Bee Balm
Monarda didyma |
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Flower petals can be scattered over salads or fresh leaves in teas for an Earl Grey flavour. Important ingredient in potpourris. |
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4" Pot |
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Catmint / Catnip
Napeta mussinii |
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Common uses are freshly picked young shoots in salads or rubbed on meat to release the mintish flavour. Interesting as a tea too, and of course, cats love it! |
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Chives
Allium senescens |
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Adding chives at end of cooking is best or the flavour disappears. Delicious fresh in salad, soup & eggs. Also great mashed into soft cheeses as a spread. Rose pink balls and pointy green foliage |
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0.3 meters |
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0.3 meters |
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4” Pot |
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Coriander/Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum |
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Add fresh lower leaves to curries, stews, salads & sauces or use as a garnish. Great in vinagrettes or infused in oils. The seeds can be used in curries, chutneys, apple pies, cakes & biscuits. |
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Dill
Anethum graveolens |
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Popular and flavourful, used in soups, dips, stews and fresh in salads. Great infused in oils and vinegars. Where a salt free diet must be followed, the seed whole or ground is a valuable replacement. |
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Marjoram
Origanum majorana |
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Can be dried, frozen or used fresh in meat, pizza, tomato & vegetable dishes. Used as a tea, aids in easing bad colds, settles nausea, calms frazzled nerves. |
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4" Pot |
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Old Fashioned Lavender / Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead Strain' / Lavandula vera |
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True old-fashioned lavender. Shrubby clumps of blue-grey foliage. Fragrant spikes of deep blue flowers in summer. Can be used in herb jellies infused vinegar, honey or sugar, baking as well as potpourris, bath oils or crafts. Said to have antibacterial qualities if used tropically. Grey-green foliage and scented purple flower spikes. |
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0.3 meters |
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0.5 meters |
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4" Pot |
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Oregano
Origanum vulgare |
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Very pungent flavourful herb. Leaves can be used fresh, frozen or dried. Use with sauces, vegetables & meats. Aids in digestion |
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Parsley
Petroselinum crispum |
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Enhances the flavour of other foods & herbs. Best if added after cooking for a garnish. Highly nutricious, great breath freshner after eating garlic. High in vitamin C and iron. |
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Peppermint
Mentha x piperita |
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Extremely flavourful in teas, sauces, cooking with fish, meat, fruit & desserts. Best used fresh but can be frozen or dried. It's considered invasive, so best grown in pots or contained in pots in herb beds. |
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4" Pot |
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Purple Ruffles Basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Purple Ruffles' |
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Flavourful variety, but not as strong as other basils. Great fresh or in sauces. Wonderful if infused in vinegars or oils. |
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Rosemary
Rosemarinus officinalis |
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Aromatic and very useful in casseroles, meats, sauces, vinegars & oils. Can be used fresh, dried or frozen once leaves are stripped from stem. Create a delicious aroma by placing the twigs on the BBQ. |
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Sage
Salvia x officinalis |
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Grey-green, aromatic foliage. Makes a great herb jelly, oils or vinegars. Best used fresh or dried. Aids in digestion of fatty foods. Sage tea combined with cider vinegar makes a gargle for sore throats. |
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Spearmint
Mentha spicataI |
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Most widely grown, perfect for mint sauce, jelly and teas. Considered invasive so it must be grown in containers or planted as a pot and dropped into a herb bed. |
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4" Pot |
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Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum |
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Most popular basi, used in pasta sauces and salads, combines well with garlic. Plant flower is used for cooking. Used to repel mosquitoes & flies. |
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Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum |
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Ornamental and culinary, flowers are used in salads and the leaves used in teas to relieve stomach pain. Most aromatic when used dried as in potpourris. |
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4" Pot |
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