Living in the Gulf Coast area of Texas can be a benefit if you like to garden, especially growing vegetables and herbs. Selecting plants that are tested and proven for the area will give gardeners greater results whether it’s vegetables, herbs, annuals, or perennials.

Fort Bend County Master Gardeners have selected and grown plants in their greenhouse that are proven adaptable for this area and that will be featured at their Saturday, Oct. 7, sale at the Bud O’Shieles Community Center, 1330 Band Road in Rosenberg.

The sale will be open from 9 a.m. until noon or until sold out.

Plants are in 4-inch pots and payment can be made with credit card, check or cash. Among herb plants at the sale will be Mexican Mint Marigold, which is pictured here. It is a substitute for Tarragon, which is difficult to grow in the Gulf Coast’s humid climate.

The leaves of Mexican Mint Marigold have the scent of tarragon with a licorice-anise flavor. The plant will grow 3 feet tall and produce yellow blooms late summer through fall.

It is drought and heat tolerant and can take full sun or partial shade. If winter temperatures drop below freezing (32˚), give the plant a little protection. Salad Burnet is an herb that is not well-known but is versatile.

The leaves have the flavor of cucumber; use it to flavor vinegar, oil, butter or cream cheese. Add the leaves to salads when a cucumber isn’t available. Salad Burnet can be planted in full sun or part shade; it is drought tolerant and will continue to grow well into spring and summer.