Medicinal Herbs

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Achillea millefolium 'Yarrow'
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.22These native wildflowers have clustered flower heads of tiny white flowers that from a distance look like little patches of snow resting on the grass. This famous herb is terrific as a wildflower clump in a blooming meadow, they are also a favourite for cut and dried flower arrangements.
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Agastache foeniculum
Anise Hyssop. Syn: Agastache anisata, Agastache anethiodora,€1.98Agastache foeniculum is a perennial herb that tastes as good as it looks and are as popular in the border as they are in the herb garden. They are excellent design plants, exhibiting a strong vertical accent for the perennial border. Bees hold an undisputed attraction for the flowers, the colour, shape and copious amounts of nectar are among their favourites. This is perhaps one of the most gratifying plants you can grow.
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Agastache foeniculum, Organic
Anise Hyssop. Syn: Agastache anisata, Agastache anethiodora,€2.10Agastache foeniculum is a perennial herb that tastes as good as it looks and are as popular in the border as they are in the herb garden. They are excellent design plants, exhibiting a strong vertical accent for the perennial border. Bees hold an undisputed attraction for the flowers, the colour, shape and copious amounts of nectar are among their favourites. This is perhaps one of the most gratifying plants you can grow. Organic Seed.
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Agastache hybrida, ‘Globetrotter’
Korean Mint€2.10Out of stock
Originally bred by Brian Kabbes and developed in his nursery of ‘perennials and botanical rarities’, Agastache ‘Globetrotter’ has soft, touchable flower spikes that are lilac-pink with carmine-red bracts. Leaves used to decorate cakes, to make a tea or floated in drinks. Added to your Pimms lifts it to a higher sphere altogether. They must have one of the prettiest flowers of all this very pretty family.
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Agastache rugosa alba, ‘Liquorice White’
Korean Mint, Huo Xiang€1.74Agastache ‘Liquorice White’ has tall spikes of white lipped flowers and like all Agastache produces copious amounts of nectar for bees and butterflies to feast upon. Flowering late in the season, it is a boon for building up bees’ honey reserves before winter and will produce a honey surplus where drifts are grown.
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Agastache rugosa, ‘Liquorice Blue’
Korean Mint,€1.74Agastache 'Liquorice Blue' has tall spikes of lavender to rich purpley blue lipped flowers, above toothed dark green arrow shaped foliage. When brushed past or crushed, the foliage emits a sweet liquorice perfume. A wonderful plant for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden.
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Aloe ferox
Ferocious Aloe, Cape Aloe€2.22The Cape Aloe is a distinctly handsome plant, with broad, lance-shaped, fleshy leaves and a large candelabra-like flower-head. There are usually between five and eight branches, each carrying a spike-like head of many flowers.
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Ammi visnaga 'Green Mist'
Queen Anne's Lace, Bishop's Flower€1.50Ammi visnaga 'Green Mist' is a new variety of Queen Annes Lace, with larger, darker green and more mounded umbels than its cousin Ammi majus. It flowers from June to September the blooms are initially flattened and lime green, turning white. The textured flower heads are a flower arrangers dream.
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Ammi visnaga, Organic
Queen Anne's Lace, Bishop's Flower€2.34Ammi lends a delicate airiness to any border and is often used to create a cohesive flower bed. It associates well with both annuals and perennials and makes an excellent addition to wildlife gardens, luring bees and butterflies to the nectar rich flowers. Organic Seed.
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Anethum graveolens, Florists Dill ‘Mariska’
Florists Dill€1.50Out of stock
‘Mariska’ is a little known but hardy and compact variety of Dill. With starry bright yellow flower heads, abundant foliage and growing to only 60cm, this well behaved smaller dill is an excellent variety for use as a cut flower filler and is a great variety for the kitchen garden, windowsill or container.
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Angelica archangelica
Holy Ghost, Archangelica officinalis€1.68Out of stock
Angelica archangelica is a majestic plant that deserves a prominent position at the back of a border or in a wild part of the garden. All parts of the aromatic plant have culinary or medicinal uses, but it is best known for its candied stems, used as a cake decoration.
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Anise, Pimpinella anisum
Anís, Aniseed€1.14Out of stock
Anise, Pimpinella anisum is one of the oldest known herbs, famous for its liquorice flavour it has assumed a popular stature for both its culinary uses and in herbal medicine. Use seeds for flavouring cookies, pastries, and confections and the leaves fresh in salads and soups.
