Thank you for your interest in herb plants from MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers. I've closed plant order processing for 2024/5 season. Online orders for plants will open again mid August for pre-orders with plants being shipped from mid September onwards.
Seeds will become available from May.
If you are interested in my Mini Grow & Use Guides, please email me for processing at minette@tonoli.co.nz during the shop's vacation dates.
The physical nursery and gates sales table plant stand is also closed over winter and will be up and running in spring 2025 for the 2025/26 growing season.
Always happy to answer emails, and remember to follow my socials for herb inspiration throughout the year. @meadowsweetherbsnz on both Insta and Facebook.
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Calendula
$6.50
Calendula is a popular flowering ANNUAL that grows to 60cm with oblong-lanceolate leaves and single flowerheads of bright orange or yellow. Flowers are pollinated by bees and it is a well-known companion plant. Calendula prefers any well drained soil but can grow in very poor soils and can tolerate very acidic or very alkaline soils. It can grow in semi shade but grows best in full sun. The plant can flower nearly year-round in favourable conditions, and the flower petals are edible and medicinal.
The flowers can be eaten raw and are rich in vitamins and minerals. Add to salads. Dried petals can be used to make teas, flavour soups, cakes and make an edible yellow dye. It has cosmetic use as a hair rinse, and healing balms are made from the petals. It is a very versatile medicinal herb with many modern uses ranging from cleansing and detoxifying to treating
skin problems and sore eyes.
Other uses include it being a compost activator and additive, in cosmetics, as a dye plant, for essential oils, an insect repellent and trap crop, and even for weather forecasting.
