Herbs
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A beautiful hardy annual herb with rough leaves covered in silvery hairs and the most attractive celestial blue flowers. Nectar rich borage flowers are particularly attractive to pollinating insects, including bees which make distinctive flavoured borage honey. This versatile upright herb has a multitude of uses – add the cucumber flavoured leaves to summer drinks and salads, grow it as a companion plant close to other crops to attract pollinating insects, and at the end of the season plants make a useful bulky addition to the compost. It will reach a height 60cm and a spread of 45cm.
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Chamaemelum nobile. A perennial which forms a dense, creeping mat of aromatic leaves, which are topped with wonderful, white, daisy-like flowers in June and July. A valuable medicinal herb, the flowers can be dried and used to make chamomile tea.
Grow in well-drained soil in full sun. It will reach a height of 30cm and a spread of 45cm.
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Anthriscus cerefolium. Gourmet’s Parsley. A hardy annual which is an improved European Chervil which has small white flowers, and is slower to bolt and more cold resistant. The dark green, parsley-like leaves, are added fresh or dried to eggs, asparagus, potatoes, salads, and soups. The flavour is like parsley, with mild anise liquorice overtones.
Chervil of the best quality comes from plants grown in partial shade. It will reach a height of 30cm.
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Allium schoenoprasum. A Â bulbous perennial which forms a clump of erect narrowly cylindrical, onion-scented leaves. From July to August rounded umbels of light purple bell-shaped flowers are borne. Chives are grown to harvest the edible leaves, which enhance the flavour of many savoury dishes. The flowers are also edible.
Grow in full sun. It will reach a height of 50cm and a spread of 5cm.
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£2.00Allium tuberosum. A Â bulbous perennial which forms a clump of erect , flattened, strappy leaves. From July to August rounded umbels of white bell-shaped flowers are borne. Chives are grown to harvest the edible leaves, which enhance the flavour of many savoury dishes, this variety has a pleasantly garlicky taste. The flowers are also edible, pick just after they open and sprinkle on salads for a pretty and spicy garnish.
Grow in full sun. It will reach a height of 35cm and a spread of 20cm.
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£2.00Symphytum officinale. A bushy perennial which has bristly, spear-shaped leaves and pink/lilac blue flowers which hang in clusters like bells. The leaves make an excellent potash fertiliser for tomatoes and potatoes, they are cut and put into a tub with water to make a very nutritious feed for all garden plants since it fixes many nutrients and trace elements through its growth. Young leaves can be cooked like spinach or asparagus – but don’t eat the old leaves. When used as a poultice it helps stimulate new cell growth, repairs tissue and cartilage. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties and is good for helping bruises, cuts, sores, sprains and over-strained muscles.
Grow in sun or shade in moist soils, it will grow in clay soils, it can be invasive. It will reach a height of 1-1.5m.
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This British bred coriander has excellent bolting resistance and can be cut back and allowed to re-grow at least 3 times throughout the summer due to its extremely low growing point. This quick growing annual herb is best grown for its delicious foliage that can be added to salads, curries and soups. It will reach a height of 40cm and a spread of 25cm.
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This aromatic annual can be grown for its seeds or its rich, aniseed flavoured foliage that complements fish dishes particularly well. The feathery leaves make an attractive addition to a sunny herb garden. This easy to grow herb is tolerant of most conditions and requires little maintenance. It will reach a height of 90cm and a spread of 30cm.
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Carthamus tinctorius. A highly branched, herbaceous annual with brilliant red, yellow, and orange flowers on spiny, thistle-like plants. They are one of the best flowers for drying. Traditionally, grown for its seed, used for colouring and flavouring foods, in medicines, and making red (carthamin) and yellow dyes or a cheap substitute for Saffron.
Grow in poor and dry soils in full sun. It will reach a height of 90cm.
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Fennel may be grown as a herb for its attractive ferny foliage or as a vegetable for its swollen base and stem. With a delicate aniseed flavour the foliage of this hardy perennial makes a tasty addition to salads or as an attractive garnish. With a multitude of uses, fennel can even be used as a compress for softening rough chapped hands, or for treating numerous ailments. Although Fennel is a short-lived perennial, it is generally grown as an annual. It will reach a height of 180cm and a spread of 45cm.
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Fennel may be grown as a herb for its attractive ferny foliage or as a vegetable for its swollen base and stem. With a delicate aniseed flavour the foliage of this hardy perennial makes a tasty addition to salads or as an attractive garnish. With a multitude of uses, fennel can even be used as a compress for softening rough chapped hands, or for treating numerous ailments. Although Fennel is a short-lived perennial, it is generally grown as an annual. It will reach a height of 180cm and a spread of 45cm.
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Tanacetum parthenium. A perennial which belongs to the daisy family, Asteraceae. When the golden green leaves, pungent and bitter in taste, were made into a syrup it was used as a remedy not only for fighting fever, but also to treat headaches and depression. It’s reputation as “the aspirin of the herbal era” has been upheld in modern times, as it is believed to be efficacious in treating migraines.
Grow in full sun. It will reach a height of 70cm.