Thank you for your interest in herb plants from MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers. I've closed order processing for autumn and winter, and will re-open the plant sales on 12 August 2024. I wish everyone a restful cold season and will see you back here for more herb offerings in spring!

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  • Alpine Strawberry White : seeds

    $4.25

    Alpine Strawberry is a PERENNIAL growing to 30cm with trifoliate leaves, white flowers and sweet, small white when ripe strawberry fruit.

    Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.

    Fruit and leaves are edible and has medicinal use. It is used as a cosmetic herb.

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  • Artichoke – green globe

    $7.50

    Artichoke is a PERENNIAL vegetable growing to 1.5m. The plant is quite big and statuesque, with long, arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves. When the flower buds (the vegetable) are allowed to open into flowers, they are very attractive to bees and bumblebees. The plant prefers well drained soil in most soils (tolerant of saline soils) in a sunny position. The flower buds are known as a gourmet vegetable and the whole plant has medicinal applications. Leaves yield a dark grey dye.

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  • Artichoke – purple de jesi

    $7.50

    Artichoke is a PERENNIAL vegetable growing to 1.5m. The plant is quite big and statuesque, with long, arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves. When the flower buds (the vegetable) are allowed to open into flowers, they are very attractive to bees and bumblebees. The plant prefers well drained soil in most soils (tolerant of saline soils) in a sunny position. The flower buds are known as a gourmet vegetable and the whole plant has medicinal applications. Leaves yield a dark grey dye.

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  • Bean Celebration Runner Bean : seeds

    $4.25

    A runner bean with gorgeous peach coloured flowers and a profusion of delicious broad beans over a long period.

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    Bean Romano : seeds

    $4.25

    Romano beans are an Italian flat bean that is juicy, with a sweet flavour and great crunch.

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    Cape Gooseberry

    $7.50

    Cape gooseberry is a frost tender PERENNIAL growing to 1.2m that grows in semi shade or full sun in moist soil. Fruit are used raw, or cooked in jams, pies, compotes etc.

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  • Cardoon

    $7.50

    A large PERENNIAL growing to 2m with at least a 1m spread. Cardoon is a thistle-like plant in the sunflower family and grows to be a stout plant with large, deeply lobed and heavily spined green to grey-green leaves. Flowers are violet-purple, produced in a large, globose, massively spined flowerhead.
    It can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soil although it prefers well-drained soil in full sun. Somewhat drought tolerant it can grow in saline soil.
    Flowers, leaves, roots and stems are eaten. Flower buds are eaten as a globe artichoke substitute. Some important medicinal use, and can be used as a dye plant.

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  • Celery

    $6.00

    A very attractive red-and-white striped celery. The plants grow vigourous and produce upright stems that are crisp and flavourful.

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    Celery : seeds

    $4.25

    I grew both the heritage “Nutty” celery that has a dense strong green stem and nutty flavour and a hollow, red stemmed variety called “Peppermint Stick”, these seeds are the result of self-seeded plants from those, so it could be either or, or a cross of the two. The self seeded plants that keep coming up in my garden are delicious and strong growing.

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  • Chilli – various

    $7.00

    A variety of the chillies and peppers I am growing from my collection of over 150 varieties. Chillies come in a great variety of colours, shapes, heat levels and taste profiles. Please contact me to see which varieties are on offer this season.

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  • Fennel – Florence

    $6.50

    An 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.

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  • Fennel Florence : seeds

    $4.25

    An 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.

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  • Lettuce Leafy Mix : seeds

    $4.25

    Lettuce in general: an ANNUAL/BIENNIAL growing to 90cm.

    Prefers moist well-drained soil in semi-shade of full sun position.

    Mainly cultivated for the edible leaves which are commonly used in salads and sandwiches.

    This mix is of my favourite cut and come again lettuces incl. Freckles, Drunken Woman, Oak Leaf, Rouge d’Hiver, Michelle and many more

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  • Salsify : seeds

    $4.25

    Salsify is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.6 m with long green straplike leaves and beautiful purple flowers.

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  • Shungiku

    $6.00

    This leafy ANNUAL grows up to 1.2m and has yellow-and-white daisy-like flowers and finely divided green leaves. Prefers moist and well-drained soil in a full sun or semi-shaded position.
    Flowers and leaves are edible.

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  • Shungiku : seeds

    $4.25

    This leafy ANNUAL grows up to 1.2m and has yellow-and-white daisy-like flowers and finely divided green leaves. Prefers moist and well-drained soil in a full sun or semi-shaded position.

    Flowers and leaves are edible.

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    Silverbeet Oriole : seeds

    $4.25

    This yellow stemmed swiss chard, or silverbeet, has deep golden stalks and veins. Harvest as baby leaves for fresh use, or cook mature leaves as a spinach.

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  • Strawberry – Alpine

    $6.50

    Alpine Strawberry is a PERENNIAL growing to 30cm with trifoliate leaves, white flowers and sweet, small strawberry fruit.
    Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.
    Fruit and leaves are edible and has medicinal use. It is used as a cosmetic herb.

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  • Strawberry – Alpine White

    $7.50

    Alpine Strawberry is a PERENNIAL growing to 30cm with trifoliate leaves, white flowers and sweet, small white when ripe strawberry fruit.

    Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.

    Fruit and leaves are edible and has medicinal use. It is used as a cosmetic herb.

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  • Tomatillo – Green Husk Tomato

    $6.50

    Tomatillo is a frost tender ANNUAL growing to 1.2m with compact or upright habit, pubescent stems and broad serrated leavess. The tomatillo fruit is surrounded by an inedible, paper-like husk
    Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade.

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