Plants noted for their strong fragrance.
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Achillea – Yarrow (Fern Leaf) Golden Coronation
$9.00Add to cartAchillea filipendulina ‘Golden Coronation’ is a perennial in the daisy (Asteraceae) family that grows to 90–120 cm tall and 50–70 cm wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained soils. It has ferny grey-green foliage with large flat-topped clusters of deep golden-yellow flowers. ‘Golden Coronation’ is used as a cottage garden and pollinator plant, and flowers are excellent for cut arrangements. Hardy in most NZ climates.
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Agastache – Apache Sunset
$8.50Add to cartAgastache ‘Apache Sunset’ (Agastache rupestris) is a perennial in the mint (Lamiaceae) family that grows to around 60–80cm tall and 45–60cm wide. It prefers full sun and grows best in well-drained, sandy or gravelly soils. It has silvery, aromatic foliage and long spikes of tubular orange-sunset flowers that are highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Agastache ‘Apache Sunset’ is used as a pollinator-friendly cottage garden flower and is excellent as a cut flower. In New Zealand it is hardy to light frosts but may need protection in colder or wetter regions where drainage is poor.
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Agastache – Fragrant Carpet
$8.50Add to cartAgastache aurantiaca ‘Fragrant Carpet Mix’ is a short-lived perennial in the mint (Lamiaceae) family that grows 30–60 cm tall and wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil, tolerating dry conditions once established. This mix produces masses of scented flower spikes in shades of pink, lavender, and apricot above aromatic green foliage. Frost-tender in most of New Zealand, best treated as an annual or protected over winter.
Agastache is used as a culinary herb with edible flowers and leaves adding a sweet anise-mint flavour to teas and salads; as a companion plant it attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects in abundance. Not strictly used as a medicinal herb but is part of the agastaches that have traditional uses for easing coughs and digestive upsets, -
Agastache – Giant hyssop Blue
$8.50Add to cartAnise hyssop is a PERENNIAL growing to 90cm with bright lavender-purple flowers that are very attractive to bees and butterflies. It grows upright and clump-like with oval, toothed leaves that have a white tint underneath. The plant prefers well-drained soil and a full sun position. Leaves are anise-scented and the flowers slightly aromatic. Used as a culinary herb, and noted as a Native-American medicine for various ailments.
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Agastache – Raspberry Daiquiri
$8.50Add to cartAgastache ‘Raspberry Daiquiri’ (Agastache aurantiaca) is a perennial in the mint (Lamiaceae) family that grows to around 50–70 cm tall and 30–45 cm wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained, moderately fertile soil. It has aromatic green foliage and produces vibrant raspberry-pink flower spikes through summer and autumn, beloved by bees, and butterflies.
Agastache is used as a culinary herb with edible flowers and leaves lending a sweet, minty-anise flavour to salads and teas; as a companion plant it attracts pollinators and beneficial insects to the garden. While not strictly used as a medicinal herb it is part of the agastaches that has traditional uses for easing coughs and supporting digestion. It makes for a good choice for cut flowers due to its vibrant raspberry-colored blooms and attractive foliage. -
Agastache – Rose Mint
$8.50Add to cartAgastache ‘Rose Mint’ (Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana) is a perennial in the mint (Lamiaceae) family that grows 45–60 cm tall and wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil, tolerating heat and dry conditions once established. It has fragrant green foliage with a minty-anise scent and produces showy spikes of rosy-pink flowers that bloom from summer into autumn, attracting bees and butterflies. Hardy to light frost but best given protection or grown as an annual in cooler parts of New Zealand.
Agastache is used as a culinary herb with edible flowers and aromatic leaves that add minty, anise-like flavour to teas and desserts; not strictly used as a medicinal herb but part of the agastache species that has traditional uses for easing respiratory complaints and digestive discomfort; and as a companion plant it is excellent for drawing in pollinators and beneficial insects. -
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Balm – Orange Balm
$8.50Add to cartA flowering PERENNIAL growing to 70cm with tangerine scented leaves similar looking to mint and in summer small, nectar-rich flowers appear.
Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun or semi-shaded position.
Leaves are edible and medicinally it is commonly used household remedy as both a tonic herb and for its soothing, anti-anxiety actions.
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Balm of Gilead
$8.50Add to cartBalm of Gilead is a delightfully fragrant perennial herb of which the leaves are used in a tea named The de Canaries which is very aromatic. Lends a musky woody scent to pot-pourri. Also used as a medicinal herb. Flowers are attractive to pollinating insects.
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Bergamot – Wild
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 1.5m noted for attracting wildlife like bees and butterflies. Large clumps has erect branches with lance-shaped toothed leaves and solitary compact flower clusters of pink to lavender flowers. It is often used as a honey plant, medicinal plant, and garden ornamental. Grow in any well-drained soil, but can grow in heavy clay soil. It prefers a full sun position. Flowers are edible and aromatic leaves are used raw or cooked. A common North American tribal medicine, it is still used somewhat in modern herbalism.
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Catnip – Lemon
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 1m with heart-shaped grey-green leaves and pretty flowers in pink or white with lilac spots. Known to be attractive to bees, and cats. Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position. Can grow in very alkaline soils. Leaves and flowers are edible and it has a long history of medicinal use.
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Chamomile – Roman
$7.50Add to cartAn EVERGREEN PERENNIAL growing to 20cm. Similar looking, but lower growing than German chamomile, Roman chamomile has bipinnate, finely dissected fragrant leaves and solitary terminal flowerheads. Prefers growing in well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. It can grow in either full sun or semi-shade and is somewhat drought tolerant when established.
Used similarly to German or annual chamomile, the young sprigs and flowers are edible -
Chamomile – True Lawn (Trenegue)
$7.50Add to cartAn EVERGREEN PERENNIAL that forms a delightful fragrant ornamental edging or groundcover. Prefers hot and dry sunny sites, but can grow in partial shade.
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Curry bush
$8.50Add to cartA hardy EVERGREEN SHRUB growing to 60cm (2ft) with silver-green leaves and clusters of yellow button-like flowers. Grow in well-drained soil. It tolerates drought and prefers a full sun position.
Although highly aromatic, smelling strongly of curry mixes, it is rarely used as a condiment, and when used to flavour cooking, is removed before eating. -
Lemongrass
$8.50Add to cartA 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. -
Marigold – Passionfruit
$9.50Add to cartA beautiful large shrub, this PERENNIAL marigold has a sweet fruit scent when brushed past. Very good for attracting wildlife to the garden.
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Marjoram – Pot
$7.50Add to cartOriganum onites is a PERENNIAL growing 30cm by 60cm. Leaves are slightly bitter compared to oregano or marjoram, but with their strong thyme-like flavour are an acceptable culinary herb. Leaves are used fresh or dried. Has medicinal uses.
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Mint – Applemint
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing from 40cm – 1m with light green broad oval leaves that are somewhat hairy on top and downy underneath. Flowers are white or pink and form in mid to late summer. Attractive to bees.
Can grow in almost any moist soil in a full sun or semi-shade position.
Leaves are eatan raw or cooked and like other mints, used as a domestic herbal remedy. -
Mint – Basil mint
$8.50Add to cartA hardy PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with narrow aromatic leaves that have basil-mint aroma. Prefers partial shade or full sun in moist soils.
Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and it has similar medicinal uses than other mints. -
Mint – Chocolate mint
$8.50Add to cartA hardy PERENNIAL growing to 60cm tall with a spreading habit. Large ovate leaves are bronze to dark green and it has deep purple-red stems. The flavour is strongly peppermint with a sweet chocolate undertone. Delicious eaten raw in fruit salads, or added as a garnish to fruit salads, cakes etc., it has similar medicinal uses than common peppermint.