leaves to steep all winter for tea. The flavor is more complex than Thai Basil. When it blooms in July watch the bees as they become the same rich orange-red color as the pollen.
Basil, Spicy Globe
This basil is a compact, bushy herb known for its small, aromatic leaves and spicy-sweet flavor. Ideal for container gardening or edging garden beds.
Basil, Sweet Thai
Spicy flavor reminiscent of anise and cloves goes well in curries and many other Asian dishes. Purple stems and flowers of this heirloom contrast attractively with green leaves. Plants reach 12-18”.
Bee Balm, Lemon Mint
A fragrant, North American native wildflower known for its lemon-scented leaves and lavender, pink, or white flowers that attract pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. It's an easy-to-grow heirloom that thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, often self-seeding to form colonies, and is used in pollinator gardens, herb gardens, and for teas.
Bee Balm, Panorama Red
Profusions of scarlet blooms will beckon pollinators and other beneficial bugs to the garden. Perennial plants reach 30 inches tall and form clumps that will return each year with gusto. The plants will typically bloom in their second year and can be divided in year 3 to 4 for an endless supply of this potent pollinator magnet. Also makes an excellent tea.
Bee Balm, Spielarten Mix
A beautiful mix of this pollinator friendly perennial. Shades of mauve, lavender, purple, and pink will entice butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. Blooms have a spicy scent, and are also known as the herb bergamot. Traditionally used by Native Americans to soothe bronchial complaints and ease colds. Plants produce flowers in the second year after planting. Grown from seed in high quality soil. Heirloom.
Bee Balm, Wild Bergamot
A wildflower that is popular with pollinators. The aromatic foliage is reminiscent of oregano, and the flowers range in shades of lavender and pink. An important nectar plant for native bees and long used in traditional medicine, this heirloom also flavors Earl Grey tea.
Borage
Edible flower with mild cucumber flavor. Large heirloom plants bear hundreds of small edible flowers, mostly blue and some pink. Long harvest period as it blooms all season. Borage flowers attract bees and butterflies.
Catnip
The classic herb that drives cats wild is also medicinal! Flowers and leaves are used in a tasty herbal tea for colds and flu. Vigorous heirloom plants reach 18” tall and are beloved by bees.
Chamomile, Zloty Lan
Zloty Lan is a high-yielding Polish variety of German chamomile, prized for its high essential oil content, intense aroma, and large, medicinal white/yellow daisy-like flowers. A self-sowing annual, it grows 1–2’ tall and is commonly used for calming teas, tinctures, and as a fragrant herb.
Chervil, Vertissimo
Mild, sweet, anise flavor in flowers and leaves. Popular in salads. Slow-bolting, vigorous plants.
Chives
Every garden should have one of these wonderful plants. Leaves and flowers have a delicious mild onion flavor and bloom in early spring. Flowers also work well as a cut flower. Stays in tidy clumps. Beloved by bees.
Chives, Garlic
A ubiquitous garden plant, it blooms in fall rather than the spring like the common chive. Leaves and flowers have a delicious and mild onion/garlic flavor. Flowers also work well as a cut flower. Stays in tidy clumps. Beloved by bees.
Cilantro, Cruiser
Reliable standard cilantro with exceptional bolt resistance and strong field holding quality. Plants can reach 2' tall and have beautiful, bright green, feathery leaves. Leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds are edible and impart a zesty, aromatic flair to dishes. Great variety for cut and come again growing, especially in cooler weather.
Dill, Bouquet
Early flowering plants produce large blooms, seed umbels, and foliage on long stems, making Bouquet the preferred dill for cut-flower use and pickling. Also an economical, fast-growing choice for baby-leaf production. Edible seeds, flowers, and greens flavor many foods. Popular addition to sauces, salads, and soup. Foliage known as dill weed.
Dragonhead Balm
Eurasian native that has been cultivated for centuries. The minty-lemony leaves and large purple flowers have long been used in a tea for reputed herbal benefits, including “lightening a discouraged heart.” Beloved by bees, like all the mint tribe. Non-spreading heirloom.
Honeywort
Related to borage, the drooping habit of the flowers makes an elegant addition to bouquets. The brilliant-blue flowers are complemented by the gray-green foliage. Attracts bees and hummingbirds with the sweet honey-like nectar. Also known as Cerinthe, this heirloom was grown from seed.
Lavender, Ellagance
First-year flowering lavender. Deep purple flowers bloom the first year on large dense spikes. Plants are bushy, uniform, and well-branched. Edible flowers, use to flavor beverages and desserts. Typically winter hardy. Heirloom and FleuroSelect Gold Award Winner.
Lavender, French Long
Every garden deserves this lovely French Long Lavender. It is perfect for drying, with very bright two-tone blooms and an intense fragrance you will love. Make it part of the perennial garden or shrub border this season and enjoy it for years to come. Even the stems are attractive, colored a bright magenta that holds well in the summer sun. Blooms last a long time, luring bees and butterflies in for lengthy visits, and their bold color complements the subdued grayish-green tones of the small, neat (and also highly fragrant) leaves. Reaches about 30” high and 20-25” wide, with dozens of flowering stems all summer.
Lemon Balm
This heirloom pollinator favorite is easy to grow and care for. It’s loaded with nectar so the subtly spotted flowers hum with life. Because of its strong smell, mammals won’t bother it, yet it’s a delight in the gardens because simply brushing this plant will release a beautiful lemon aroma. It can naturalize in dry prairie or glade habitats, but also does well in sunny to partially shaded well drained beds. It can slowly spread by rhizome, roots can be cut back once a year if needed, it is not considered invasive and is native to the US and Canada. We love it in rock gardens, especially under the roof line, so all our rainstorms smell lemony fresh! Excellent fresh in sun tea, or dry for use over winter. Repels mosquitoes.
