Red veined Sorrel
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7cm Pot.
Rumex sanguineus.
Hardy perennial with dark red veins running through the leaves. It has a lemony flavour, which when young make a great addition to salads and the more mature leaves can be used as you would use spinach, in cooking sauces, curries, soups etc.
Plant into a moist well drained soil with plenty of organic matter in a sunny or slightly shaded area in your garden, remove the flowering stems to keep up a good production of leaves.
Height up to 45cm
Spread 45cm
Golden Marjoram
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7cm pot
Origanum vulgare Aureum
Hardy perennial
Uses - The perfect addition to Mediterranean dishes, delicious sprinkled on a pizza, stir into bolognese or make a tea to aid with digestion.
Growing conditions - Marjoram like to grow in full sun and can tolerate quite dry conditions once established.
Height - 45cm. Spread 60cm
Flower colour - Pink and the leaves have golden tips
Good for pollinators - Yes
Lemon Balm
1 Litre pot
Melissa officinalis
Hardy perennial
Uses - Leaves are lovely sliced and sprinkled onto a fruit salad or used to make a tea. Lemon balm has many medicinal uses.
Growing conditions - Likes a little bit of shade from the sun in hot climates but fine in full sun in Scotland. Grow in a well drained soil but keep moist until established, does not like to sit in water.
Height 60cm. Spread 90cm. Will spread rapidly by self seeding, hoe regularly to avoid it becoming invasive.
Flower colour - Small white flowers
Good for pollinators - Yes
Corsican Mint
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7cm pot.
Mentha requienii
Very small creeping variety up to 10cm tall with tiny leaves and purple flowers only 2mm across. It creates a nice thick carpet like ground cover and is ideal for planting in between gaps in paving.
Yarrow
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7cm pot.
Achillea millefolium
Hardy perennial
Uses - Yarrow has some edible uses in small quantities.
It is good for attracting predatory insects like hoverflies, they help control greenfly and other pest species.
Named after the Greek warrior Achilles who used it to treat the wounds of bleeding soldiers on the battlefield.
Height - Approximately 60cm.
Growing conditions - Yarrow likes full sun and is a good plant for dry ground.
Flower colour - White to pale pink.
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis.
Semi evergreen shrub with vibrant blue flowers that bloom throughout the summer and into autumn, bees and other pollinating insects love it!
Use sparingly in salads or add to cooked dishes, especially good when paired with beans.
Height and spread 60cm
Parsley Italian Giant
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7cm Pot.
Flat leaved Parsley - Italian Giant
Petroselinum crispum
A nice robust parsley for adding depth of flavour to soups, sauces, stews, etc.
Drinking parsley tea has many health benefits, it is rich in vitamins.
Freeze a few handfuls to have a good supply over winter.
Orange Mint
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9cm pot
Mentha x piperita f. citrata 'Orange’
A vigorous growing mint with pink/light purple flowers.
Can be used to make a delicious tea, or add sparingly to salads particularly good in salads with grains.
Pollinating insects love mint plants.
Mints can take over your garden very quickly so best grown in a large pot and divided annually.
Fox and cubs
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9cm Pot
Pilosella aurantiaca
Pretty little wildflower with foxy orange coloured dandelion like flower clusters on a single stem. The flowers open individually like a fox with it's cubs surrounding it. It's good for ground cover and attractive to pollinating insects. Grows to around 20-30cm tall and will spread itself around freely by seed and rhizome.
Woad
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1L pot.
Isatis tinctoria
Traditional dye plant. The leaves, fermented, in the first year produce the blue colour that may once have been used as a face paint by warriors during battle, think Rob Roy. Nowadays it is used to dye fabrics and wool. It also has medicinal uses under the supervision of a herbalist. Wode has beautiful racemes of airy yellow flowers. It will flower in the second year and if allowed to run to seed you will have a lovely patch of woad in your garden to harvest the leaves from.
Keep well fed and watered in the first year. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Bees and other pollinating insects benefit from woad being planted in your garden.
Height 90cm. Spread 90cm.
Dill
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7cm pot
Anethum graveolens
Biennial but best grown as an annual.
Uses - A popular herb with fish dishes but equally good in many other recipes. The seeds can be used when making pickles or added to bread.
Growing conditions - Grow in full sun, on windy sites dill may need to be staked. Keep well watered until established. Make sure to remove the flowers as they appear to keep up a good production of leaves.
Height 90cm Spread 50cm
Flower colour - Yellow umbellifer flowers
Good for pollinators - Yes
Bronze Fennel
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Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'.
7cm pot.
The dark feathery fronds have a delicious aniseed taste and make a great addition to salads. Seeds can be used to make a tea to aid digestion or added to bread or cake mixes. Fennel is a tall plant reaching around 150cm, with yellow umbellifer flowers which are attractive to beneficial insects. Perennial.