Herbs for Tea
Making your own herbal teas with fresh herbs from your garden is so rewarding. You can create many herbal tea recipes with this great selection of herbs.
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Chamomile
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Fragrant, tasty and so very pretty
Producing pretty daisy like white and yellow flowers, Chamomile is bursting with healthy vitamins and looks wonderful when in full bloom. This is a German variety, growing upright (as opposed to ground cover) to approx 20cm. It’ll self-seed very easily, so cut it back after flowering if you want to keep it in check.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Matricaria Chamomilla (organic)
In the kitchen: Chamomile works wonderfully in herbal teas, cakes and desserts.
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Garden Mint
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Fragrant, fast-growing and a great addition to recipes
Garden Mint is one of the most popular culinary mints, with large leaves and pretty pink, lilac or white flowers appearing in the summer.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Garden (organic*)
Great for protecting your brassicas, tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: This variety is ideal for making mint sauce or adding to salads and summer drinks.
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Lemon Grass
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)A delicious delicacy and essential in Asian inspired recipes
Lemon grass is a perennial, tropical variety of grass with a sweet, lemony scent. It is particularly associated with Thai and South East Asian cooking.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic
In the kitchen: A delicious delicacy and an essential in Asian inspired recipes. Lemon Grass is a delicious addition to soups, curries, sauces and fish dishes. The woody stems of this refreshing herb are also wonderful for making an invigorating herbal tea. Most of the flavour is in the thicker bulb end, which can be added whole to dishes, or peeled, then crushed or chopped.
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Lemon Verbena
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Great for soothing herbal teas
Lemon Verbena is a real treat to grow for its lemon scented leaves. We’d recommend growing your plug plants in pots, so you can move them under cover as the weather turns cooler in autumn, and hopefully they’ll keep going. Pick a few leaves and brew them in hot water for the most delicious herbal tea. Great for ice cream and cake baking too!
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Great for herbal teas, puddings & ice cream
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Rosemary
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)A delicious classic
This delicious culinary variety of Rosemary will produce upright deep green foliage and blue flowers. Rosemary can create a fantastic decorative and fragrant hedge if you plant a series of plug plants about 2 feet apart.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Spike meat, poultry and game with rosemary. Alternatively, chop it and use in stuffings and sauces for fish, lamb or chicken. Can be used fresh or dried.
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Lemon Balm
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)If you like sipping on herbal teas, then Lemon Balm is a must have for your garden!
Lemon Balm produces beautiful bright green leaves which have a lovely lemony flavour and fragrance. Lemon Balm will die back in winter and reappear the following spring.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Works wonderfully as a herbal tea, just throw a few leaves into a mug of hot water and let it infuse for a few minutes for a calming cuppa. Alternatively, it works well with fish, poultry and vegetables as well as in salads, stuffings, juices and smoothies.
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Japanese Mint
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Good for herbal teas and inhalations
This is almost like the Extra Strong Mint of the herbal mints. This variety of mint is grown for the medicinal use of the menthol essential oils found in its leaves. It can be used in similar ways to traditional mint varieties to make herbal teas, and it’s also a great one to use for a steam inhalation if you have a bad cold! Our Japanese Mint plug plants arrive ready to be planted straight away.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Japanese Mint (organic*)
In the kitchen: Make soothing herbal teas – great for colds!
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Chocolate Mint
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)An absolute delight for chocolate lovers
Chocolate Mint produces pretty brown/purple leaves, with a wonderfully minty chocolate taste and fragrance. Our Chocolate Mint plug plants come in sets of 3 in small 8.5cm biodegradable pots, ready to be planted straight away.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Chocolate (organic*)
Great for protecting your brassicas, tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: Wonderful used in summery drinks, desserts, with fresh fruit or to make fresh mint tea.
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Sage
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees and other beneficial insects love these pretty flowers.
Sage is an evergreen herb with highly aromatic leaves. This lovely common broadleaf variety of Sage is arguably the best for culinary uses.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Common Broadleaf (organic*)
Great for protecting your brassicas!
In the kitchen: Sage is traditionally used with pork, cheese and mushroom dishes and will make wonderful stuffings. The flowers are edible too and can be used to dress summer salads.