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"To give something a pop of color you will see anything from wild bergamot, borage, calendula, marigold, alyssum, bachelor's button, nasturtium, johnny jump ups, and yarrow in his garnish station."

Some perennials considered tough in garden beds suffered leaf scorch on the roof, including mountain mint, several asters, wild bergamot and a coneflower, Echinacea pallida.

We ate them on baguette slices spread with a pesto Mr. Steinruck made using wild bergamot.

The foxglove and wild bergamot, yet untouched by the frost, offered their fragrance in unison with his prayers, while bough and leaf which canopied him stirred not, as if unwilling to break the holy silence.