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  1. Comfrey, Symphytum officinale

    Comfrey, Symphytum officinale

    Knitbone, Bruisewort, Healing herb, Miracle herb.
    €2.35

    Out of stock

    To the organic gardener, Comfrey is invaluable. It’s easy to grow, easy to use and incredibly beneficial to the garden. Leaves can be used as a top dressing or chopped and mixed with leaf mould to make a base for potting compost. You can make your own organic liquid feed or use as a compost activator.

  2. Proponents of alfalfa describe it as a wonder crop.

    Green Manure 'Alfalfa'

    Lucerne. Green Manure or Cover Crop

    Starting at: €2.10

    Proponents of alfalfa describe it as a wonder crop. As a green manure, alfalfa can be grown for a few months or a year. The plants are able to fix large quantities of nitrogen from the air, its long roots break up soil pans, prevent erosion and improve soil and water quality.

  3. Green Manure 'General Mix'

    Green Manure 'General Mix'

    Green Manure or Cover Crop

    Starting at: €3.55

    Green Manure “General Mix” is designed to provide a short term mix for use throughout the year. The plants have nitrogen fixing properties and provide a mix of bulky foliage that add organic matter. improving the texture of the soil and suppressing weeds.

  4. Green Manure ‘Landsberger Winter Mix’ is the ultimate in winter green manure.

    Starting at: €2.35

    Out of stock

    ‘Landsberger’ is the ultimate in winter green manure. Deep rooting and an excellent nitrogen fixer. With prolific growth it is an excellent ground cover. This highly esteemed mix is suitable for overwintering and can be sown throughout autumn until November.

  5. Green Manure 'Mustard'

    Green Manure 'Mustard'

    Sinapsis alba

    Starting at: €2.00

    A high quality White Mustard variety, this cool season, fast growing crop produces large volumes of green matter and residual fibre. It is particularly good for soil that lacks organic matter as it helps to improve soil texture and moisture retention. Sow to September.

  6. Rye is one of the best green manures for winter use, it is the best cool-season cereal cover for absorbing soil nitrogen.

    Green Manure 'Rye'

    Secale cereal (Hungarian Grazing Rye)

    Starting at: €2.00

    Rye is one of the best green manures for winter use, it is the best cool-season cereal cover for absorbing soil nitrogen and gives good crop cover to help prevent nutrient leaching, it provides exceptional weed suppression. Sow to November.

  7. Green Manure 'Spring Mix'

    Starting at: €2.10

    Green Manure 'Spring Mix’ is designed for maximum germination at low temperatures, this fast growing cover adds both nitrogen and the maximum amount of organic matter to the soil. Includes English Vetch and Mustard White Tilney. Sow from March to September.

  8. Tares and Rye are a popular combination for use as a cover crop or winter manure. The plants work extremely well together

    Green Manure 'Tares & Rye'

    Vinca sativa (Vetch) & Secale cereal (Hungarian Grazing Rye)

    Starting at: €3.05

    Tares and Rye are a traditional combination as they work well together. Used particularly in crop rotation prior to planting leafy crops such as brassicas, this two-way mix guarantees biomass, builds soil and leaves readily available nitrogen for hungry crops. Sow in spring or as late as November.

  9. Tares produces a lot of bulky foliage that suppresses weeds, adds organic matter and improves the texture of the soil.

    Green Manure 'Tares'

    Vicia sativa. Vetch. Legume

    Starting at: €1.60

    Out of stock

    As a green manure Tares are an excellent choice for heavy soils, they produce a lot of bulky foliage that suppresses weeds, adds organic matter and improves the texture of the soil. Easy to dig in, this hardy annual can be sown in spring to dig in later in summer or sown in autumn to overwinter.

  10.  Green Manure ‘Winter Mix’ is suitable for sowing in late summer, through autumn and for digging in during spring.

    Starting at: €2.10

    Out of stock

    Green Manure ‘Winter Mix’ is a specially formulated mix suitable for sowing in in autumn and for digging in during spring. It is a good all-round mix, containing four plants that each have different properties: Italian Rye, Crimson clover, Mustard White Tilney and Red Clover.

  11. The golden-yellow centred, saucer-shaped flowers of the familiar Limnanthes douglasii are delicately scented.

    Limnanthes douglasii

    Poached Egg Plant or Fried Egg Plant.

    Starting at: €1.75

    The fragrant, abundant flowers of Limnanthes appear from summer to autumn and attract bees and butterflies for the duration. This lovely plant provides a carpet of fragrant golden and white blooms that will grace the front of the border, rockery or path edging.
  12. ‘Bird's Foot-Trefoil’ is well distributed throughout the UK and Ireland

    Lotus corniculatus ‘Bird's Foot-Trefoil’

    Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
    €2.10

    Out of stock

    The more I see of this rather attractive little plant, the more I grow to appreciate it. Now I seem to spot it all over the place, in meadows, woodland, road verges and gardens. The bright yellow fragrant flowers can be seen in blossom from the end of April through until mid September.

  13. Urtica dioica, the Nettle is one of the most useful plants we have.
    €1.60

    Out of stock

    The Stinging Nettle is a very valuable plant, used for food and medicine by traditional cultures for hundreds of years. This wild herb is one of the most useful plants we have. Most useful to the organic gardener they can be used to make nitrogen-rich liquid feed for your plants.

  14. Phacelia is a very attractive plant and one with a variety of uses.

    Phacelia tanacetifolia 'Lacy Phacelia'

    Wildlife, Set-aside, Cover Crop or Green Manure

    Starting at: €2.35

    Out of stock

    Phacelia is a very attractive plant and one with a variety of uses. Very rich in both nectar and pollen, it is listed as one of the top 20 honey-producing flowers for honeybees. It is ideal for a wildlife-friendly planting scheme and makes a wonderful green manure.

  15. Gorgeous to the point of excess, Tagetes 'Queen Sophia' produces blooms with deep orange-to-russet petals, intricately edged with russet and gold.
    €1.80

    Out of stock

    Tagetes 'Queen Sophia' is an extremely popular, award winning variety that was introduced in the early 1900’s. Gorgeous to the point of excess, it produces semi-double blooms. Deep orange-to-russet petals that are intricately edged with russet and gold.
  16.  French Marigold 'Tangerine grows to a uniform height of 25 to 30cm tall with blooms 5 to 7cm in diameter

    Tagetes patula 'Tangerine'

    French Marigold
    €1.50

    Easy to grow and quick to flower, French Marigold 'Tangerine' blooms reliably throughout the summer with vivid orange flowers that are lifted high atop lush, scented foliage. The plant is famously used in companion planting and for making flower garlands.

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