Since 1996, the State Enterprise «Experimental farm «Novokakhovsky of the “Rice Institute” there was created a collection of aromatic and medicinal plants which currently consists of 150 samples, of which aromatic are 114 samples (52 species, 28 genera). Among the species of introduced plants, promising for cultivation in the Steppe zone of Ukraine are Lavandula angustиfolia Mill., L. hybrida Rev., Monarda didyma L., M. fistulosa L., Thymus vulgaris L., T. pulegioides L., Satureja montana L., Lophantus anisatus Benth., Nepeta cataria var. citriodora Beck., N. transcaucasica Grossh., Hyssopus officinalis L., Helichrysum italicum ssp. аngustifolium and others. 9 varieties of aromatic plants are created, 4 of which were included in to the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine. They are the variety of Monarda tubular Premiera, Lavandine - Rabat, lemon wormwood - Kaskad, Taurian wormwood - Bogatyr. The created varieties can be successfully used both in the essential oil industry and in gardening in the South of Ukraine, what will improve the environment and human health.