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MAISON CHENAL & LACOUR HOUSE PROPERTIES & COLLECTION A Louisiana French Creole Tout Ensemble cont. THE PLANTS OF MAISON CHENAL
HERBS
Bay (Laurel nobilis) Catnips Chamomile Chicory
Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale) French Marigold
Garlic
Lemon Verbena
Mints
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Orregano
Parsley
Perilla, Wild Basil, Wild Coleus (Perilla frutescans) Perique tobacco
Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans)
Rosemary
Sassafras
Star Flower
Sweet Basil
Tarragon
Thyme
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
VINES
Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
Carolina Yellow Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) Confederate Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Firecracker jasmine (Manettia cordipolia)
Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygoduem japonicum) Luffa Gourd
Merliton
Moon Vine (Ipomola alba)
Muscadine
Passion Flower, May Pop (Passiflora incarnata) Rangoon Creeper (Quissqualis)
Rose-of-Montana, Coral vine (Antigonon leptopus)
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Bananas
Cabbage
Collards
Egg Plant
Fennel
Figs
Kumquat
Muscadine
Mustard
Okra
Pears
Pineapple
Pole Beans, Scarlet Runner etc. Shallots
Strawberry Tabasco Pepper Tomatoes Topinobore
View of muscadine and jasmine arbor from back potager (kitchen) garden. Rosemary in foreground
Back garden to Kitchen building. Lozenge (diamond shape) design was popular element.
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