Lemongrass
Lemongrass plants prefer rich, loamy soil. The more nutrients the taller it gets, up to 8'! Come fall, harvest the succulent and flavorful stems. We like to flavor stock with its citrusy flavor to use all winter long. Repels mosquitos!
Marjoram
A perennial herb which typically grows as an upright mound up to 48" tall. The plants are drought-tolerant, hardy to 10°F, and will tolerate a variety of soils as long as they are well drained. In summer the plant is covered in white flowers and is a virtual magnet for pollinating insects. For culinary use, sheer to the ground, which will also encourage new leafy growth. Easy to grow, deer-resistant and ornamental. Use as a spice wherever you would use oregano, marjoram or thyme.
Oregano
Delightfully aromatic in the garden, its zesty flavor is great for Italian, Spanish, or Greek cooking, especially tomato based recipes and pizza. Characteristic dark green leaves with white flowers. This heirloom grows 18-24” tall. Hardy plants often survive the winter. Benefits from continual harvest. Flowers attract bees and butterflies.
Parsley, Curly
The classic culinary variety. Tight frilly leaves make it easy to chop in the kitchen. Heirloom.
Parsley, Flat Leaf
Huge, dark green leaves with great flavor. Strong, upright stems make this culinary variety easy to harvest. Very high yielding heirloom. 18–20” tall.
Peppermint
This heirloom pollinator favorite is easy to grow and care for. It’s loaded with nectar so the subtly spotted flowers hum with life. Because of its strong smell, mammals won’t bother it, yet it’s a delight in the gardens because simply brushing this plant will release a beautiful mint aroma. It can naturalize in dry prairie or glade habitats, but also does well in sunny to partially shaded well drained beds. It can slowly spread by rhizome, roots can be cut back once a year if needed, it is not considered invasive and is native to the US and Canada. We love it in rock gardens, especially under the roof line, so all our rainstorms smell like mint! Excellent fresh in sun tea, or dry for use over winter. Repels mosquitoes.
Rosemary
This Mediterranean native does well here and grows about 3.5’ high. Can survive the winter in a sheltered spot. Indispensable in the kitchen but also beloved by butterflies and bees.
Sage, Fanni
Excellent dried tea herb with prolific displays of tiny, aromatic flowers. Self-seeding annual with sweet scented daisy-like flowers that can be harvested and dried for herbal teas.
Shiso, Britton
Britton is a beautiful shiso variety that has eye-catching green leaves with beautifully rich red undersides. Shiso may not be well-known in Western cooking but across Asia, this flavorful herb is a household name. Looks really beautiful with companion plants that contrast with its rich coloring. Last year we grew it with Strawberry Blonde Calendula and it was a beautiful display. The aromatic leaves offer a complex fusion of basil, mint, and cinnamon, with notes of cumin and cloves. Flowers are also edible. It is an easy and fast growing mint, but does not spread. Also known as Perilla, it grows about 2-3' high in average soil. Tolerates part shade to full sun. Heirloom.
Stevia, Candyleaf
A small perennial shrub native to South America known for its naturally sweet leaves that are 200 to 300 times sweeter than sucrose. Because it contains zero calories and does not affect blood glucose levels, it is a popular natural sugar substitute for people with diabetes. Full sun, well drained soil. Leaves are at their sweetest in the cool temperatures of autumn, just before the plant begins to bloom.
Summer Savory
Delicate, earthy flavor reminiscent of thyme and marjoram but with notes of mint. Our favorite herb with zucchini. Tastes the same as standard summer savory but with the added benefit of an upright and tidy (not sprawling) habit. Grown from seed in high quality soil.
Thyme, Creeping
Creeping thyme is evergreen and is the ideal groundcover for the gardener that wants it all - utility, color, and even a lemony fragrance! A diminutive flower that grows usually no more than 6”tall, Creeping Thyme is the ultimate low-maintenance perennial and actually make a great lawn replacement plant. Comes in pink, purple, and white blossom colors.
Thyme, German Winter
Loves our sandy soils and actually make a great lawn replacement plant. Stays short and forms thick mats that can shade out weeds. Indispensable in the kitchen and beloved by bees. Has a wonderful flavor and can be used fresh or dried. Usually survives the winter and can naturalize.
Thyme, Summer
This culinary variety loves our sandy soils and actually make a great lawn replacement plant. Stays short and forms thick mats that can shade out weeds. Indispensable in the kitchen and beloved by bees. Has a wonderful citrusy flavor and can be used fresh or dried. Contrary to its name, it usually survives the winter and can naturalize.
Valerian
One of nature's best herbal sedatives. Common variety, naturalized in some areas. Root used for anxiety, insomnia, and pain relief. Choose a location with full to partial sun, and well-drained but moist soil.
-
à la carte
Produce onlineTo shop for your groceries from the TorchLake.Coop, visit the website and click on shop now. That takes you to the Open Food Network, an open source, global network of producers that we are proud to be a part of.
-
Schedule
We will be attending multiple farmers markets this year in Alden, Bellaire, Williamsburg, Central Lake, and Traverse City with our plant starts. See the details here.
-
Deliveries
Plant Deliveries are available on Wednesdays & Fridays for $7.00. Choose this shipping option during checkout! If you have any questions please email us at grow@torchlakecoop.com
