Herb Information Sheets

Globe Artichokes, and Cardoons, their “wild” cousins, are varieties of edible thistles, and are both vegetable, and healing herb. The…

Caigua (prounounced Kai-wa), also known as achocha (achuqcha), sparrow gourd, lady’s slipper or simply stuffing cucumber, is a herbaceous vine…

Szechuan buttons are also known as electric daisies, or toothache plant. They come from Brazil and are perennial in warmer…

Rose Campion These beautiful little flowering plants – both the red rose campion (L. coronaria) and white rose campion (L.…

Okinawan Spinach Highly nutritious and medicinally said to lower cholesterol levels, this plant is a great addition to any herb or vegetable…

Whether it is onion chives or garlic chives, every herb or vegetable garden can benefit from growing these flavoursome and…

Ah! Rosemary. One of the must-haves of the herb garden. Not only a delicious culinary herb, with its many medicinal…

With various species and even cultivars in species, there are quite a number of plants that are sold as “Chamomile”…

Alcea rosea With its old world charm, this flower brings delight to any garden. Large flowers are borne on tall…

Nepetha calaminta This beautifully fragrant plant with its semi glossy leaves on multibranched stems and white to light lilac flowers…