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 – Orange Balm
$8.50
Orange 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.
Orange Balm (Melissa officinalis ‘Mandarina’) is a bushy perennial herb in the Lamiaceae family with aromatic leaves that carry a sweet, tangy orange scent. It produces pale yellow flowers that are highly attractive to pollinators. Thriving in full sun to part shade and well-drained fertile soil, Orange Balm is hardy in New Zealand gardens and can be harvested repeatedly through the growing season. It is used as a Culinary Herb in teas, desserts, and flavouring dishes, a Medicinal Herb for gentle calming and digestive support, and as a Pollinator Plant.
