Laurel Farm Herbs & Edibles Catalogue Telephone 01647 400301 or mobile: 07905518666 Website: http://www.laurelfarmherbs.co.uk Email: laurelfarmherbs@aol.com Please note that for availability you should check the online ordering section or telephone nursery Max Height Price (feet/inches) (plus 9.95 p&p per order UK mainland) Minimum order of 4 plants Achillea (English Mace) Agertaum English Mace 2 0 Bright Green leaves with yellow flowers. Daisy like form When at full height it has a floppy habit. It is not like true Mace, which comes from Nutmeg trees. Acmella Oleracea (Electric Daisy) Acmella Oleracea Electric Daisy 2 0 Bright green leaves with yellow flowers. Use flowers in Salads. Citrus taste with surprising fizz Allium (Chives) Allium Schoenoprasum Grande Chives 1 0 Long dark green stems and pale pink flowers. Ideal for the cook and also the bees. Allium Schoenprasum Staro Chives 1 4 A thick leaved chive with good upright habit with a mild Staro Flavour. Cepa Evergreen 0 6 As the name implies the chive that grows almost all of Aggregatum Chives the year. Flavour is mild. Flowers are pale and it does group not flower much. Fast growth. Ideal for salads. Allium Common 1 0 The best known of the chive family. Purple pom pom Schoenprasum Chives heads and fine leaves. Strong onion flavour. Excellent for culinary purposes. Allium Fine leaved 1 0 Much finer leaf than common chive with a milder flavour 6.50 Schoenprasum Chive Fine Allium Medium leaf 1 0 As name implies a medium leaf and a more delicate Schoenprasum Medium Allium Purple Garlic 0 9 Purple/mauve flowered chive with leaves that taste of Tuberosum Purple garlic. Leaf is round when growing and flat when mature with a ridge down back of leaf. Allium Garlic/Chinese 1 0 White flowered chive with leaves that taste of garlic. Tuberosum Chives Leaf is round when growing and flat when mature White with a ridge down back of leaf. Allium Polyvert 12 Medium thick green leaves with pink/purple flowers Schoenoprasum Chives Good uniformity. Use in salads and as garnish Polyvert Aloysia (Lemon Verbena) Aloysia Lemon 5 0 Fantastic lemon scent. Excellent culinary. Try it fresh Triphylla Verbena or dried in tea, salads, with pork, or fish. Try in home made cakes. Aloysia Lemon 5 0 Fantastic lemon scent. Excellent culinary. Try it fresh Triphylla Verbena or dried in tea, salads, with pork or fish. Try in home made cakes.
Amaranthus Amaranthus Red Army 36 Striking red leaves and red flower spikes. Young leaves Tricolor can be eaten in salads. Mature leaves can be steamed as a veg. Beneficial to wildlife. Amaranthus Variegated 14 Oval mid green leaves streaked with red/purple. Has Variegated Amaranthus mild spinach flavour. Can be used raw in salads when young or steamed as a veg when mature. Anethum Graveolens (Dill Dukat Anethum Dill Dukat 3 0 Herbaceous yellow flowered annual which is grown for Graveolens its edible leaves and seeds. Foliage is fern like. Angelica (Angelica) Archangelica Angelica 5 0 Biennial with greenish/yellow flowers and dark green Stem. Stem used for candying and in some types of gin. Anthriscus Cerefolium Apium Graveolens (Celery Leaf) (Chervil Plain) Anthriscus Chervil 2 0 Feathery leaves with an anise flavour Cerefolium Plain Apium Celery Leaf 3 0 The must have for cooks. Looks like flat leaved parsley Graveolens with a celery flavour. Fully hardy. Amoracia Artemisa Artemisa (Horseradish) Rusticana Horseradish 3 0 Roots used for horseradish sauce. Use in meat and Fish dishes. Abrotanum Southernwood 2 6 Very hardy with delicate cut foliage. Foliage has scent Of bitter lemon. Use in game dishes. Artemisa French 2 0 One of the finest culinary herbs. Unlike Russian Tarragon Drancunculus Tarragon this has better flavour and is grown from cuttings and not Seed. Has finer foliage than Russian. Arugula Victoria Rocket Arugula Victoria 10 Annual. Bright green leaves. Has a peppery flavour Rocket Use fresh in salads. Can be lightly cooked in stir fries and used as a spinach substitute. Atriplex Halimus (Sea Orach) Atriplex Sea Orach 5 0 Ideal plant for seaside garden as it has a high wind 7.50 Halimus tolerance. The leaves are silvery/blue green. Has a salty flavour. Use in salads. Do not over pick in winter. Basella Rubra (Red Malabar Spinach) Basella Rubra Red Malabar 5 0 Vigorous climbing vine with thick fleshy leaves and stems Spinach Glossy leaves tinged with red. Use like spinach. Annual. Beta Vulgaris (Chard) Beta Vulgaris Bulls Blood 1 6 Deep purple red leaves and chards. Pull young leaves Bulls Blood Chard for use in salads. Mature leaves can be steamed like Spinach. Beta Vulgaris Rainbow 1 6 Good blend of yellow, red and pink chards. Use like Rainbow Chard spinach and lightly steam.
