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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  • Astragalus Milk Vetch

    Astragalus – Milk Vetch

    $9.50

    A hardy PERENNIAL that is an important herb in Chinese Traditional Medicine.

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  • Balkan Mint, Micromeria

    Balkan Mint

    $7.50

    A PERENNIAL herb found wild throughout the Balkans. Highly fragrant. It has been gathered since ancient times as a condiment and for tea. Masses of white or light pink flowers are very showy and bee attracting.

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  • Balm – Lemon Balm

    $7.50

    A flowering PERENNIAL growing to 70cm with lemon 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 – Lime Balm

    $8.50

    Very similar to lemon balm, but with a more lime-like fragrance.

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  • Balm – Orange Balm

    $8.50

    A 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

    Balm of Gilead

    $8.50

    Balm 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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  • Showing the size and growth habit of bush growing densely leaved mini Greek basil

    Basil – Bush / Greek Mini

    $6.50

    Bush basil is an ANNUAL growing to 30cm with a tidy rounded growth habit and tiny, light green leaves. The plant prefers full sun in a moist, but well-drained soil.
    Leaves, which are mild in flavour, are used like common basil.

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  • Basil – Dark Opal

    $6.50

    An ANNUAL growing to around 70cm, purple basil is a cultivar of Sweet Basil, and has oval dark purple leaves, reddish stems and purple flowers. Used much in the same way as common basil, it has a stronger flavour and its pretty leaf colour makes it an appealing herb to add to salads or as a fresh garnish.

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    Basil – Holy Tulsi

    $8.50

    Holy basil is an erect SUBSHRUB that grows up to 60cm. Many branched, hairy stems carry simple ovate green leaves with slightly toothed margins. Flowers are purple.
    It is cultivated for religious and medicinal purposes and herbal tea and common to the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. The plant is revered as the elixer of life.

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    Basil – Lemon

    $6.50

    An ANNUAL growing to 60cm with bright green lemon-and-basil-scented leaves and white flowers. Used fresh in salads or as a garnish, with its lemon flavour it pairs beautifully with fruit dishes.

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  • Basil – Sweet Genovese

    $6.50

    Sweet basil is an ANNUAL growing to around 50cm with oval green leaves and white flowers. It can be grown as a PERENNIAL in warm climates, but dislikes the cold and will succumb to frost. Basil prefers well-drained moist soil in a full sun position away from cold drafts.
    Leaves are edible and used fresh or cooked, or dried in various dished, notabley Italian cooking. Pairs well with tomato dishes, garlic, eggplant or peppers. Seeds are edible too.

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  • Beautiful leaves and darker purple stems and flowers of Thai Basil

    Basil – Thai

    $6.50

    Thai Basil is an annual plant with bright green leaves that tend to purple at the flower tips, and characteristic purple stems. The flavour of Thai basil is that of basil with a hint of aniseed. It is often used in Thai cuisine.

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