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🌱 Horehound

Marrubium vulgare
medicinal_herbs perennial
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
low
🗺️ Zones
[3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-8.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, tolerates poor
📏 Spacing
12-18 inches
📐 Height
1-2 ft

🤝 Companions (4)

🤝 Lavender
Both Mediterranean herbs for dry, poor soil
🤝 Oregano
Shared dry, sunny conditions; both antimicrobial
🤝 Thyme
Both Mediterranean herbs for respiratory health; similar growing conditions
🤝 Thyme
Low-growing herb companion for dry gardens

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ none — extremely tough plant; thrives on neglect

📝 Growing Notes

The old-fashioned cough drop plant — horehound candy was in every grandmother's purse. The leaves are intensely bitter but when boiled with sugar transform into a uniquely pleasant herbal hard candy that genuinely soothes coughs. White, woolly leaves are beautiful in the garden.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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