Beta Vulgaris Rosea 1 6 Bright red stems with dark green leaves. Use like Rosea Chard spinach and lightly steam. Great for show garden or herb garden. Borago Officinalis (Borage) Borago Blue Borage 2 6 Robust hairy leaved plant with pretty blue flowers. Officinalis Use flowers in salads or fruit punches. Attractive to Blue bees and beneficial insects. Borago White Borage 2 6 Robust hairy leaved plant with pretty white flowers. Officinalis Use flowers in salads or fruit punches. Attractive to Alba bees and beneficial insects. Calendula Officinalis (Pot Marigold) Calendula Pot Marigold 12 Dark green leaves and orange flowers. Prefers well Officinalis drained soil and will tolerate partial shade. Flowers Are edible and have a peppery taste. Use in soups, Egg and rice dishes as well as salads. Carum Carvi (Caraway) Carum Carvi Caraway 2 6 Carrot like foliage and white flowers. Has an anise Flavour and seeds can be used in cooking. Roots Can be lifted and eaten like carrots or parsnips. Also lovely in the flower garden. Chamaelum (Chamomile) Chamaelum Roman 1 6 White daisy like flowers used to make chamomile Nobile Chamomile tea. Has the scent of apples. Used for lawns. Chamaelum Double Cream 0 6 Hardy evergreen. Double white flowers. Has a Nobile scent of apples. Use to make chamomile tea. Floreoleno Chenopodium giganteum (Tree Spinach) Chenopodium Tree Spinach Attractive tall annual ideal for the flower border or the Giganteum culinary enthusiast. Grey green leaves with pretty magenta new shoots. Eat raw in salads or lightly steam like spinach. Cichorium intybus (Chichory Cichorium Chichory 36 Dark green leaves and bright blue flowers. Leaves Intybus Coriandrum (Coriander) can be used in salads or stir fried. Whole heads may be poached, baked or griddled. Flowers can be eaten in salads or as a garnish. Coriandrum Coriander 1 6 Strong aromatic annual. Has fern like leaves with Sativum either pink or white flowers. Crambe Maritima (Sea Kale) Crambe Maritima Sea Kale 3 Grey/blue foliage with white flowers. Cryptotaenia Japonica (Japanese Parsley or Mitsuba) Cryptotaenia Japanese 1 6 Aromatic Japanese parsley with long stems and Japonica Parsley light green leaves. Attractive trefoil leaves used in Mitsuba Japanese flower arranging. Cynara (Artichoke) Cynara Artichoke 3 0 Large decorative plant with silver grey foliage and Cardunculus Violette di purple flower heads which are edible. One of oldest
Violette di Chioggia recorded vegetable plants from Tudor times. Chioggia Cynara Green Globe 3 0 Best known of all artichokes.. Large green heads are Green Artichoke decorative and edible. Seed heads also attract Globe wildlife. 2 litre Cynara Artichoke 3 0 Large green artichoke with purple flowers. Heads are Gros Large both decorative and edible. Seed heads also Vert de wildlife. Laon Cynara Artichoke 3 0 Large decorative plant with silver foliage and thistle like Violet Violet Globe purple flowerheads. Both decorative and edible and Globe seed heads attract wildlife. Cynara Artichoke 60 Large decorative plant with silver grey leaf and purple Romanesco Romanesco heads. Heads are edible. Dianthus Caryophyllus (Grenadin Clove Pink) Dianthus Grenadin 2 6 The flower petals have a strong smell of cloves and are Caryophyllus Clove Pink edible. The flowers are mixed colours and silver/blue leaves. Diplotaxis (Rocket) Diplotaxis Olive Leaf 2 6 Dark green rounded leaves. Use in salads Olive Leaf Rocket Annual. Diplotaxis Napoli 2 0 Dark green leaves with upright habit. Mild taste. Napoli Rocket Annual. Dolichos Lablab (Hyacinth Bean) Dolichos Hyacinth 10 Annual. Ht approx 10. Fast growing flowering vine Lablab Bean Pretty purple flowers. Butterflies love this plant. Beans can be eaten but must be boiled for long time Raw beans are poisonous. Foeniculum (Fennel) Foeniculum Bronze 4 0 Purple/bronze foliage. Yellow flowers. Aniseed flavour. Purpureum Fennel Use in salads. Seeds can be used in soups and stews. Foeniculum Green 5 0 Bright green foliage. Yellow flowers. Strong aniseed Vulgare Fennel flavour. Use in salads. Stems can be used on BBQ and Seeds in soups and stews. Fragaria (Alpine Strawberry) Fragaria Alpine 0 6 Bushy habit. White flowers with yellow centre. Does not Vesca Strawberry produce runners. Fruits from June to first frost. Great for Alexandra cakes, salads and little children. Fragaria White 0 6 Bushy Habit. Green leaves with white flowers with yellow Vesca Alpine centre. Fruits taste of pineapple. Fruits from August Alba Strawberry to November. Galega officinalis (Goat s Rue) Galega Goat s Rue 48 Perennial. Has pea like mauve flowers. Leaves can Officinalis Galium (Woodruff) be cooked and used like spinach. Use in moderation Galium Sweet 1 0 Green leaves with brilliant white flowers. Use flowers in Odoratum Woodruff salads. Dry the leaves and use for tea and wine making.
Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Liquorice) Glycyrrhiza Liquorice 5 0 Green feathery leaves with attractive blue flowers. Needs 7.50 Glabra full sun and free draining soil. Roots used to make extract Hesperis Night Scented Rocket) Hesperis Violet Night 36 Perennial. Dark green leaves and violet flowers. Strongly Matronalis Scented scented. Young leaves can be eaten in salads or stir fries. Rocket Leaves should be picked before flowers develop. Flowers may be eaten in salads. Seeds can be sprouted and added to salads. Hesperis White Night 36 Perennial. Dark green leaves and violet flowers. Strongly Matronalis Scented scented. Young leaves can be eaten in salads or stir fries. Alba Rocket Leaves should be picked before flowers develop. Flowers Hon Tsai Tai (Choy Sum Red) may be eaten in salads. Seeds can be sprouted and added to salads. Hon Tsai Choy Sum 24 Dark green leaves and red/purple stems. Fast growing Tai Red Use young leaves and stems with flower buds for stir fries and soups. Has mild mustard flavour. Hyssop Officinalis (Hyssop) Hyssop Pink 2 0 Semi woody evergreen perennial with small whorls of pink flowers. Officinalis Hyssop Has a sweet scent and a warm, bitter taste. Can be used to make Hyssop Tea, in meat and fish dishes and in salads. Also beneficial to bees And other insects. Blue 2 0 Semi woody evergreen perennial with small whorls of blue flowers. Officinalis Hyssop Has a sweet scent and a warm, bitter taste. Can be used to make Hyssop Tea, in meat and fish dishes and in salads. Also beneficial to bees And other insects. White 2 0 Semi woody evergreen perennial with small whorls of white flowers. Officinalis Hyssop Has a sweet scent and a warm, bitter taste. Can be used to make Albus Tea, in meat and fish dishes and in salads. Also beneficial to bees And other insects. Hyssop Rock 1 0 Semi woody evergreen perennial with small whorls of blue flowers. Officinalis Hyssop Has a sweet scent and a warm, bitter taste. Can be used to make Aristatus Tea, in meat and fish dishes and in salads. Also beneficial to bees And other insects. Laurus (Bay) Laurus Bay Tree 10 0 Evergreen with glossy green leaves. Tiny yellow flowers. Use Noblis Lavandula (Lavender) in fresh or dried. Use in soups, stews, sauces, in bouquet garni. Lavandula Munstead 1 6 Nice compact plant. Silver grey foliage with lavender blue Angustifolia Lavender flowers. Use flowers in salads, ice cream and cakes. Ideal also for low hedging. Lavandula English 2 6 Silver foliage with pale mauve flowers. Fast growing. Use English Lavender flowers in salads, ice cream and cakes. Dried stems in Pot pourri.
