🌿 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
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (4)
Both Mediterranean herbs for dry, poor soil
Shared dry, sunny conditions; both antimicrobial
Both Mediterranean herbs for respiratory health; similar growing conditions
⚠️ Keep Apart (0)
No known enemies listed.
📝 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.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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