Horehound

Horehound Plants For Sale

Marrubium vulgare

Herb Growing Tips

Light:  Full sun

Temperature:  Perennial for zones 3-10

Watering:  regular watering until established- then this plant is drought-tolerant

Soil: Can thrive in poor soil but needs to be well-drained soil

Herb Description

As an ornamental herb, its attractive, fuzzy gray foliage can also be used as a bouquet filler.

Horehound tends to thrive in dry, poor soil, so this makes a great herb to dress areas up that may have inadequate conditions. If after a year your Horehound doesn't flower, don't be alarmed. It usually takes this hardy little perennial two years to get full established and start producing tiny purple blooms. A member of the Mint family, it has distinct, wrinkled leaves and a tough fibrous root system.

Horehound Properties

This herb is still used in soothing lozenge sand cough syrups for congestion and sore throats.