Anise Hyssop

Available at the Emerson Food Forest

Harvesting and Use

• Summer blooming, usually lasting from June until the first frost.
• Flowers are purple and smell of black licorice. They attract many local pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds!
• The flowers can be used to brew a licorice flavored tea and the leaves can be used in salads. Clip the stem just above a set of leaves to allow the plant to grow another shoot.
• If you allow the flowers to go to seed, the seeds can be used as a licorice flavored seasoning in baked goods.