Lavandula Hidcote 1 6 Compact plant. Silver/grey foliage with deep purple flowers. Hidcote Lavender Use flowers in salads, ice cream and cakes. Dried stems in Pot pourri. Lavandula Old English 3 0 Grey foliage with large pale blue flowers. Use flowers in salads X intermedia Lavender ice cream and cakes. Dried stems in pot pourri. Old English Levisticum (Lovage) Levisticum Lovage 10 0 Bright green leaves with yellow flowers. Has a strong flavour. Officinalis Use the stems in place of celery. Use seeds in bread and liquers. Leaves can be used in soups, stews and salads. Liscari Sativa (Monks Beard) Liscari Monks Beard 1 3 Green stems. Can be eaten raw in salads or lightly steamed like Sativa Samphire. Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) (Shanghai Express) Lycium Goji Berry 6 0 Hardy plant with dark green leaves producing orange/red berries. 7.50 Barbarum Tolerant of drought and also salt winds. Berries can be eaten Fresh or dried. Try in muffins or on breakfast cereal. Malva verticillata (Chinese Mallow) Malva Chinese 60 Green/grey leaves with crinkled edge. Purple flowers. Verticillata Mallow Leaves can be used to make tea. Young leaves can be eaten in Salads and have a nutty taste. Melissa (Lemon Balm) Melissa Lemon Balm 2 0 Green leaves with mass of tiny white flowers. Lemon scented. Officinalis Use fresh leaves for tea. Can also be used in chicken dishes, with Fish and in salads. Bees also love it. Melissa All Gold 2 0 Golden leaves with tiny white flowers. Lemon scented. Officinalis Lemon Balm Use fresh leaves for tea. Can also be used in chicken and All Gold fish dishes and in salads. Bees love it. Melissa Golden 2 0 Varigated gold and green leaves. Tiny white flowers. Lemon Officinalis Varigated scented. Use fresh leaves for tea. Can also be used in Aurea Lemon Balm chicken and fish dishes and in salad. Mentha (Mint) Arvensis Japanese 3 0 Dark green leaves and purple flower whorls. Use for salads and Piperascens Mint sauces. Perennial. Sayakaze Mentha Hillarys Sweet 3 0 Green leaves with purple/pink flower whorls. Developed from Hillarys Lemon Mint apple and lime mint. Has sweet fruity spearmint like aroma of Sweet apple mint with a hint of citrus lime. Use in salads. Lemon Mint Mentha Lavender 2 0 Grey/green foliage with sweet scent of lavender. Lavender Mint Mentha English 2 0 Dark green leaves. Pale purple flowers. Sweet mint scent. Spicata Lamb use in salads, rice and cous cous dishes. Also good for tea English Mint and mint sauce. Mint
Mentha Nile Valley 1 6 Dark green leaves. Mauve flower whorls. Strong spearmint Nile Valley Mint taste and scent. Use in salads, mint sauce and cous cous Mint Mentha Grapefruit 1 6 Dark Green leaves with purple flower whorls. Citrusy scent Piperata Mint of grapefruit. Use in fruit salads, in salads and also fruit Citrata punches. Mentha Blackpepper 1 6 Deep purple/green leaves with pink/purple flower whorls. Piperata Peppermint Use to make mint tea or in salads. Mentha Lemon 1 6 Green leaves with deep pink flower whorls. Mild lemon Citrata Mint scent and taste. Use in salads, fruit salads, fruit punches Mentha Newbourne 1 6 Green leaves with purple flower whorls. Traditional mint Spicata Mint Use in mint sauce and in salads, cous cous or mint tea. Newbourne Introduced by Laurel Farm Herbs. Originates from Suffolk Village of same name. Mentha Spanish 1 0 Dark Green leaves and mauve flower whorls. Full flavoured Spicata Pointed mint. Use in soups, salads, sauces. Spanish Mint Mentha Tashkent 2 6 Mid green crinkled leaf with pink/purple flower whorls. Spicata Mint Excellent for tea. Use also in salads, cous cous and sauces Tashkent Mentha Curly 2 0 Green curled edge leaves with mauve flower whorls. Spicata Mint Use in salads, and drinks. Crispa Mentha Moroccan 1 6 Green crinkled leave with mauve flower whorls. Excellent Spicata Mint for making tea. Also good in salads, cous cous and drinks Moroccan Mentha Apple 2 0 Grey/green leaves with slightly furry touch. Half the size Suaveolens Mint of Bowles mint. Apple scented and good in fruit salads, salads and stuffings. Mentha Bowles 3 0 Large green leaves with a furry touch. Hybrid of apple and Villos Huds Mint spearmint. Excellent flavour. Good in sauces, stuffings, Alopercuroides salads and cous cous. Mentha Eau de 2 6 Dark green/purple leaf. Mauve flower whorls. Good X piperata Cologne variegation of leaf. Use in salads, and cous cous Citrata Mentha Basil 1 6 Dark green/purple leaf. Pink/purple flower whorls. X piperata Mint Scent of basil. Use in salads and cous cous Citrate Basil Mentha Chocolate 1 0 Dark green/purple leaf. Purple flower whorls. Strong X piperata Mint scent of After Eight. Try leaves in salads or float Citrata some in fruit salads or Pimms Chocolate Mentha Red Rapilia 1 6 Green/Red leaves with red stems. Pink flower whorls.
