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 – Anise Hyssop
$7.50Add to cartAgastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop) is a perennial in the mint (Lamiaceae) family that grows to 60–120 cm tall and 45–60 cm wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained soils. It has aromatic, anise-scented leaves and dense spikes of violet-blue flowers through summer. Anise Hyssop is used as a culinary herb (fresh leaves in teas, baking, and salads), a medicinal herb (traditionally for digestion and colds), and as a cottage garden and pollinator plant highly attractive to bees and butterflies. Hardy in most NZ climates.
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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 – 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. -
Alyssum – sweet
$6.50Add to cartAlyssum (Lobularia maritima) is a low-growing annual in the Brassicaceae family that forms a spreading mat 10–20 cm tall and 20–40 cm wide. It prefers full sun to partial shade and thrives in well-drained soil. It has masses of tiny, fragrant white (sometimes pink, purple, or cream) flowers. Alyssum is used as a Companion Plant (attracting pollinators and beneficial insects), as a Cottage Garden bedding plant, and its edible flowers can be used fresh as a garnish in salads, drinks, or desserts. It self-seeds readily in New Zealand gardens and is hardy to light frost.
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Balm – Lemon Balm
$7.50Add to cartLemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) is a perennial in the Lamiaceae family that grows in full sun to part shade and prefers rich, well-drained soil. It is used as a Culinary Herb for teas and desserts, as a Medicinal Herb for calming and digestive support, and as a Pollinator Plant.
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Basil – Lemon Towers
$7.00Add to cartLemon Basil ‘Mrs Burns’ (Ocimum × citriodorum ‘Mrs Burns’) is a tender annual in the Lamiaceae family. Upright with medium green leaves and strong lemon scent. As with all basils, it needs warmth, sun, and free-draining soil.
The bright citrus flavour makes it excellent in teas, vinegars, fish dishes, and fruit salads.
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Basil – Perennial
$7.50Add to cartPerennial Basil (Ocimum × kilimandscharicum) is a tender perennial herb in the Lamiaceae family. It prefers a sunny, well-drained site and is semi-hardy in warm parts of New Zealand but frost-tender elsewhere. It grows to around 80 cm–1 m tall and wide, with camphor-scented green leaves and mauve flower spikes. Mainly used as a culinary herb for aromatic infusions and vinegars, a medicinal plant for respiratory and topical uses, and a pollinator-friendly, ornamental addition to herb gardens.
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Basil – Thai Towers
$7.50Add to cartBasil, Thai Towers (Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora ‘Thai Towers’) is a tender annual in the Lamiaceae family. It is a tall, columnar growing basil with fragrant green foliage with purple accents. As with all basils it prefers full sun, fertile and free-draining soil.
With the same anise-clove flavour as ‘Siam Queen’ but in a vertical growth form—great for repeated harvesting and small gardens.
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Bergamot – Wild
$8.50Add to cartWild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is a hardy perennial in the Lamiaceae family. Grows 90–120 cm tall, lavender to pale pink shaggy flowers, native to North America. Adaptable growing conditions, thrives in dry, sandy, or rocky soils; full sun.
Traditional medicine of First Nations peoples for colds, flu, and stomach upsets; aromatic tea; strong pollinator draw.
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Catmint – Common
$7.50Add to cartCatmint (Nepeta × faassenii) is a perennial in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It prefers full sun and well-drained soil, and is hardy in NZ. Growing 40–60 cm tall and 60–80 cm wide, it forms compact grey-green mounds with masses of lavender-blue flowers. Mainly used as a cottage garden ornamental and pollinator plant, with mild traditional herbal calming uses.
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Chamomile – Roman
$7.50Add to cartRoman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) is a perennial in the Asteraceae family. It prefers full sun, free-draining sandy or loamy soils, and is hardy in NZ. It grows to 15–30 cm tall and spreads up to 30 cm, with finely divided green leaves and small, sweetly scented daisy-like flowers. Mainly used as a medicinal herb (gentle calming tea and digestive aid), as a cottage garden plant (fragrant groundcover), and as a lawn or path edging plant (soft, low, and aromatic underfoot).
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Chamomile – True Lawn (Trenegue)
$7.50Add to cartTrue Lawn Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile ‘Treneague’) is a perennial in the Asteraceae family. It prefers full sun, free-draining sandy or loamy soils, and is hardy in NZ. It grows 5–10 cm tall and spreads to form a dense mat of finely divided, apple-scented foliage. This cultivar does not flower, making it ideal as a low-maintenance lawn or groundcover. Mainly used as an ornamental groundcover (soft and aromatic underfoot), as a cottage garden edging plant, and as a fragrant sensory feature for paths and seating areas.
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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. -
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.