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Herb Creeping Thyme Seeds
Creeping Thyme, once established needs very little attention – a trim perhaps once or twice a year at the most – and, of course, you can use those trimmings in the kitchen. Creeping Thyme is a fragrant, carpeting plant which spreads rapidly to form a dark green mat of tiny leaves and pink-mauve flowers to create a lovely sight in June.Â
It goes well with chicken dishes to add that extra kick of flavour and can be used for flavouring stews, stuffings and sausages. Thyme tea with honey is soothing for coughs and sore throats.200 seeds
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Herb Cumin – Annual Seeds
Nothing tastes better than using your own freshly grown herbs from your garden to flavour cooked dishes and salads.
Cumin seeds are used in Indian and Oriental cooking, particularly curry type dishes. Sow as early as possible as a long growing season is needed. Its height reaches 15cm (6″)
350 seeds
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Herb Fennel Common or Green – Perennial Seeds
There really is nothing quite like the flavour of your own home grown herbs added to your cooking or salads.
Fennel Green boasts bright green feathery foliage with an aniseed flavour. It produces bright yellow flowers which make it suitable for the back of flower beds as it grows to a height of about150cm. It also encourages bees and pollinators into your garden.
200 seeds
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Herb Garlic Chives – Perennial Seeds
Garlic Chives are similar in habit to chives but the leaves are flatter and the flowers are white. It boasts a delicate flavour of garlic and onion and grows to a height of about 30cm (12″). Garlic chives have white flowers with flat solid leaves. The seed is black, faceted and pear shaped and contains a peppery taste. The plant has a distinctive growth habit with flat solid leaves unlike either onion or garlic, and straight thin white-flowering stalks that are much taller than the leaves. It grows in slowly expanding clumps, but also readily sprouts from seed. Besides its use as a vegetable, it also has attractive flowers for your garden.
120 seeds
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Herb Holy Basil – Annual Seeds
Holy Basil is the sacred basil of Thailand, used for growing aroung the Buddhist Temples. It is a small pretty plant with pinkish-mauve flowers and deep purple stems. It gives off a delicious scent when used in stir-fries with hot peppers and either chicken, pork or beef.
250 seeds
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Herb Hyssop – Perennial Seeds
Small amounts of leaves can be added to salads but its pride is the show of blue flowers on a shrubby plant adored by bees. Typically reaches heights of 45cm (18″).
Hyssop has rich blue, lipped clustered flowers sat in leaf axils up one side of the stems. Flowers are loved by both bees and butterflies. The stem is square, branching and green and has long aromatic, pointed, dark green leaves which can be slightly hairy.350 seeds
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Herb Lavender Munstead Dwarf – Perennial Seeds
Lavender Munstead Dwarf is a very attractive plant to bees and other insects. It makes for an excellent cut flower but can also be dried to make Pot Pourri. Grow it in containers, or as a low hedge to soften your pathways, just be sure to plant it somewhere where you can enjoy its beguiling fragrance. This variety grows to a height of 30cm-45cm (12-15″).
200 seeds
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Herb Lavender Vera Seeds
Lavender Vera is a tall growing type of lavender, suitable for hedging or individual plants. It has silvery foliage and beautiful lilac flowers which are highly scented.
It grows to a height of about 50cm with a slow and erratic germination.
Use for pot-pourri, scented oils and perfumes and lavender bags. The scent of lavender is said to have a claming effect on the nerves and tea made from the leaves and flowers may be used to treat headaches and insomnia.350 seeds
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Herb Lemon Balm (Melissa) Perennial Seeds
Lemon Balm is a fragrant bushy plant of a similar habit to mint, in that it can be invasive if not contained. It has a strong lemon flavour and the leaves can be used in cooked dishes, salads and for tea. This herb grows to about 70cm and prefers full sun. The flowers help to attract bees.
600 seeds
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Herb Lovage Seeds – Perennial Seeds
Lovage has a shrubby habit and needs a lot of space. It has quite a distinct flavour to the leaves and the stems which can be used as an alternative to celery in salads, soups and many other dishes. Lovage can reach heights of as much as 2m tall.