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Anise, Pimpinella anisum, Organic
Anís, Aniseed€1.86Anise is a dainty, herbaceous plant most famous for the liquorice flavour of its leaves and seeds. Use the leaves fresh in salads and soups, and the seeds for flavouring cookies, pastries, and confections. Organic Seed.
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Basil: Holy Basil, Tulsi, Sacred Basil
Shyama Tulsi, Krishna Tulsi, Dark TulsiStarting at: €1.50
Holy basil, also called Tulsi or Sacred Basil is an ancient variety. It has highly aromatic, narrow oval leaves and pink flowers with a perfumed fragrance. This reddish-purple tinted plant exudes a delicious, sweet, clove-like aroma. The hotter the summer, the deeper the purple.
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Betonica officinalis, Betony
Formerly Stachys officinalis, Wood Betony, Bishopswort.
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€1.74Out of stock
This pretty little wildflower is a slow growing, long-lived plant with attractive spikes of rich pink-mauve flowers that are very attractive to bees and butterflies as a nectar source. The flowers, which rise from dark green crinkly leaves, keep their colour throughout summer and look stunning when growing en-masse.
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Bupleurum rotundifolium 'Griffithii'
Hares ear€1.98This wonderfully intriguing annual makes a great companion plant for showier flowers in the garden or the vase, the blooms of chartreuse green bring out the colours of other flowers, especially bright ones. Easily grown from seed, it is a particularly unique dried or cut flower.
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Burdock 'Takinogawa', Organic
Burdock Root, Gobo€1.98Regarded as both a nutritious vegetable and curative medicinal, the Burdock root is widely used in all sorts of cuisines from the classic English summer drink to the classic Japanese 'Kinpira'. Seeds can be also sprouted like bean sprouts; nothing goes to waste with this plant. Organic Seeds
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Burdock Takinogawa 'Gobo'
Burdock Root, Gobo€1.50Regarded as both a nutritious vegetable and curative medicinal, the Burdock root is widely used in all sorts of cuisines from the classic English summer drink to the classic Japanese 'Kinpira'. Seeds can be also sprouted like bean sprouts; nothing goes to waste with this plant.
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Calamintha nepeta
Calamint, Mountain Balm, Nepitella€2.46Calamintha nepeta is a very attractive bushy, perennial that should be in every garden. Clouds of tiny, lilac-mauve flowers appear in early summer and flower continuously from early June right through to late September. The leaves exude a lovely minty scent when crushed and the flowers are true bee pasture.
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Calendula officinalis
Pot Marigold, English Marigold. Herb MarigoldStarting at: €1.50
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Cheerful and bright, use Calendula in beds, borders or containers. Calendula is prolific and durable, and like most hardy annuals it is easy to grow, simply sow where it is to flower. It is currently one of the top herbs used for medicinal use. Sprinkle salads and decorate cakes with the edible tangy petals.
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Calendula officinalis 'Neon'
Pot Marigold, English Marigold. Herb Marigold€1.74Calendula officinalis 'Neon' is a true showstopper. The densely set, double flowers glow with deep orange petals each with bronze tips. Growing to a height of around 60 to 70cm they are the essence of early summer colour in the garden and make a stunning cut flower.
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Calendula officinalis 'Pink Surprise'
Pot Marigold, English Marigold. Herb Marigold€1.50Calendula officinalis 'Pink Surprise' is a striking blend of colours with delicately ruffled blooms in soft yellow, peach and blushed apricot-pink. This hardy plant grows to a height of 45 to 60cm, it makes a bright impact in beds and borders and is a perfect candidate for cutting and flower arrangements.
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Calendula officinalis, Organic
Pot Marigold, English Marigold. Herb Marigold€2.28Calendula officinalis is prolific and durable and so are perfect candidates for cutting and flower arrangements. Sprinkle salads and decorate cakes with the edible tangy petals. Organic Seed.
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Cananga odorata 'Ylang-Ylang'
The Perfume Tree, Alangilang, Ilang Ilang.€2.58Out of stock
These rare seeds are for the world famous Cananga odorata tree. 'Ylang-Ylang' which means 'flowers of flowers', and is among the most celebrated flowering trees in the world. The blossoms are distilled to obtain 'cananga oil' which is used to manufacture the world famous Chanel No. 5.