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Agastache – Giant hyssop Blue
$8.50Add to cartAnise hyssop is a PERENNIAL growing to 90cm with bright lavender-purple flowers that are very attractive to bees and butterflies. It grows upright and clump-like with oval, toothed leaves that have a white tint underneath. The plant prefers well-drained soil and a full sun position. Leaves are anise-scented and the flowers slightly aromatic. Used as a culinary herb, and noted as a Native-American medicine for various ailments.
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Balm – Lemon Balm
$7.50Add to cartLemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) is a perennial in the Lamiaceae family that grows in full sun to part shade and prefers rich, well-drained soil. It is used as a Culinary Herb for teas and desserts, as a Medicinal Herb for calming and digestive support, and as a Pollinator Plant.
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Balm – Orange Balm
$8.50Add to cartOrange Balm (Melissa officinalis ‘Mandarina’) is a perennial in the Lamiaceae family that grows in full sun to part shade and prefers fertile, well-drained soil. It is used as a Culinary Herb for teas and flavouring, as a Medicinal Herb for calming and digestive remedies, and as a Pollinator Plant.
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Catnip
$7.50Add to cartCatnip (Nepeta cataria) is a perennial in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It prefers sun to part shade in well-drained soils, and is hardy in NZ. Growing 60–100 cm tall and 60 cm wide, it has soft grey-green leaves and small white-purple flowers. Used as a medicinal calming and digestive herb, a cottage garden plant, and as a cat-attracting herb for play and enrichment.
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Catnip – Lemon
$8.50Add to cartLemon Catnip (Nepeta cataria var. citriodora) is a perennial in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It prefers sun to part shade in well-drained soil, and is hardy in NZ. Growing 60–90 cm tall and 60 cm wide, it has soft grey-green leaves with a lemon fragrance and white flowers. Used as a medicinal calming herb, an aromatic cottage garden plant, an insect repellent, and sometimes as a cat herb.
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Cornflower – Mix : seeds
$4.25Add to cartAn ANNUAL growing to 1m with grey-green branched stems and 1-4cm lanceolate leaves. Flowerheads are commonly in an intense blue, but with white, pink, purple and even dark, almost black varieties existing. Flowers are known to attract bees and other pollinating insects. Prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor, alkaline soils. Full sun position is best and tolerates some degree of drought.
Shoots and flowers are edible and it has a long history of use as a medicine, although rarely used today.
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Fuller’s Teasel
$8.50Add to cartA 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. -
Lemongrass
$8.50Add to cartA 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. -
Marjoram – Pot
$7.50Add to cartOriganum onites is a PERENNIAL growing 30cm by 60cm. Leaves are slightly bitter compared to oregano or marjoram, but with their strong thyme-like flavour are an acceptable culinary herb. Leaves are used fresh or dried. Has medicinal uses.
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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. -
Meadowsweet – Flore Pleno
$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. Double flowering variety.
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Meadowsweet – pink
$12.50Add to cartA 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. -
Mint – Pineapple mint
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing from 40cm – 1m with light green broad oval leaves with yellow to white variegations, that are somewhat hairy on top and downy underneath. Flowers are white or pink and form in mid to late summer. Attractive to bees.
Can grow in almost any moist soil in a full sun or semi-shade position.
Leaves are eatan raw or cooked and like other mints, used as a domestic herbal remedy. -
Mint – Applemint
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing from 40cm – 1m with light green broad oval leaves that are somewhat hairy on top and downy underneath. Flowers are white or pink and form in mid to late summer. Attractive to bees.
Can grow in almost any moist soil in a full sun or semi-shade position.
Leaves are eatan raw or cooked and like other mints, used as a domestic herbal remedy. -
Mint – Basil mint
$8.50Add to cartA hardy PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with narrow aromatic leaves that have basil-mint aroma. Prefers partial shade or full sun in moist soils.
Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and it has similar medicinal uses than other mints. -
Mint – Chocolate mint
$8.50Add to cartA hardy PERENNIAL growing to 60cm tall with a spreading habit. Large ovate leaves are bronze to dark green and it has deep purple-red stems. The flavour is strongly peppermint with a sweet chocolate undertone. Delicious eaten raw in fruit salads, or added as a garnish to fruit salads, cakes etc., it has similar medicinal uses than common peppermint.
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Mint – Common /Garden mint
$7.50Add to cartA hardy PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with bright green ovate leaves. Can grow in almost any soil, tolerates heavy clay soil. It preferes moist soil in a full sun or semi-shade position.
Flavourful mint leaves can be eaten raw or cooked; and it is commonly used as a domestic herbal remedy. -
Mint – Eau de Cologne mint
$8.50Add to cartEau de Cologne mint is a PERENNIAL mint is a cultivated mint with a strong fresh citrus fragrance.
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Mint – Ginger mint
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 50cm with fragrant round, green leaves that sometimes have golden-yellow variegation.
Prefers full sun or part shade in a moist soil and can grow in clay soils.
Mentha x gracilis, Ginger Mint, is a fragrant herb that infuses dishes with refreshing mint and spicy ginger undertones. With lance-shaped leaves and lavender flowers, this perennial plant thrives in well-drained soil, offering culinary delights and potential digestive relief. A favorite among pollinators, Ginger Mint adds charm to gardens while serving diverse culinary and medicinal purposes. -
Mint – Japanese Menthol Mint
$8.50Add to cartA PERENNIAL growing to 50cm with long, thin and downy grey-green leaves that are elliptical to lanceolate or broadly ovate in shape, and sharply toothed margins.
Grows in any moist soil in a full sun or partial shade position. Can tolerate heavy soil.