Medicinal Herbs
Medicinal Herbs have been used for hundreds of years to help with all sorts of minor health problems. You can create many herbal remedies from these plants to help alleviate symptoms from a whole range of conditions.
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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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Coriander
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Oh, Coriander, how we love you!
This is a tender green leafy herb which is an absolute essential for those who love Asian cooking. Our Coriander 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: Cilantro (organic*)
In the kitchen: Young leaves are delicious chopped fresh and added to salads. Or use the leaves and stems for some very tasty stir-fries and curries. It works wonderfully as a flavouring alongside lime, chilli and lemon grass.
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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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Wild Bergamot
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees, butterflies and beneficial insects love this plant
Wild Bergamot is a beautiful North American wild flower with a strong scent and very attractive lavender coloured flowers. It can grow to approximately 1m in height.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pot)
Variety: Wild Bergamot (organic*)
In the Kitchen: Bergamot leaves make a fantastic accompanying flavour to meat dishes. The leaves are also wonderful used in herbal tea.
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Feverfew
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Pretty daisy-like flowers
Long used medicinally for making herbal teas with the leaves for fever and migraine, the best thing about Feverfew is the carpet of daisy-like flowers that appear in summer and continue through to late autumn. They are great for bees, and are good for cutting too!Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Use leaves to make herbal teas
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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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Chervil
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Delicious and rich in vitamins
Chervil is confused with parsley because of its leaves. This annual has an unusual aniseed flavour and is very rich in vitamins.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Delicious in soups and salads. Chervil goes very well with chicken and white fish.
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Hyssop
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees and butterflies love these beautiful blue flowers.
Hyssop produces rich blue, clustered flowers that grow out of one side of its stem. These flowers are great at attracting bees and butterflies to the garden. The stem has a square shape with long pointed aromatic dark green leaves. Hyssop can grow to a height of 45cm.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cmbiodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
Great for protecting your brassicas!
In the kitchen: Use the young leaves of hyssop in salads or in meat or oily fish dishes or use to flavour soups, stews, stuffing and fruit dishes. Hyssop is said to aid the digestion of fatty or rich foods.
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Ginger Mint
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Perfect for puddings and fruit salads
The gold-splashed leaves of Ginger Mint have a spicy ginger scent – this is a great one to grow for adding to cocktails and homemade lemonades as well as puddings, particularly fruit salads, or chopped and sprinkled over a slice of melon on a hot summer’s day.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pot)
Variety: Ginger Mint (organic*)
In the kitchen: The leaves of this herb are well suited to fruit salads, melon, Pimm’s and lemonades