Blood-veined Sorrel is a PERENNIAL plant growing to 60cm with deep roots, juicy stems and edible, red-veined leaves with a sharp sour taste. Prefers full sun or semi-shade position in moist soil. Edible leaves can be added to salads.
A DECIDUOUS PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with slender branched stems and glossy green lanceolate leaves.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade. Can tolerate drought.
Leaves are used as a culinary flavouring. The plant has medicinal and household uses.
Russian Tarragon is a PERENNIAL growing to 1m. Preferes well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade and can tolerate drought.
Leaves are eaten raw or cooked similarly to French Tarragon, although the flavour is said to be inferior.
Thyme is an EVERGREEN SHRUB growing to 20cm with slender stems and small green aromatic leaves.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
Leaves are used fresh or dried as a condiment and tea, and it has many proven medicinal actions.
The leaves of this creeping EVERGREEN SHRUB are smaller and narrower and it grows low on the ground with white flowers. Same cultivation requirements as Common Thyme.
The Golden Thyme is an EVERGREEN PERENNNIAL and has light golden-green leaves and grows to 10cm. It has light pink flowers. Same cultivation requirements as Common Thyme
Spilanthes acmella, also known as the toothache plant, eyeball plant, Acmella oleracea, paracress, jambu, electric daisy, Szechuan buttons is a tropical herbaceous plant with analgesic properties, traditionally used to alleviate toothaches and oral discomfort. Its vibrant yellow and red inflorescences contain spilanthol compounds, inducing a tingling sensation and enhancing flavor when used in culinary dishes and cocktails.
Toothache plant is an ANNUAL small, erect plant that bears gold or red-and-gold inflorescences. It prefers well-drained soil in a warm, full-sun position.
Leaves can be used in small amounts and the flower bud eaten is a novelty – having a grassy taste followed by a tingling and numbing sensation.
It has traditional medicinal uses.