X Smithiana Mint Use in cous cous, salads and mint sauces. Mentha Ginger 1 6 Golden/green variegated leaves with pink/mauve flower X gracilis Mint whorls. Lovely ginger scent. Late variety. Good in fruit Variegata salads, desserts or fruit punches. Mentha Strawberry 0 8 Green leaves with pink flowers. Has a lovely scent and Spicata Mint taste of strawberries. Use in salads, fruit salads and drinks Strawberry Mentha Garden 18 Green leaves with clear mint scent and taste. Ideal for mint Sachalinensis Mint sauces and mint tea. Mentha Swiss 12 Fragrant mint with hint of menthol. Can be used for tea Piperata Ricola and other culinary uses. Swiss Monarda didyma (Bergamot) Monarda Bergamot 30 Green leaves and scarlet flowers. Also known as bee Didyma balm. Flowers and young leaves may be added to salads Myrrhis (Sweet Cicely) Myrrhis Sweet 3 0 Fern like green leaf with white flowers. Leaf tastes of` Odorata Cicely aniseed and can be used in stewed fruits. Myrtus (Myrtle) Myrtus Common 5 0 Dark green glossy leaves. Creamy white flowers turning 7.50 Communis Myrtle to dark purple berries. Use leaf in game dishes. Berries Can be used for jam. Myrtus Tarentina 5 0 Glossy green leaf half size of common myrtle. Creamy 7.50 Communis Myrtle white flowers turning to dark purple berries. Use leaf in Tarentina game dishes. Berries can be used for jam. Ocimum (Basil) Ocimum Greek 1 0 Small green oval leaves. White flowers in summer Minimum Basil Excellent culinary basil. Good for growing on windowsill Ocimum Large 1 6 Large green leaves with excellent flavour. Best known of Basilicum Sweet basils. Excellent in pasta dishes, salads and pesto. Genovese Ocimum Basil 1 0 Compact form of basil with excellent flavour. Good in pasta Basilicum Medinette dishes, salads and pesto. Good for growing on windowsill Medinette Ocimum Thai 0 10 Dark green leaves with dark purple variegation. Spicy Basicilcum Basil anise-liquorice aroma and flavour. Good in Thai cooking Siam Queen stir fries, salads. Ocimum African 2 6 Dark green/purple leaves with purple flowers. Excellent flavour. Killmanscharium Blue Good with pasta and pesto sauce. Try in salads. Bees also
X O Basilicum Basil love this one 2 litre Purpurescens Origanum (Marjoram) Origanum French 1 8 Green/Golden leaves. White flowers. Spicy aromatic flavour Onites x Marjoram Use in soups, stews and other meat dishes. French Origanum Pot 1 8 Dark green leaves. Pinkish flowers. Use in stews and other Ornites Majoram meat dishes. Bees and butterflies love this one Origanum Golden 1 0 Golden leaves. Pink flowers. Water from below and not Vulgare Marjoram over leaves as will burn. Suitable for culinary use Aureum Origanum Curly Golden 1 6 Golden leaves with a curled edge. Pink/white flowers. Aureum Marjoram Needs some shade as leaves will burn in midday sun. Suitable for culinary use. Origanum Compact 0 6 Small dark green leaves and compact habit. Pink flowers Vulgare Marjoram Suitable for culinary use. Compactum Origanum Country 1 0 Cream and green variegated leaves. White flowers Vulgare Cream Suitable for culinary use. Country Cream Marjoram Origanum Hot and 1 0 Hardy perennial oregano. A flavour that lives up to its name. Vulgare Spicy Good for use in chilli and salads where a little bit of bite is Hot and Spicy Oregano required. Origanum Greek 0 10 Fully hardy perennial. Clusters of small pink flowers in summer. Vulgare Oregano Oval grey/green leaves with slightly hairy texture. Strong Supsp Hirtum flavour. Use in meat and vegetable dishes. Origanum Sweet 10 Grey/green oval leaves. Pinkish/white flowers. Use with Marjorana Marjoram beans, peas and carrots. Eat raw in salads. Use in herb Butters and vinaigrettes. Papayer Somniferum (Hungarian Bread Poppy) Papayer Hungarian 2 0 Grey/green foliage. Lavender blue flowers. Blue/grey Somniferum Bread Poppy seed pods. Seeds can be used in breads, cakes, muffins And bagels. Perilla Frutescens (Perilla/Shisho) Perilla Perilla/Shisho 3 0 Vigourous, strongly aromatic annual