Herbs

Seeds are used in cakes, bread, soup and stews as well as teas. Freshly chopped leaves are also appealing in salads, sauces, soups and stews.

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

Genovese Basil seeds are a great addition to any herb garden. You will make perfect pesto every time with this very popular basil variety! This variety is quite slow to bolt.

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.

Borage seeds produce loads of pretty blue flowers that help to attract beneficial bees to your garden. Flowers are used as a garnish for salads or are candied, while the leaves are used to flavour claret punch.

Caraway seeds are used to flavour bread, pastry, cakes, confections, cheeses, sauces and soups.  Fresh leaves can be used as a garnish in vegetable dishes. Do not eat the seeds that come in the packet; these are for planting only.

Chervil seeds produce a plant with aromatic, finely cut, bright green leaves are used in salads and seasoning. In the garden, chervil is sometimes used as a decoy plant for slugs and other garden pests.

Cilantro Coriander seeds produce a leafy plant often referred to as cilantro but is also known as Arab Parsley, Yuen Sai or Chinese Parsley.

Florence Fennel seeds produce a plant with a swollen, bulbous base that has a pleasing anise-like flavour. It is absolutely superb when used raw in salads or cooked in chicken dishes.

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.

The leaves of this parsley are flat, deeply cut and a vibrant glossy dark green. The rich flavour contained within the leaves makes them as excellent choice for seasoning. This variety is widely used in European cuisine.

Summer savory seeds are easy to grow. The herb plant has a delicious flavour. Slender, bronze-green leaves are suitable for fresh or dried use in dressings, salads, gravy and stews.