Thank you for your interest in herb plants from MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers. I've closed plant order processing for 2024/5 season. Online orders for plants will open again mid August for pre-orders with plants being shipped from mid September onwards.

Seeds will become available from May.

If you are interested in my Mini Grow & Use Guides, please email me for processing at minette@tonoli.co.nz during the shop's vacation dates.

The physical nursery and gates sales table plant stand is also closed over winter and will be up and running in spring 2025 for the 2025/26 growing season.

Always happy to answer emails, and remember to follow my socials for herb inspiration throughout the year. @meadowsweetherbsnz on both Insta and Facebook.

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  • Bright yellow flower of Inula helenium, Elecampane

    Elecampane

    $9.50

    A flowering PERENNIAL plant growing to 1.5m. A rigid stem carries large and toothed leaves thickly woolly on the underside. Yellow flowerheads are up to 5 cm broad. The root is thick, branching and mucilaginous. It grows in almost any moist soil in the full sun or semi-shade.
    The leaves somewhat bitter but aromatic and edible. Roots are candied. Used as a warming and tonic herb, it is a well used medicinal herb.

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  • Epazote

    Epazote

    $7.50

    Epazote, Dysphania ambrosioides, is a pungent herb prominent in Mexican cuisine, lauded for aiding digestion and providing a bold, earthy flavor to dishes like beans, chili, and soups. With serrated leaves and antimicrobial properties, it is also valued for its traditional use in treating intestinal parasites.

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  • Epazote Oaxacan Red

    Epazote – Oaxacan Red

    $7.50

    Epazote, Dysphania ambrosioides, is a pungent herb prominent in Mexican cuisine, lauded for aiding digestion and providing a bold, earthy flavor to dishes like beans, chili, and soups. With serrated leaves and antimicrobial properties, it is also valued for its traditional use in treating intestinal parasites.

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    Fennel – Bronze

    $6.50

    An EVERGREEN PERENNIAL growing to 1.5m with beautiful fine feathery leaves of a dark green to bronze-purple colour and umbels of yellow flowers. Prefers well-drained soil and a full sun position. I can tolerate some drought and strong winds.
    All parts of the plant is edible – leaves, stems, root and seed. It is widely used as a domestic herbal medicine for various complaints.

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  • Fennel – Florence

    $6.50

    An EVERGREEN PERENNIAL growing to 1.5m with beautiful fine feathery green and light-green leaves, and umbels of yellow flowers. Florence Fennel is known and sought after for its swollen stem base. Prefers well-drained soil and a full sun position. I can tolerate some drought and strong winds.
    All parts of the plant is edible – leaves, stems, root and seed. It is widely used as a domestic herbal medicine for various complaints.

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  • Horseradish

    $9.50

    A PERENNIAL of the mustard family growing to 70cm. Prefers a moist and well-drained soil and can grow in very alkaline soils. Full sun or semi-shade.
    The young leaves are distinctly different to older leaves, being asymettric spiky before becoming flat and broad.
    The plant is cultivated mostly for its large, white, tapered root which is a vegetable and spice. It has medicinal use.

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  • Hyssop

    Hyssop Blue

    $8.50

    Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a Mediterranean herb cherished for its aromatic qualities and diverse uses in enhancing culinary dishes and herbal remedies, providing a blend of antiseptic, expectorant, and anti-inflammatory properties for respiratory health. This is the standard blue variety.

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  • Hyssop

    Hyssop Pink

    $8.50

    Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a Mediterranean herb cherished for its aromatic qualities and diverse uses in enhancing culinary dishes and herbal remedies, providing a blend of antiseptic, expectorant, and anti-inflammatory properties for respiratory health. This is a pink flowering variety.

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  • Hyssop

    Hyssop White

    $8.50

    Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a Mediterranean herb cherished for its aromatic qualities and diverse uses in enhancing culinary dishes and herbal remedies, providing a blend of antiseptic, expectorant, and anti-inflammatory properties for respiratory health. This is a white flowering variety.

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  • Lemongrass

    $8.50

    A frost-tender, tropical, evergreen, PERENNIAL grass that is aromatic and grows up to 1.5m.
    Prefers well-drained moist soil in a full sun position. Can tolerate very alkaline soils and drought to some degree.
    Fragrant leaves and the heart of young shoots are cultivated for use in cooking and teas. The leaves and essential oils are used commonly as traditional home remedies.

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  • Liquorice

    $9.50

    A PERENNIAL growing to 1.2m with attractive pinnate leaves. Flowers are purple to pale whitish blue and followed by oblong pods containing several seeds.

    Prefers moist soil and can grow in full sun or semi-shade.

    The plant is cultivated for its edible root which is used as a flavouring and medicine.

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  • Lovage leaves ready to harvest

    Lovage

    $8.50

    Garden Lovage is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.8m. The plant is erect and tall with a basal rosette pinnately divided leaves, and flowers produced at umbels at the top of leafy stems.
    Lovage smells somewhat similar to celery.
    Prefers moist soil in full sun or semi-shade.
    All parts of the plant is edible and it has domestic historical medicine use.

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