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
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Valerian

$8.50

Valerian is a DECIDUOUS PERENNIAL growing to 1.5m with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. Prefers well-drained moist soil in full sun.
It is a well-known medicinal plant.

Description

Valerian is a frequently used medicinal herb with a proven efficacy.
It is sedative, tranquillising, and a nervine, particularly suited for those suffering from nervous tension, strain, sleeplessness, stress etc.
It is also a great addition to the compost heap and attracts earthworms, makes a good liquid plant food as the leaves are rich in phosphoros and is insect repellent.
The scent of roots attract cats and rats.

Additional information

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Other Names

Latin Name

(Valeriana officinalis)