Hyssop: the “Sacred Herb”

Hyssop (Hyssópus officinalis) is a 20 – 70 cm high growing semi-shrub of the labiates family, originally native to Southwest Asia and Southern Europe. In the Middle Ages, this herb found its way into German monastery gardens and has even nowadays become naturalized in parts of southern Germany on dry slopes and hills. The name … Hyssop: the “Sacred Herb”