with broad ovate pointed Frutescens Green mid green, flushed with purple leaves. White/violet flowers. Crispa Green Use in salads or as a seasoning for fish. Perilla Perilla/Shisho 3 0 Vigourous, strongly aromatic annual with broad ovate green Frutescens Red flushed with red leaves. Use in salads, stir fries or as a Red seasoning for fish. Persicaria (Coriander) Persicaria Vietnamese 2 6 Tropical looking perennial. Green narrow pointed leaves with Odorata Coriander maroon V shape near base of leaf. Tastes of mild chilli. Use In salads and stir fries. Petroselinum (Parsley) Petroselinum Curled 1 6 Very dark green curled leaf. Use for sauces and garnishes. Crispin
Barvour Petroselinum French 2 0 Flat deep green leaf. Less bitter than curled parsley. Use for Crispin French Parsley sauces and garnishes. 2 Litre pot Petroselinum Italian 2 6 Plain dark green flat leaves. Sweeter flavour than curled. Crispin Parsley Use in sauces and garnishes. Petroselinum Laura 2 6 Dark green smooth flat leaves. Upright tidy habit. Copes Crispa Laura Parsley well with several cuts. Tastes like curled but a flat leaf. Use in sauces and garnishes. Petroselinum Hamburg 10 Green leaves and white flowers. Produces large roots Crispum Parsley similar to parsnips with a different taste. Use roots in soups Hamburg stews or raw in salads. Leaves can be used like parsley in Sauces and garnishes. Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint) Pycnanthemum Mountain 3 0 Dark green flat leaves. Apple blossom pink flowers. Has the Pilosum Mint scent of peppermint. Use in salads or for seasoning meat dishes. Bees love it Rosmarinus (Rosemary) Rosmarinus Blue Lagoon 3 0 Green leaves. Dark blue flowers. Has a creeping habit. Blue Lagoon Rosemary Use fresh or dried in meat dishes, roasted veg, stuffings Rosmarinus Miss Jessop 5 0 Neat rosemary with columnar shape. Green leaves and light Miss Jessop Rosemary blue flowers. Use fresh or dried. Good flavour. Stems can be Upright used on the BBQ.. Rosmarinus Fota Blue 2 0 Dark green foliage and dark blue flowers. Graceful trailing Officinalis Rosemary rosemary. Lovely scent and flavour. Use fresh or dried. Fota Blue Rosmarinus Primley 3 0 Green densely packed leaves with light blue flowers. Use Officinalis Blue fresh or dried. Primley Blue Rosemary Rosmarinus Rex 4 0 Elegant plant with upright growth habit. Dark green Officinalis Rosemary leaves and dark blue flowers. Use fresh or dried Rex Rosmarinus Sudbury 5 0 One of the best rosemarys. Dark green leaves with Officinalis Blue mauve/blue flowers. Soft foliage. Good flavour. Sudbury Blue Rosemary Use fresh or dried. Use in meat dishes, stuffings Rosmarinus Tuscan 5 0 Dark green leaf with very dark blue flowers. Excellent Officinalis Blue flavour. Use fresh or dried. Use in meat dishes, stuffings Tuscan Blue Rosemary Rosmarinus White 3 0 Fine dark green leaf with white flowers. Grows straight. Officinalis Rosemary Use fresh or dried. Var Albiflorus Rosmarinus Boule 0 8 Trailing rosemary with green leaf and light blue flowers.
Prostrata Rosemary Use to edge a bed or over a wall. Use fresh or dried. Boule Rosmarinus Marenca 1 6 Trailing rosemary with fine leaves and pale blue flowers. Prostrata Rosemary Use to edge steps or over wall. Has a mild flavour. Marenca Use fresh or dried. Rosmarinus Salem 4 0 Dark green narrow leaves and pale blue flowers. Very Officinalis Rosemary upright habit. Excellent for rosemary hedge. Mild Salem flavour. Use fresh or dried. Rosmarinus Green Ginger 3 0 Green leaves and pale blue flowers. Scent of mild ginger Officinalis Rosemary Excellent with roasted veg and pork. Use fresh or dried. Green Ginger Rosmarinus Seven Seas 3 0 Green leaves and dark blue flowers. Makes a larger bush Officinalis Rosemary ideal for larger garden. Use fresh or dried. Seven Seas Rosmarinus Arp 4 0 Grey/green foliage. Blue flowers. Has a slight lemony Officinalis Rosemary scent. Use with chicken, pork, in stuffings etc. Use Arp fresh or dried. Rosmarinus