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  • Feverfew – Golden

    $6.50

    A 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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  • Feverfew : seeds

    $4.25

    A 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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  • Forget-me-not

    $6.50

    An 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.

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  • Foxglove – Various

    $7.50

    Digitalis 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.
    NOTE: ALL PLANT PARTS ARE TOXIC

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    Fuller’s Teasel

    $7.50

    A 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.

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  • Giant hyssop – blue

    $7.50

    Anise 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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  • Giant hyssop – white

    $7.50

    White flowering Anise hyssop is a PERENNIAL growing to 90cm with white 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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  • Gotu Kola

    $7.50

    An EVERGREEN HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL growing to 20cm and spreading. Frost tender , it can grow in semi-shaded areas or in full sun, and prefers moist or wet soils.
    Stems are slender, creeping stolons from a cream-coloured rhizomatous rootstock. Leaves are kidney-shaped and palmately veined.
    It is used as a culinary vegetable and as medicinal herb.

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  • Heartsease

    $5.00

    An 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.

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  • Hollyhock – Bright Pink Single

    $6.50

    A 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 very bright pink flowers.
    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.

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  • Hollyhock – Crème de Cassis

    $7.50

    A 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 white and maroon centered flowers.

    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.

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    Hollyhock – Crème de Cassis : seeds

    $4.25

    A 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 flowers.
    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.

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  • Hollyhock – Mixed

    $6.50

    A 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 various colours.
    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.

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  • Hollyhock – Mixed Doubles

    $6.50

    A 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 double flowers in various colours.
    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.

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  • Hollyhock – Pink : seeds

    $4.25

    A 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 very bright pink flowers.

    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.

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    Hollyhock – Purple

    $6.50

    A 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 purple flowers.
    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.

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    Hollyhock – Purple : seeds

    $4.25

    A 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 deep pink to purple flowers.
    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.

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    Hollyhock – White : seeds

    $4.25

    A 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 white pink flowers.
    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.

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  • Hollyhock – White Single

    $6.50

    A 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.

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    Horehound- White

    $7.50

    A 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.

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  • Horseradish

    $7.50

    A PERENNIAL of the mustard family growing to 70cm. Prefers a moist and well-drained soil and can grow in very alkaline soils. Full sun or semi-shade.
    The young leaves are distinctly different to older leaves, being asymettric spiky before becoming flat and broad.
    The plant is cultivated mostly for its large, white, tapered root which is a vegetable and spice. It has medicinal use.

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    Hyssop Blue : seeds

    $4.25

    Hyssop is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0.6 m with bright green rosemary-like leaves and spikes of beautiful bright blue flowers in late spring and through summer and autumn.

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  • Lady’s Mantle

    $7.50

    An HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL in the Rose family that has a clumping, mounding habit.

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  • Lemongrass

    $7.50

    A 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.

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