Herbs

Strong tasting, spinach-like greens with delicious nut-like flavour that are quite popular in salads or cooked like spinach.

A delightful lemon fragrance issues from leaves that are brushed and the leaves make a wonderful tea. Lemon Balm, which is a member of the mint family. The nectar-filled white flowers are a major attractant for bees.

This is no doubt the most important herb in flavouring tomato sauces and pesto. We recommend continually harvesting leaves to delay flower production, as flowers normally signal an end to vegetative growth.

Catnip seeds won't produce a plant that would win a beauty pageant, the greyish-green, heart-shaped leaves make a soothing tea. And of course cats go wild for it!

Chamomile seeds produce plants that can self-sow and may establish adventive stands. Aromatic daisy-like flowers are used for teas, perfumes and potpourris.

Long, stiff, upright growing stems hold the dark green, finely cut and beautifully curled leaves well above the soil. This variety has broader leaves and is more flavourful than plain leaved parsley.