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No. of Varieties: 33
Also known as Mexican Spice Basil
Cinnamon basil has attractive purple growing tips and pink flowers in summer. This variety is true to its name with a cooler flavour and distinct cinnamon aftertaste. Use this herb just as you would use sweet basil.Organic seed.
Basilic Citronne, Basilico Limone
One sniff and one would swear one was in a lemon orchard. Lemon Basil contains citral and limonene. Mildly flavoured, it initially tastes almost the same as most basils, but with a lovely clean aftertaste. Use it to marinate, grill, finish, or dress salad dressings, sauces, fish dishes and desserts. It also makes a wonderfully citrus pesto. Organic Seed.
Basil. Heritage (Italian, Pre 1879)
Sweet Genovese is often associated with Italian cuisine. Basil is native to the region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. This delicate herb has with an intense, spicy-sweet, aroma and a slight anise-like undertone. Organic Seed.
Bai Horapa
Thai Basil is commonly used in the cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. It has has a stronger taste and an identifiable liquorice flavour which is more stable under high or extended cooking temperatures than that of sweet basil. Organic Seed.
Starflower, Bee Bread, Blue Borage
The beautiful blue star-shaped flowers of Borage are edible with a cool cucumber flavour. Use them as garnish in fruit cups, summer drinks, wines and Pimms. Garden visitors can be converted to herbal advocates simply by offering a taste of its flower! Organic Seeds.
Chives
The organic version of the easy to grow chives. These are one of the famous fines herbes of French cuisine. They are a good source of vitamins A and C, and are also said to stimulate the appetite and strengthen the stomach. Organic Seed.
Knitbone, Bruisewort, Healing herb, Miracle herb.

To the organic gardener, Comfrey is invaluable. It’s easy to grow, easy to use and incredibly beneficial to the garden. Used to make organic liquid feed, it is especially valuable on crops that benefit from high doses of potassium. Organic Seed.

Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley
Most gardeners appreciate that home grown herbs are infinitely superior, but try growing Coriander – the difference can be quite startling. “Slobolt” is a variety for leaf production that performs well under organic production techniques and is resistant to running to seed. Organic Seed.
Dill Seed, Dill Weed
Dill ‘Diana’ is a very upright and stable selection. Especially robust against bolting, it is very leafy with an attractive dark green colour. The plants have a compact growth habit and are suitable for windowsill or container use. Organic Seed.
Herb, Tea or Sweet Fennel
Herb Fennel has a sweet aroma and an aniseed flavour. Both leaves and seeds have a multitude of culinary uses. The magnificent clumps of airy feather foliage are useful in the border or herb garden. And as a bonus, the plants are perennial. Organic Seed.
Chenopodium bonus-henricus (An Ancient Crop)
Poor-man's Asparagus, Lincolnshire Spinach.

Good King Henry was once a common sight in every garden. He may have lost his court and become something of a rarity today, but this unique herb has much to offer to the home or cottage gardener. Organic Seed.

Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Balm Mint, Blue Balm.
Lemon balm is a very special herb with a number other uses. The leaves have the scent of lemon with a hint of mint. It is refreshing served in summer drinks such as Pimms or lemonade, use to flavour fruit, in sorbets and deserts or with a green salad. Organic Seed.
European Liquorice or Licorice (U.S.)
The liquorice plant has a very long history of use both as a medicine and as flavouring. The soft and pliable roots have an aroma strongly reminiscent of anise or fennel. The taste is dominantly sweet, warm and medical. Organic Seed.
Summer Marjoram
Sweet Marjoram is an essential culinary herb and fresh or dried, no cook should ever be without it. It is wonderfully aromatic with a mild oregano flavour with a hint of balsam. Fresh or dried, it is good with veal, beef, lamb, roast poultry and fish. Organic Seed.
Camomile Tea, Syn. Matricaria recutita
Chamomile has been used for centuries. In the realm of simple herbs, for the treatment of common ailments by the common people, few herbs have garnered such a reputation for success as the lowly chamomile. Organic Seed.
'Curly Parsley' or ''Little Green Clouds'
Grüne Perle is a classic curled-leaf parsley favoured for both its flavour and garden performance. The distinct, extra curled, luscious green leaves form compact, dome-shaped clumps atop sturdy stems, earning praise as ‘little green clouds’ for its decorative appearance and culinary versatility. Organic Seed.
Flat Leaf Parsley, Italian Parsley
‘Italian Giant’ is a select plant with deeply cut, bright green leaves. Known to have better flavour than other varieties it is indispensable for a huge range of dishes and is the choice parsley for drying. It can be grown indoors year round or over the winter for a supply of fresh leaves. Organic Seed.
Herb Rosemary
Rosemary leaves are like soft pine needles, finely chopped they can be used to flavour a variety of dishes, especially stuffing. Many cooks simply cut sprigs of rosemary and place with roasted meats, especially lamb and pork with great results. Organic Seed.
Common, Kitchen, Garden Sage
Salvia officianalis, as the Latin name implies, is the original aromatic foliage used for centuries to flavour stuffing, meats and even make sage tea. of course, nothing says stuffing like good old Garden Sage. Organic Seed.
Biennial Clary, Muscatel Sage
This hardy biennial Sage has been grown in almost every botanical sanctuary in human history. Each stem is topped with a profusion of pale blue blossoms and large pinkish white bracts. A truly architectural plant. Organic Seed.
Summer Savory, Garden Savory
The leaves of Summer savory are so tender that they can be added fresh to salads or used as a garnish. Used in herb combinations it brings out the best in stews and vegetable dishes, and shines as a seasoning for roasting meats, fowl, and fish. Organic Seed.
French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)
Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it. Organic Seed.
English Winter Thyme, Garden Thyme
Thyme leaves may be small, but they pack a powerful punch. Thymus vulgaris ‘Winter Thyme’ retains its flavour well in long slow cooking. It is one of the savory herbs, which are main course herbs used to flavour hardy meals, bone warming soups, and piquant sauces. Organic Seed.
Cutting or Soup Celery. Chinese Kintsai

Cutting celery or Leaf celery is the type that is used in Europe. It looks similar to parsley but tastes like regular stalk celery, but with a slightly stronger, herbier taste. It is a darker green, with thin, rounded, flexible stalks and curly, aromatic leaves; it is much easier to grow than its big brother.

Common or Pepper Cress
Cress is one salad ingredient you can be sure of harvesting all year round, adding flavour to salads, sandwiches and omelettes. You only need water, a little warmth and light, and this stuff will grow pretty much anywhere. You don’t even need a garden. Organic Seed.
Evening Primrose, Herb Primrose, King's cure-all
Wildflower of Europe
Evening Primrose is a classic plant, with its beautiful yellow flowers is a feast for the eyes as well as the belly. The whole plant is edible: the leaves can be cooked as greens, and the nutty-flavoured roots can be boiled and eaten like parsnips. The flowers make a lovely salad garnish.
Chinese leek, Oriental garlic chives, Ku chai, Koo chye or Gau choy

A relatively new vegetable in the English-speaking world but well-known in Asian cuisine, the flavour of garlic chives is more like garlic than chives, though much milder. Both leaves and the stalks of the flowers are used a stir fry ingredient. The flowers may also be used as a spice.

Blue Hyssop
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
Hyssop famously attracts bees, hover-flies and butterflies. It makes excellent honey and is a must for any wildflower garden. Some beekeepers rub the hive with it to encourage the bees to keep to their home. In cooking, use the same way you would Rosemary. Organic Seed.
True English Lavender, Old English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia, also called Lavender vera is the best Lavender for medicinal and aromatherapy purposes. It is a staple plant for the herb garden, the fragrant flowers have been used in perfumes, poultices and potpourris for centuries. Organic Seed.
Black caraway, Fennel flower
Nigella sativa flowers are very similar to the popular Nigella ‘Love in a Mist’, they are well suited to the border as well as the herb garden. The seeds have a spicy, nutty flavour, they can be harvested and stored for use throughout the year. Organic Seed.
Summer Purslane, Garden purslane.
Ancient Crop. In use since the 1600's

This highly esteemed ancient crop can be used raw in salads, sautéed as a side dish or cooked like spinach. Summer Purslane has a crispy texture you would expect from a succulent and an interesting nutty, peppery flavour. It is salty on the tongue.

Bloody Sorrel

Red Veined Sorrel is valued for its bright lime-green leaves with dark red veins. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it. Organic Seed.

Thyme de Provence

Aromatic French Summer Thyme has more narrow, pointed leaves with a bit of a grey tint. The famed culinary thyme from France, it is higher in essential oil content than other varieties and reputedly the most flavoursome Thyme you can grow with a stronger and sweeter taste.