Anise Hyssop Lemon Loaf
Ingredients:
2 c Flour
1 tb Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter; at room temperature
1/2 c Sugar
1 Lemon; grated rind only
1/3 c Anise hyssop flowers -(or more) finely chopped
2 Eggs; beaten
1/2 c Lemon juice
1/2 c Chopped walnuts
Instructions:
Grease and flour a bread or loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350 F.
Sift together flour baking powder and salt. In another bowl cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Then add lemon rind chopped flowers and eggs and beat mixture just until thoroughly combined. Stir in lemon juice. Gradually mix in dry ingredients and nuts mixing until blended. Spoon into prepared pan and bake 50 to 55 minutes. Cool on rack. Yield: 12 Servings
Seed spikes of
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
Anise Hyssop is a butterfly attracting plant with anise scented leaves and lavender flowers spikes. Plant it close to a border's edge so its leaves can give off their scent when brushed as you walk by.
Seed collection is easy, where the flowers have faded will develop the seed heads, they are gathered closely and mimic the shape of the flower spike. Initially the seed spikes are light lime green and then fade to brown when the seeds are mature.
Gather the spikes by snapping them off the plant and allow them to dry on an open plate for a few days. Tap the seed spikes to release dozens and dozens of tiny tan to dark-brown, slightly oblongated seeds. Any excess chaff may be gently puffed away.
The seed spikes themselves are attractive and liquorice scented, they are a good addition to a dry bouquet. To use for a bouquet simply cut the plant stem at an appropriate length and hang upside-down in a dry room for a few weeks. When it is fully dry the stem may be trimmed to vase length.
Native Plants as Potential Crops for Manitoba
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
by Herb Evans, Consumer Horticulturist
Plant Fact Sheet
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Department of Agriculture and Life Science
North Carolina State University
by Erv Evans, Extension Associate
and Jeanine Davis, Extension Specialist
Fact Sheet HIL-8110
Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
North Carolina State University