Hill Hardy 4 0 Grey/green foliage with light blue flowers. Good flavour Officinalis Rosemary Sometimes known as Madlelyn Hill. Use fresh or dried Hill Hardy Rosmarinus Blue Spires 6 0 Dark green/grey foliage with dark blue flowers. Vertical in Officinalis Rosemary habit. Good flavour. Use fresh or dried. Flowers can be Blue Spires added to salads. Rosmarinus Paris 4 0 Upright habit. Broad green leaves with purple flowers. Officinalis Rosemary Use fresh or dried. Add flavour to soup, meat or bread Paris Rosmarinus Gorizia 5 0 Upright habit. Large dark green leaves with pink/blue flowers Officinalis Rosemary Introduced by Tom DeBaggio. Gentle scent and flavour. Gorizia Prefers free draining soil. Rosmarinus Spice Island 2 6 Upright habit. Green leaves and light blue flowers. Pungent Officinalis Rosemary scent with hint of cloves and nutmeg. Use fresh or dried. Spice Island Use with meat, potatoes, bread. Ideal for container. Rosmarinus Barbeque 4 6 Upright rosemary with broad green leaves and blue flowers. Officinalis Rosemary Long straight stems can used as skewers on BBQ. Good Barbeque scent and flavour. Rosmarinus Foxtail 3 0 Semi-trailing Rosemary. Bright green leaf with mid blue flowers. Officinalis Rosemary Ideal for hanging basket or container. Good scent and flavour. Foxtail Rosmarinus Haifa 0 6 Trailing rosemary. Dark green narrow leaf and pale blue flowers. Prostratus Mild scent. Use fresh or dried. Haifa Rosmarinus Miss Jessop 5 0 Upright rosemary. Thin dark green leaf with light blue flower. Officinalis Upright Pleasant fresh aroma. Use fresh or dried. Miss Jessop Rosemary Upright
Rosmarinus Pink 4 6 Upright form of rosemary. Dull green leaf with pink/purple Officinalis Rosemary flower. Slight fruity scent. Use fresh or dried. Use in meat Pink dishes. Rumex (Sorrel) Rumex French Sorrel 1 6 Clump forming perennial with bright green leaf. Sharp lemon Acetosa taste. Use raw in salads or cooked in sauces. Also wilt leaves like spinach Rumex French Sorrel 1 0 Non flowering variety. Dark green leaves. Not as sharp a Acetosa Abundance French. Use raw in salads or cooked in sauces. Also wilt Abundance leaves like spinach. Rumex Herb 4 0 Large leaved early shooting sorrel so ideal for early season. Patienta Patience Use raw in salads, or cooked in sauces or wilt like spinach. Rumex Buckler Leaf 1 0 Silver/green leaf shaped like a buckle. Lemon flavour. Use Scutatus Sorrel raw in salads, cooked in sauces or wilt like spinach. Rumex Sorrel 10 Bright green leaves with white flowers. Sharp citrusy flavour Patienta Volare Leaves can be wilted like spinach. Use in soups and sauces. Volare Rumex Red Vein 24 Green leaves veined with red. Young leaves can be used in Sanguineus Sorrel salads. Mature leaves can be wilted like spinach. Has an Acidic lemony taste. Use in soups and sauces. Can be Invasive. Salsola Komarovii (Salt Wort) Salsola Salt Wort 2 0 Thin succulent leaves. Young leaves can be used in salads Komarovii Salvia (Sage) and sushi. Can also be steamed as a veg. Salvia Elegans Pineapple 5 0 Large green leaves with strong scent of pineapple. Has Sage red flowers. Use in salads and fruit salads. Salvia Elegans Tangerine 3 0 Green leaf with bright red flowers. Has strong scent of Tangerine Sage tangerines. Use in salads and fruit salads. Salvia Golden 2 0 Golden/green leaves. Pale blue flowers. Use in meat dishes Icterina Variegated soups, sausages and stews. Requires full sun. Salvia Blackcurrant 3 0 Green ovate leaf. Bright cerise flowers. Has strong scent Microphylla Sage of blackcurrants. Use in fruit salads, salads and fruit punches 2 litre Salvia Hot Lips 3 0 Green ovate leaf. Bright red flowers which turn part white Microphylla Sage with red edge looking like a pair of lips. Has a fruity scent Hot Lips and taste. Use in fruit salads and drinks like Pimms. Salvia Desert 4 0 Cream and green variegated leaf. Red flowers. Has a X jamensis Blaze fruity scent and taste. Use in fruit salads and flowers in Desert Blaze Sage salads.
