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Epazote
$7.50Add to cartEpazote (Dysphania ambrosioides) is a strongly aromatic culinary herb in the Amaranthaceae family, growing 60–100cm tall. It prefers sun and well-drained soil and is best used sparingly in Mexican and Central American cooking, particularly with beans. Traditionally valued for its digestive and medicinal qualities, though large doses can be toxic.
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Epazote – Oaxacan Red
$8.50Add to cartEpazote (Dysphania ambrosioides) Oaxacan Red is a strongly aromatic culinary herb in the Amaranthaceae family, growing 60–100cm tall. It prefers sun and well-drained soil and is best used sparingly in Mexican and Central American cooking, particularly with beans. Traditionally valued for its digestive and medicinal qualities, though large doses can be toxic. This red-leaved forms adds ornamental appeal.
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Evening Primrose – Standard Yellow
$7.50Add to cartA hardy flowering BIENNIAL growing to 1.2m. Basal rosettes spiral up to flowering stems with butter-yellow flowers that are noted for attracting bees and butterflies. Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
Flowers, leaves, oil, root and seedpods are noted as edible. Many medicinal applications, particularly seed oil.
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Feverfew
$8.50Add to cartA flowering PERENNIAL plant in the daisy family growing to 60cm. The small bush has pungently scented light green to yellowish-green leaves and daisy-like flowers.
It prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position and can tolerate somewhat strong winds. Mostly used as a medicinal herb, but the flowers and leaves have some culinary use. -
Feverfew – Golden
$8.50Add to cartA flowering PERENNIAL plant in the daisy family growing to 60cm. The small bush has pungently scented bright golden green to yellowish-green leaves and daisy-like flowers.
It prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position and can tolerate somewhat strong winds. Mostly used as a medicinal herb, but the flowers and leaves have some culinary use.
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Goldenrod Dwarf – Baby Gold
$8.50Add to cartSolidago, or Goldenrod, boasts bright yellow clusters of flowers that enliven landscapes in late summer and fall, attracting bees and butterflies with its rich nectar source. This perennial herb’s potential medicinal uses include relief from urinary issues and hay fever, showcasing anti-inflammatory benefits and ecological significance in supporting pollinator populations.
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Gotu Kola
$8.50Add to cartAn EVERGREEN HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL growing to 20cm and spreading. Frost tender , it can grow in semi-shaded areas or in full sun, and prefers moist or wet soils.
Stems are slender, creeping stolons from a cream-coloured rhizomatous rootstock. Leaves are kidney-shaped and palmately veined.
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Hollyhock – Charters Double Salmon
$7.50Add to cartA flowering PERENNIAL, often grown as a BIENNIAL, in the mallow family, that can grow to over 2.4m in height. The plants have an erect, unbranched habit with large lobed or toothed leaf blades and very tall flower spikes bearing many attractive single flowers in white to off-white colour.
The plant does well in almost any well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can grow in semi-shade. Tall flower spikes may need staking.
The flowers, leaves, root and stem are edible and it has a long history of medicinal use. -
Hollyhock – Mixed
$7.50Add to cartA flowering PERENNIAL, often grown as a BIENNIAL, in the mallow family, that can grow to over 2.4m in height. The plants have an erect, unbranched habit with large lobed or toothed leaf blades and very tall flower spikes bearing many attractive single flowers in various colours.
The plant does well in almost any well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can grow in semi-shade. Tall flower spikes may need staking.
The flowers, leaves, root and stem are edible and it has a long history of medicinal use. -
Hollyhock – White Single
$7.50Add to cartA flowering PERENNIAL, often grown as a BIENNIAL, in the mallow family, that can grow to over 2.4m in height. The plants have an erect, unbranched habit with large lobed or toothed leaf blades and very tall flower spikes bearing many attractive single flowers in white to off-white colour.
The plant does well in almost any well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can grow in semi-shade. Tall flower spikes may need staking.
The flowers, leaves, root and stem are edible and it has a long history of medicinal use. -
Horseradish
$10.50Add to cartA 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. -
Hyssop Blue
$8.50Add to cartHyssop (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 Pink
$8.50Add to cartHyssop (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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Lady’s Mantle
$8.50Add to cartAn HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL in the Rose family that has a clumping, mounding habit.
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Liquorice
$9.50Add to cartA 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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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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Marigold – Texan Tarragon
$7.50Add to cartMexican Tarragon is a PERENNIAL growing to 80cm with an upright to bushy habit with many unbranching stems. Leaves are linear, shiny green and anise-tarragon scented.
Clusters of small golden yellow flower heads on the ends of the stems appear in late summer.
Prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun. Can grow in heavy clay soil. -
Marshmallow
$9.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 1.2 m with broad, lobed, soft, and velvety leaves and pale pink flowers.
Prefers full sun position and can grow in saline soils. The whole plant abound in mild mucalige. Leaves, oil and root are edible. -
Mashua – Tuberous Nasturtium
$12.50Add to cartMashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) is a frost-tender perennial climber in the Tropaeolaceae family that grows to 2–3 m tall and spreads around 1–2 m. It prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade, and thrives in rich, moist but well-drained soils. This vigorous vine has distinctive round nasturtium-like leaves, orange-red flowers, and forms edible, knobbly tubers in late autumn. Mashua is grown as an edible and medicinal plant, with tubers eaten cooked and young leaves or flowers occasionally used in salads. It is also highly valued as a companion plant for its strong pest-repelling properties. In New Zealand, Mashua grows well in most regions but requires frost-free or well-mulched conditions for reliable tuber harvests.
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Meadowsweet – common
$12.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 1.2m.
Prefers moist or wet soil and can grow in heavy clay soils. Full sun or semi-shade.
Flowers, leaves and root are edible and it has a long history of medicinal uses.