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Echinacea – Pale Purple
$9.50Read moreEchinacea pallida is a perennial in the daisy (Asteraceae) family that grows to about 90 cm tall and 45 cm wide. It prefers full sun and well-drained soils. It has slender, drooping pale-pink petals around a coppery cone. Echinacea pallida is used as a medicinal herb, especially for immune support, and is also grown for pollinator and cottage gardens. Hardy in most NZ climates.
All Echinacea species and cultivars can be used medicinally, though angustifolia, pallida, and purpurea are most traditionally valued for their potency
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Echinacea – Purple Coneflower
$9.50Read moreEchinacea purpurea is a perennial in the daisy (Asteraceae) family that grows to around 90 cm tall and 60 cm wide. It prefers full sun and moist but well-drained soils. It has broad leaves and large purple daisy-like flowers with raised orange-brown cones. Echinacea purpurea is used as a medicinal herb, is highly attractive to pollinators, and is a classic cottage and cut flower garden plant. Hardy in most NZ climates.
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Elecampane
$9.50Read moreA 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. -
Evening Primrose – Standard Yellow
$7.50Read moreA 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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Evening Primrose – Sunset Boulevard
$8.50Read moreA highly ornamental version of the common yellow flowering Evening of Primrose, these flower in shades of a dusky sunset with orange-pink tones. Evening primrose is a flowering BIENNIAL growing to 1.2m. Basal rosettes spiral up to flowering stems with 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.
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Fennel – Bronze
$6.50Read moreAn 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. -
Fennel – Florence
$7.50Read moreAn 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. -
Foxglove – White
$7.50Read moreFoxglove (Digitalis purpurea and cultivars) is a biennial or short-lived perennial in the Plantaginaceae family that grows to 1–1.5m tall and 30–60cm wide. It prefers semi-shade to sun and moist, well-drained soils. It produces tall spires of tubular flowers in shades of white, apricot, pink, or purple, much loved by bees and pollinators. This is a beautiful white flowering cultivar. All parts of this plant are highly toxic to humans and animals.
Foxglove is grown as a cottage garden favourite and pollinator plant. Medicinal use is strictly professional only, in minute controlled doses. -
Fuller’s Teasel
$8.50Read moreA BIENNIAL/PERENNIAL growing to 1.8m with prickly stem and leaves and purple, dark pink or lavender inflorescence.
Grows well in almost any soil and can tolerate heavy clay soil. Prefers moist soil in a full sun position.
With some use as a herbal remedy, the plant is better known for the dried flower heads being used for carding wool and as a clothes brush for raising nap on woollen cloth. -
Heartsease
$6.50Read moreAn ANNUAL, or short-lived PERENNIAL, growing to 20cm. The small plant has a creeping and ramping habit with oval to heart-shaped leaves and distinct 5-petalled (2 upwards, 2 to the sides and 1 large to the bottom) purple, blue, yellow or white (or a combination of) flowers.
Noted for attracting wildlife, it prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, but tolerates semi-shade well.
Flowers and leaves are edible and it has a long history as a medicinal plant. -
Hollyhock – Charters Double Salmon
$7.50Read moreA 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. -
Honeywort – Pride of Gibraltar
$7.50Read moreAn ANNUAL growing to 90cm with greyish-green foliage and deep-purple bracts. Thrives in almost any soil, and prefers full sun or very light shade. Noted for attracting bees.
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Horehound- White
$8.50Read moreA flowering PERENNIAL growing 50cm with grey leaves that have a densely crinkled surface, and are covered in downy hairs. White flowers are borne in clusters on the upper part of the main stem.
Grows best in the full sun in well-drained soil, and can tolerate nutritionally poor soils.
Leaves are edible and can be used as a tea. Medicinally it is an important herb for home remedies for coughs. -
Ironwort
$10.50Read moreSideritis, or Ironwort, boasts silver-green foliage and delicate flower clusters, hailing from the Mediterranean. Highly regarded for its health benefits, it is prized for its soothing properties in traditional Greek medicine, known for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory attributes, making it a popular choice for herbal teas.
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Lemongrass
$8.50Read moreA 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 – French (various)
$6.50Read moreA flowering ANNUAL growing to 50cm (T. patula) or 1m (T. erecta). Most species have pinnate green leaves and bright blooms in golden, orange, yellow, and white colors, often with maroon highlights.
It prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and is tolerant of heavy clay soil.
Commonly grown as a companion plant in the vegetable garden, or a bright and cheery flower in the ornamental garden, marigolds are edible and some have medicinal qualities too. -
Marigold – Starfire
$6.50Read moreA flowering ANNUAL growing to 30cm. Pinnate green leaves and masses of small bright blooms in golden, orange, yellow, and white colors, often with maroon highlights.
It prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and is tolerant of heavy clay soil.
Commonly grown as a companion plant in the vegetable garden, or a bright and cheery flower in the ornamental garden, marigolds are edible and some have medicinal qualities too. -
Marjoram – Sweet
$7.50Read moreA tender PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with small simple, smooth and ovate leaves that have a sweet pine and citrus flavour. Small white flowers are loved by bees and bumblebees.
Prefers well-drained soil in semi-shade or full sun. Leaves are edible and used as a flavouring, and it has medicinal applications. -
Meadowsweet – common
$12.50Read moreA 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. -
Meadowsweet – pink
$12.50Read moreA spreading herbaceous PERENNIAL growing to 2.5m with large lobed leaves and branching red stems, and produces corymbs of deep pink or peach, sweet fragrant flowers in the summer.
Prefers moist or wet soil and can grow in heavy clay soil. Full sun or semi shade. Has some historic medicinal uses.