Salvia Royal 4 0 Dark green leaf and bright red flowers. Has a fruity scent Microphylla Bumble and taste. Use in fruit salads and flowers in salads. Royal Bumble Sage Salvia Common 2 0 Light green leaf. Blue/mauve flowers. Use in meat dishes, Officinalis Sage soups, stews. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Salvia Berggarten 2 0 Low growing sage with abundant round leaves. Makes a Officinalis Sage compact plant. Use in meat dishes, soups and stews. Berggarten Salvia Broad 2 0 Grey/green large leaves. Excellent culinary plant Officinalis Leaf Use in meat dishes, soups and stews. Broadleaved Sage Salvia Purple 2 0 Purple leaves and blue flowers (which are not often seen) Officinalis Sage Pick young shoots and use in meat dishes, soups and Purpureum stews. Sanguisorba (Burnett) Sanguisorba Salad 1 0 Small green leaves with red flowers. Leaves taste of Minor Burnett cucumber. Use in salads. Satureja (Savory) Satureja Winter 1 4 Semi evergreen with dark green small leaves and white flowers. Montana Savory Use in bean and salad dishes. Satureja Summer 1 6 Bronze green leaves and lilac flowers. Aromatic peppery taste Hortensis Savory use in soups and salads. Excellent with broad beans. Sium Sisarum (Skirret) Sium Sisarum Skirret 36 Green leaves and white flowers. Roots may be boiled, stewed Symphytum (Comfrey) Or roasted. The inner core should be removed before cooking May be eaten raw and has similar flavour to that of carrot and Parsnips. 2 litre Symphytum Russian 4 0 Large green leaves. Pink to purple flowers. Use leaves to steep X Uplandicum Comfrey in water to make organic fertiliser. Loved by bees and beneficial Insects. Thymus (Thyme) Thymus Creeping 0 4 Low creeping lemon scented thyme. Pink/mauve flowers Citrodorous Lemon Ideal for the hanging basket. Use in salads, stuffings, chicken Creeping Thyme cous cous. Thymus Lemon 0 10 Dark green leaf. Pink flowers and a bushy habit. Lovely Citrodorous Thyme strong lemon scent. Use in stuffings, casseroles, cous cous Lemon Thymus Orange 0 10 Grey/green foliage. Pink flowers. Bushy habit. Strong Fragrantissimus Scented orange scent. Use in stuffings, roasted vegetables, Thyme Thymus Peter 0 8 Bushy dense plant with pale grey leaves. Pink flowers. Peter Davis Davis Good in stuffings, stews and bouquet garni. Early variety
Thymus Thyme Pink 0 5 Fast growing with pale green leaves and pale pink flowers. Serphyllum Ripple Lemon scented. Use in stuffings, salads, bouquet garni Pink Ripple Thyme Thymus Porlock 0 6 Busy habit. Dark green leaves with a hint of grey. Pink/ Praecox Thyme mauve flowers. Lemon scented. Good in stuffings, Porlock casseroles, cous cous. Thymus Broadleaf 0 10 Dark green rounded leaves. Deep pink/purple flowers. Pulegioides Thyme Has a peppery taste. Use in stews, casseroles, bouquet Garni. Thymus Foxley 0 6 Cream and green variegated leaf. Pink flowers. Use Pulegioides Thyme in stews, casseroles, bouquet garni. Foxley Thymus Tabor 0 6 Dark green leaf with mauve flowers. Very similar Pulegioides Thyme to Broadleaf thyme. Slightly peppery taste. Use in stews, Tabor casseroles, bouquet garni. Thymus Lemon 0 6 Small green leaves. Fast growing creeping variety with Serphyllum Curd Small pink flowers. Scent of lemon. Use in salads, Lemon Curd Thyme stuffings, chicken dishes. Thymus Caraway 0 2 Low growing thyme with dark green leaves and pink flowers. Herba- Thyme Scent of caraway. Use in casseroles, stews and meat Barona dishes. 2 litre Thymus Common 1 3 Bush forming thyme. Grey/green small leaves with pink Vulgaris Thyme flowers. Use in meat dishes, bouquet garni. Thymus French 0 6 Grey narrow leaves and white flowers. Use in herb Vulgaris Thyme vinegars, bread and butters. French Thymus Silver 1 0 Variegated silver leaves. Bushy habit with pink flowers. Vulgaris Posie Flavour similar to common thyme. Use in meat dishes, Silver Thyme stuffings, casseroles. Thymus Faustinoi 0 8 Compact growing with deep green leaves and pale Vulgaris Thyme pink flowers. Strong scent. Use in fish and meat dishes, Faustinoi flavouring oils and vinegars, cheese. Tropaeolaceae (Nasturtium) Tropaeolum Nasturtium 1 0 Annual with dark red flowers lasting from summer to early Majus Empress of autumn. Flowers and young leaves can be eaten in salads Empress of India Grey/green leaves have a slightly peppery taste. India Tropaeolum Nasturtium 1 0 Annual with red flowers and blue/grey leaves. Flowers and Majus Blue Pepe young leaves can be eaten. Leaves have a slightly peppery Blue Pepe taste. Vitex agnus-castus (Monk s Pepper)
Vitex Monks 6 0 Deciduous shrub. Green leaves. Lilac/pink flowers. 7.50 Agnus Pepper Berries can be used as pepper substitute. Leaves can be Castus used as a spice.