Thank you for your interest in herb plants from MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers. I've closed order processing for autumn and winter, and will re-open the plant sales on 12 August 2024. I wish everyone a restful cold season and will see you back here for more herb offerings in spring!

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  • Rhubarb – Cherry Red

    $8.00

    A PERENNIAL growing to 1.2m. Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.
    The leaf stem is cooked and eaten with fruit in tarts. The leaf itself is toxic and should not be eaten. Roots are used medicinally.
    Victoria is said to be the best cooking rhubarb with sweeter and milder slender green stems with a red blush that are very tender.

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  • Rhubarb – Glaskins Perpetual

    $8.00

    A PERENNIAL growing to 1.2m. Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.
    The leaf stem is cooked and eaten with fruit in tarts. The leaf itself is toxic and should not be eaten. Roots are used medicinally.
    Glaskins Perpetual is an heirloom variety with large, long stemmed, bright red juicy stalks that are full of flavour.

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  • Rocket – Salad

    $6.00

    An ANNUAL growing to 60cm. Prefers well-drained soilin full sun or semi-shade. Drought tolerant when established.
    Young leaves are peppery and often added fresh to salads or used on pizza or crostini.

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    Rocket – Wild

    $6.00

    A PERENNIAL growing to 60cm. Prefers dry or moist soil in a full sun position, or semi-shade.
    Leaves are eaten raw in salads as you would use salad rocket. Strongly peppery or cress-flavoured.

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  • Rose Campion – Occulata (pink and white)

    $7.50

    A PERENNIAL growing to 80 cm with grey felted leaves and single, white and pink centered flowers produced in succession.

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  • Rosemary – Chef’s Choice

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 1.5m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can tolerate drought and maritime exposure.
    A popular culinary herb with an array of medicinal uses. The Chef’s Choice cultivar is higher in oil content, and stronger in flavour and with its compact mounding habit, is a favourite for cook’s gardens.

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    Rosemary – Pink flowering

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 1.5m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can tolerate drought and maritime exposure.
    A popular culinary herb with an array of medicinal uses. This cultivar has beautiful light rose pink flowers.

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  • Rosemary – Prostrate

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 1.5m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can tolerate drought and maritime exposure.
    A popular culinary herb with an array of medicinal uses. The Prostratus cultivar makes a great groundcover. Somewhat less hardy than the other varieties, it is still quite hardy, and flavoursome. Great for trailing or for a low spreading groundcover.

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  • Rosemary – Tuscan Blue Upright

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 1.5m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can tolerate drought and maritime exposure.
    A popular culinary herb with an array of medicinal uses. The Prostratus cultivar makes a great groundcover. The Tuscan Blue variety is a magnificent plant with a very tall, upright growth, making long rosemary stalks great for using as skewers! The deep rich blue of the abundant flowers and the statuesque growth habit makes it an attractive Rosemary to grow.

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  • Rosemary – Variegated Leaf

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 1.5m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can tolerate drought and maritime exposure.

    A popular culinary herb with an array of medicinal uses. This variegated leaf cultivar makes for a beautiful plant..

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  • Rue

    $7.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 50cm. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil and can tolerate drought.
    It is a beautiful blue-green shrublet with leaves that inspired the suit of clubs in playing cards. Leaves can be eaten and it has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, but is slightly toxic and should only ever be used under medical supervision.

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  • Sage – Clary

    $7.50

    A BIENNIAL/PERENNIAL growing to 1m. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun.
    Leaves and flowers can be eaten cooked or raw. Medicinally it has been a domestic remedy for many years.

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  • Sage – Common

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 60cm Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can tolerate drought.
    Leaves are a common culinary herb and it has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant.

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  • Sage – Golden Sage

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 60cm Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can tolerate drought.
    Leaves are a common culinary herb and it has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant. Golden sage has beautiful variegated leaves making it an attractive sage. It is used similarly to common sage.

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  • Sage – Pineapple

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL growing to 1m. Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position. Bright scarlet red flowers for most of the year.
    Fragrant leaves with a pleasant pineapple scent is used fresh or dried. Flowers are edible.

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  • Sage – Purple

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub growing to 60cm Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can tolerate drought.
    Leaves are a common culinary herb and it has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant. Purple sage is said to be stronger medicinally than common sage. The leaves are dark green to purple and very attractive. Use as common sage.

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  • Sage – Tricolor

    $6.50

    An evergreen PERENNIAL shrub that prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position, and can tolerate drought.
    Leaves are a common culinary herb and it has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant. Tricolor sage has beautiful leaves in pruple, greena and white. Use as common sage.

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  • Sage – White

    $8.00

    A PERENNIAL growing to 1.3m with whitish evergreen leaves and flowers that are white to pale lavender and attractive to bees. Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun position. Seed is eaten raw or cooked, and it has some traditional medicinal use.

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  • Salad Burnett

    $6.50

    Salad Burnet is an EVERGREEN PERENNIAL growing to 60cm, forming a rosette of attractive pinnate basal leaves with oval and lightly serrated leaflets. Flowers are rounded clusters of pink tiny blooms. Prefers any moist well-drained soil in full sun, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil or very alkaline soils.
    Leaves are edible, fresh or cooked, and dried leaves can be made into a tea. It has some domestic medicinal use.

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    Santolina

    $7.50

    An herbaceous perennial, this small evergreen shrub is best suited to a hot and dry environment and grows best in full sun. Grey-green leaves form attractive mounds and are topped with yellow button flowers in summer.

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  • Savory – Lemon

    $6.50

    This EVERGREEN SHRUB grows to 30cm and has upright growing stems with thyme like leaves with a highly aromatic lemon scent.
    Prefers full sun in a well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil or very alkaline soil. It is drought-tolerant.

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  • Savory – Summer

    $6.00

    Summer Savory is an ANNUAL growing to 30cm with slender upright stems with bronze-green leaves and lilac tubular flowers. Prefers full sun position and well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant and can grow in very alkaline soils.
    Leaves are used as a condiment either fresh or cooked, and it has medicinal uses.

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  • Savory – Winter

    $6.50

    This EVERGREEN SHRUB grows to 40cm and has upright growing stems with aromatic leaves and white flowers.
    Prefers full sun in a well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil or very alkaline soil. It is drought-tolerant.

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  • Savory – Winter Creeping

    $6.50

    This PERENNIAL savory grows to 10cm with a creeping habit and white flowers which are very attractive to bees.
    Prefers full sun in well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soiland very alkaline soils.
    It can tolerate drought.
    Leaves are used like summer or winter savory, and are especially good cooked with beans. Some medicinal uses.

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