An ANNUAL with very large red/purple toned leaves and a sharp mustardy taste. Prefers full sun or semi-shade in a moist but well-drained soil. It makes a delicious addition to salads and sandwhiches, or added to sauerkraut or pickled on its own. The leaves can be cooked as a pot vegetable.
Tropaeolum spp, commonly known as Nasturtiums, dazzle with trumpet-shaped flowers in red, orange, and yellow hues, boasting round, disc-like leaves in trailing or upright growth patterns. These annual plants are prized for ornamental beauty and culinary applications, adding a zesty, peppery taste to various dishes. Moreover, Nasturtiums attract pollinators and act as natural insect repellents, enhancing biodiversity in garden settings.
A PERENNIAL growing to 60cm. Prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Grows best in full sun, but can tolerate semi-shade.
Leaves are a popular culinary flavouring and it has centuries of medicinal use.
A PERENNIAL growing to 60cm. Prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Grows best in full sun, but can tolerate semi-shade.
Leaves are a popular culinary flavouring and it has centuries of medicinal use.
A flowering ANNUAL growing to 60cm. It has an erect habit and intricately cut lacy-looking leaves and bell-shaped blue or lavender coloured flowers on a coiled cyme. It is noted for attracting wildlife, especially bees.
Grows in any well-drained soil in a full sun position. It is grown primarily as a bee attracting plant, and a green crop.
An ANNUAL growing to 60cm. Prefers well-drained soilin full sun or semi-shade. Drought tolerant when established.
Young leaves are peppery and often added fresh to salads or used on pizza or crostini.
A PERENNIAL growing to 60cm. Prefers dry or moist soil in a full sun position, or semi-shade.
Leaves are eaten raw in salads as you would use salad rocket. Strongly peppery or cress-flavoured.
An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 1.5m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can tolerate drought and maritime exposure.
A popular culinary herb with an array of medicinal uses. The Chef’s Choice cultivar is higher in oil content, and stronger in flavour and with its compact mounding habit, is a favourite for cook’s gardens.