MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers Nursery and Herb Education Centre is now closed for orders from 16 December 2025 until mid-January 2026 while I take a short festive break.
Thank you for your continued support of my small, home-based nursery throughout the past year. I look forward to helping you grow plants for your kitchen, garden, and herbal home remedies cupboard when I reopen in the new year.
Wishing you a peaceful and nourishing festive season.
Minette
Out of Stock
Balm of Gilead
$8.50
Balm of Gilead (Cedronella canariensis) is a perennial in the Lamiaceae family that grows in full sun to part shade and prefers well-drained soil. It is used as a Culinary Herb for herbal teas and fragrance, mentioned but not validated as a Medicinal Herb for calming and digestive support, and as a Pollinator Plant.
Balm of Gilead (Cedronella canariensis), also called Canary Island Balm or Té de Canariensis, is a perennial herb in the Lamiaceae family, native to the Canary Islands. It grows as a compact, bushy shrub up to 1–1.5 m tall with aromatic, bright green leaves and small tubular pink to lilac flowers in summer that attract bees and pollinators. The foliage has a sweet, lemony-minty fragrance and is traditionally used to make herbal teas. Balm of Gilead thrives in full sun to part shade and well-drained soil, and is hardy in mild New Zealand climates. It is valued as a Culinary Herb for teas, mentioned but not validated as a Medicinal Herb for gentle calming and digestive support, and a Pollinator Plant.
