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Dahlia – Bedding Mix
$6.50Read moreA tender PERENNIAL, dahlia are leafy flowering plants, ranging in height from 30cm to well over 1.5m, and come in come in spectacular shapes and colours. An attractive plant to grow in the mixed perennial border. Dahlia have edible flowers and tubers.
They grow most successfully in well-watered yet free-draining soils, in situations receiving plenty of sunlight. -
Daylily – Pink Dwarf Evergreen
$7.50Read moreAn evergreen daylily that flowers profusely from very early to late in the season. Dwarf growing, and quickly spreading, this is wonderful to fill the front of a border, or add in pockets throughout the edible flower garden.
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Dianthus – Rainbow Loveliness
$6.50Read moreA PERENNIAL flowering plant growing to 30cm, preferring well-drained soil in full sun position, these dianthus have deeply cut petals lending the flowers a soft and feathery appearance. They are pretty and unusual-looking in eye-catching pink and whites with a strong, sweet fragrance. Edible flowers.
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Dianthus – Sweet William
$6.50Read moreA flowering PERENNIAL growing to 60cm and is noted for attracting insects. It prefers well-drained soil and a full sun position. Flowers are edible and added to salads or a garnish for cakes, desserts, fruit dishes etc.
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Dill
$6.00Read moreAn ANNUAL growing to 80cm with slender hollow stems and alternate, finely divided, softly delicate leaves. Small yellow flowers are born in umbels. Prefers a full sun position in a moist and well-drained soil. Edible leaves and seeds, it is also good as a companion plant to attract hoverflies and other predatory insects. Highly nutritious, it has a long history of medicinal use.
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Dogsbane
$7.50Read moreA SHRUBBY GROUNDCOVER with succulent leaves and purple flowers, it can tolerate semi-shade and poor soil. Tolerant of drought and root competition.
With rounded, grey-green foliage, which has an unpleasant smell and is said to deter dogs and cats from garden. Pretty purple flowers. -
Echinacea – Colour Mix
$8.00Read moreA herbaceous flowering PERENNIAL growing to 1.2cm with large, showy heads of pretty composite flowers in various colours.
Prefers a well-drained soil in a full sun position and can tolerate some drought. Purple or Angustifolia Echinacea is mostly grown as a medicinal plant where flowering tops and roots are used as a popular home remedy for improving the immune system. -
Echinacea – Pale Pink
$8.00Read moreA herbaceous flowering PERENNIAL growing to 1.2cm with large, showy heads of pretty pink-purple composite flowers.
Prefers a well-drained soil in a full sun position and can tolerate some drought. Mostly grown as a medicinal plant where flowering tops and roots are used as a popular home remedy for improving the immune system. -
Echinacea – Purple Coneflower
$8.00Read moreA herbaceous flowering PERENNIAL growing to 1.2cm with large, showy heads of pretty pink-purple composite flowers.
Prefers a well-drained soil in a full sun position and can tolerate some drought. Mostly grown as a medicinal plant where flowering tops and roots are used as a popular home remedy for improving the immune system. -
Echinacea – White Swan
$8.00Read moreA herbaceous flowering PERENNIAL growing to 1.2cm with large, showy heads of pretty white composite flowers.
Prefers a well-drained soil in a full sun position and can tolerate some drought. Purple or Angustifolia Echinacea is mostly grown as a medicinal plant where flowering tops and roots are used as a popular home remedy for improving the immune system. -
Elderberry
$9.50Read moreElderberry is a small tree or shrub growing to 6mx6m at a fairly fast rate. The plant is known as the ‘Medicine Chest’ of the country people for its associated medicinal qualities. Note that all parts except the blossoms and the very ripe berries, are poisenous and should not be ingested. The flowers are used a flavouring to make elderflower tea, or elderflower sparkling wine and eldeflower syrups among many other culinary uses. The berries too are made into syrups or brewed into teas.
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Elecampane
$8.00Read 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. -
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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
$7.50Read 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
$6.50Read 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. -
Fennel – Sweet Herb
$6.50Read moreAn EVERGREEN PERENNIAL growing to 1.5m with beautiful fine feathery green and light-green leaves, 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. -
Feverfew
$7.50Read moreA 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
$7.50Read moreA 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.
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Feverfew – Golden
$6.50Read moreA 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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Forget-me-not
$6.50Read moreAn EVERGREEN PERENNIAL of the borage family that grows between 30cm and 70cm. Oblong to linear leaves grow in a basal rosette and are hairy on both sides. The flowers are small and blue with yellow centers.
It prefers moist or wet soil and can grow in water, and in heavy clay. It can grow in full sun or semi-shade.
It has some historic use as a herbal medicine for the treatment of whooping cough and bronchitis. -
Foxglove – Various
$7.50Read moreDigitalis includes about 20 species of plants that are commonly grown as tall BIENNIALS that reach up to 1.5m. With their attractive
spikes of bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colours, they are very popular in flower gardens.
Grows well in almost any soil, and can grow in a full sun or partly shaded area.
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Fuller’s Teasel
$7.50Read 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.