120 seeds
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Herb Mint Green – Perennial Seeds
Green mint leaves have many uses. Theyare used for the traditional mint sauce to go with delicious roasted lamb or made into a mint tea. Mint is particularly tasty for adding to the water when boiling new potatoes such as Jersey Royals.Yummy! Also great in drinks such as herbal teas, or in a refreshing glass or water (or in a cocktail).
Once established though, the roots can be invasive so plant out with care or alternatively, plant into pots (which would be ideal for your patio). Mint can grow to a height of about 60cm (24″)1,000 seeds
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Herb Oregano Greek – Perennial Seeds
Greek Oregano is considered to be the best of all the oregano types for flavour. The growth habit and leaf size varies but height is about 50-60cm . However the plant stems can get very woody, with oval, sometimes fuzzy, dark green leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers stalks are spiky and may be white, pink or purple. It is mainly used in Greek cooking to make delicious sauces and to flavour meats and fish.
1,000 seeds
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Herb Pennyroyal – Perennial Seeds
Pennyroyal is part of the mint family, hence its strong peppermint flavor. It has small leaves and should not be taken by pregnant women or people with kidney problems because of some of its properties. It can grow to a height of about 60cm (24″). Pennyroyal is also known as Lurk-in-the-Ditch and Pudding Grass.
750 seeds
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Herb Pot Marigold – Annual Seeds
Pot Marigold petals have a very delicate taste, which is pretty similar to that of a tangerine, and will add a beautiful orange colouring to rice and other dishes. The flowers also make a salad look inviting and unusual. The flowers can also be used as cut flowers around the house or as part of a bouquet.
100 seeds
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Herb Purple Loosestrife Seeds
Purple Loosestrife produces tapering spikes of purple-red flowers from June to August and dark green willow-like leaves. It is knows as an excellent gargle and wound cleanser and helps to rapidly stop wounds from bleeding.
This flower is typically found in bogey/wet locations such as along river banks and ponds, in ditches and wet marshes as damp conditions are needed to help grow. Purple loosestrife is pollinated by bees and butterflies as these are both long-toungued insects. Grows tall to heights of around 1-1.5m (3-4′).250 seeds
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Herb Purslane Green – Annual Seeds
Green Purslane produces succulent leaves which can be used sparingly in salads or as a cooked vegetable. Their bright green shiny leaves make an attractive plant which grows to a height of about 30cm. Interestingly, this herb is classed as a weed.
750 seeds
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Herb Rosemary Seeds – Perennial Seeds
One of the most popular herbs, Rosemary has an evergreen shrubby habit. It prefers full sun and well drained soil and has a slow and erratic germination. It can grow to a height of 90cm. Rosemary is the perfect partner for lamb, and makes roast potatoes even more delicious. It can also be added to olive oil and left to create the most delicious salad dressing.
100 seeds
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Herb Russian Tarragon – Perennial Seeds
Tarragon is a popular herb but the true French variety does not seed. The closest match is Russian Tarragon but the Russian variety has an inferior flavour to the French, but is much hardier. It can be used in an aray of dishes and goes particularly well with fish and chicken. It is also the main flavouring of a Béarnaise sauce. Delicious!
The plant will grow to a height of about 90cm (36″).300 seeds
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Herb Sage Seeds – Perennial Seeds
One of the best know herbs, Sage has an evergreen habit that needs cutting back every year to avoid going straggly. It grows to a height of about 60cm (24″). It can be used to make Sage and Onion stuffing for your turkey or added to many meats and fish to add flavour.
35 seeds
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Herb Salad Burnet Seeds – Perennial Seeds
Burnet is an attractive plant growing to about 30cm tall. Its dark green leaves of slightly bitter flavour, similar to that of cucumber is ideal for salad use. The plant produces pretty little red flowers and is evergreen. This herb is not really suitable for drying as the leaves tend to lose their flavour.
95 Seeds
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