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.
Toothache plant ‘Lemon Drop’
$7.50
Toothache plant is an ANNUAL small, erect plant that bears gold or red-and-gold inflorescences. It prefers well-drained soil in a warm, full-sun position.
Leaves can be used in small amounts and the flower bud eaten is a novelty – having a grassy taste followed by a tingling and numbing sensation.
It has traditional medicinal uses.
Description
Electric Daisy, also known as Jambu, Szechuan Buttons, or Toothache Plant (Acmella oleracea, syn. Spilanthes acmella) is a unique herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family. The distinctive golden-yellow spherical flower heads contain spilanthol which is known for its electrifying, tingling sensation when eaten. Electric Daisy is used as a culinary herb adding interesting flavour profiles to various foods, and it is also much studies for its medicinal uses and is currently a herb of note.
