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Scabiosa – Pincushion
$6.50Read moreHalf-hardy PERENNIALS growing to 80cm. Frost and cold tender. Prefers well drained soil in full sun. Large fully double dense flower heads are attractive as cottage garden or meadow flowers, for cut flowers and to attract beneficial insects to the garden.
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Scabiosa – Starball
$6.50Read moreAn ANNUAL heirloom flower that is prized for the starballs hape of its dried seed heads. The flowers are lavender blue.
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Shiso – Green Korean
$6.50Read moreShiso is an ANNUAL growing to 60cm with very aromatic, broad, frilly, ruffled green leaves.
Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun. nnot grow in the shade.
Leaves, flowers and seeds are edible and it has some use in Oriental medicince. -
Shiso – Red/Purple
$6.50Read moreShiso is an ANNUAL growing to 60cm with very aromatic, broad, frilly, ruffled purple leaves.
Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun. nnot grow in the shade.
Leaves, flowers and seeds are edible and it has some use in Oriental medicince. -
Shoofly
$6.00Read moreShoofly is an ANNUAL flowering plant in the nightshade family growing to 1m tall with vigorous spreading branches and ovate, mid-green toothed and wavy leaves. The flowers are bell-shaped, pale violet with white throats and calyxes that resemble that of physalis species.
It has some references to being edible and medicinal, although most texts refer to it as highly toxic. Do not eat. The sap can be used, mixed with milk, as a bait for house fly and blowfly. A decoction has been used to treat headlice. -
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Sorrel – Garden
$6.50Read moreSorrel is a PERENNIAL plant growing to 60cm with deep roots, juicy stems and edible, arrow-shaped leaves that taste sour.
Prefers moist soil in a semi-shade to full sun position. Can tolerate acidic soil.
All parts of the plant are edible. It is a good household and dye plant and has medicinal use. -
Sorrel – Red-veined
$6.50Read moreBlood-veined Sorrel is a PERENNIAL plant growing to 60cm with deep roots, juicy stems and edible, red-veined leaves with a sharp sour taste. Prefers full sun or semi-shade position in moist soil. Edible leaves can be added to salads.
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Southernwood
$8.00Read moreThe small bushy DECIDUOUS SHRUB grows to 1.2m and has small grey-green narrow and feathery leaves and small yellow flowers.
It has a strong camphor-like fragrance.
Prefers well-drained soil in a full sun or semi-shade position and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Drought resistant.
It is used in small quantities as a flavouring, but is mostly used as a medicinal herb. -
Strawberry – Alpine
$6.50Read moreAlpine Strawberry is a PERENNIAL growing to 30cm with trifoliate leaves, white flowers and sweet, small strawberry fruit.
Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.
Fruit and leaves are edible and has medicinal use. It is used as a cosmetic herb. -
Strawberry – Alpine White
$7.50Read moreAlpine Strawberry is a PERENNIAL growing to 30cm with trifoliate leaves, white flowers and sweet, small white when ripe strawberry fruit.
Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.
Fruit and leaves are edible and has medicinal use. It is used as a cosmetic herb.
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Strawberry Spinach
$6.00Read moreStrawberry Spinach is an ANNUAL growing to 60cm with goosefoot-like leaves, and small, red and pulpy.
It prefers moist soil in full sun.
The fruit, leaves and seeds are edible. It has some medicinal uses. -
Swan plant
$6.50Read moreThis PERENNIAL subshrub can reach up to 1.8m. Flowers are small and followed by pale green spheroid follicles containing many seeds with tufts. Swan plant caterpillars feed on this plant.
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Sweet violet – pink flowering
$6.50Read moreAn evergreen PERENNIAL gowing to 10cm with heart-shaped leaves and pretty pink flowers.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade.
Young leaves and flowers are edible and the plant has historic medicinal use.
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Sweet violet – purple
$6.50Read moreAn evergreen PERENNIAL gowing to 10cm with heart-shaped leaves and pretty purple flowers.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade.
Young leaves and flowers are edible and the plant has historic medicinal use. -
Tansy
$7.50Read moreTansy is a PERENNIAL growing to 1m with fern-like finely-dividied compound leaves from a somewhat reddish errect and smooth stem, and flat-topped, button-like yellow flowers.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun.
Flowers and leaves are edible and it has some historic medicinal and household uses. -
Tarragon – French
$8.00Read moreA DECIDUOUS PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with slender branched stems and glossy green lanceolate leaves.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade. Can tolerate drought.
Leaves are used as a culinary flavouring. The plant has medicinal and household uses. -
Tarragon – Russian
$6.50Read moreRussian Tarragon is a PERENNIAL growing to 1m. Preferes well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade and can tolerate drought.
Leaves are eaten raw or cooked similarly to French Tarragon, although the flavour is said to be inferior. -
Thyme – Caraway
$7.50Read moreCaraway Thyme is an EVERGREEN SHRUB growing to 10cm with very aromatic small lanceolate leaves on prostrate branches.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun and can tolerate drought.
With caraway-seed scented leaves, it is an excellent flavouring herb. As with all thymes, there are medicinal uses for the plant. -
Thyme – Common
$6.50Read moreThyme is an EVERGREEN SHRUB growing to 20cm with slender stems and small green aromatic leaves.
Prefers well-drained soil in full sun, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
Leaves are used fresh or dried as a condiment and tea, and it has many proven medicinal actions. -
Thyme – Creeping Annie Hall
$7.00Read moreAn EVERGREEN PERENNIAL creeping thyme, ‘Annie Hall’ forms mat with small, narrow leaves. Flowers are pale purple-pink in late spring. Can withstand dry areas. Ground cover thyme suitable for in between paving stones or small lawn areas.
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Thyme – Creeping Bertram Anderson
$7.00Read moreAn EVERGREEN PERENNIAL creeping thyme, ‘Bertram Anderson’ is a creeping thyme with bright light green leaves in spring turning golden in summer. Light lemon fragrance. Drought tolerant once established. Attractive to butterflies. Evergreen.
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Thyme – Creeping Emerald Carpet
$7.50Read moreThe leaves of this creeping EVERGREEN SHRUB are smaller and narrower and it grows low on the ground with white flowers. Same cultivation requirements as Common Thyme.
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Thyme – Creeping Golden
$7.50Read moreThe Golden Thyme is an EVERGREEN PERENNNIAL and has light golden-green leaves and grows to 10cm. It has light pink flowers. Same cultivation requirements as Common Thyme