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Bachelor's Button or Cornflower-It's hard to beat the colours of the bachelor's button. It got the name "cornflower" because it grew as a weed in cornfields, but you may welcome it in your garden. It does spread, but it is easy to pull out any extras. This tall 90 cm mix comes in the colours of purple, blue, pink and white provide papery blossoms that bring summer colour to the garden. They're attractive planted in a group in a corner or open spot in the garden. Deadhead regularly to prolong blooming. Plant periodically over spring to prolong bloom times. -
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The preferred culinary variety. This parsley is great for so many cooked dishes when a deep true parsley flavour is preferred. The best parsley to dry or freeze. Huge, dark green leaves with great flavor. Strong, upright stems make Giant of Italy one of the best parsley varieties for fresh market sales. Very high yielding. Height 45-60 cm
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Pepper flavor adds spice to dishes. Long internodes create a tall, somewhat lanky plant. Harvest when buds begin and hang to dry. If you don't have Summer Savory in your garden it's a great time to give it a try. Excellent for all your hearty stews and soups. It's one of our favourite "go to" herbs.
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Perennial cousin to summer savory, with thicker and shinier leaves. The flavour is more pungent and biting. Has a higher proportion of thymol than summer savory. This herb is great for culinary uses, however, just as important is its use to attract bees while repelling aphids, and cabbage moths.
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This annual Mexican herb has a pungent aroma, spear-shaped, deeply toothed leaves, and green flowers. It is also known as Wormseed, American Wormseed, Mexican Tea or Herba Sancti Mariae. Epazote's (eh-pah-ZOH-teh) fragrance is strong and pungent. It has been compared to citrus, petroleum, savory, mint, or camphor. It smells pretty strong, but we have found that it does add a wonderful depth of flavor to a pot of beans! With its strong taste and aroma, not everyone takes to it right away, but used as a spice, it adds a wonderful rustic layer of flavor to many Mexican and Latin American dishes, giving them an extra dimension of flavor that just can’t be replicated with any other herb – very similar to the “umami” flavors of fermented Asian ingredients. Epazote leaves are used for their pungent flavor and aroma to season soup, corn, beans, and shellfish in Mexico. It is used in beans to prevent flatulence. It is also brewed for "Jesuit Tea" but the herb's main use is to expel intestinal worms from humans and animals. Oil of chenopodium is derived from this plan.
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Thyme seeds produce a tasty herb that compliments poultry and other meat dishes and is used extensively in stews, sauces, and marinades. Thyme grows relatively slowly at first but once established, it grows with vigour! This variety of thyme is relatively low growing at 15-30 cm in height.
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A staple of the herb garden. Dusty, green leaves are used in dressing, sauces, salted herbs, sausage, and tea. Make a good base for dried floral wreaths. Also known as garden sage. Perennial in Zones 4-8.
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Leafy herb with bold celery flavor. Easier to grow than standard celery. A versatile ingredient for salads, soups, stews, and vegetable medleys. More intense flavour (both fresh and dried) than garden celery.
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Spearmint came to North America with the Colonists. They used mint teas medicinally for headaches, indigestion and to help them sleep. Mint is also an excellent culinary addition and makes a great tea for the pure pleasure of it. As a general rule, mint family plants root vigorously when allowed to grow freely and can be invasive. Many gardeners grow them in containers to keep them in check. -
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Biennial that is usually grown as an annual. We have found that this parsley dies back in the winter but new leaves emerge before the snow melts. Deeply cut bright green leaves. Italian parsley is reputed to have better flavor than the many curled varieties. Holds flavour when dried. Height 30-60 cm -
Nasturtium is a cheerful, easy, quick-growing annual flower! They’re colorful, edible flowers, and good for kids to plant. Salad Blend nasturtiums feature spurless, half-double flowers in tangerine, soft salmon, deep gold, deep mahogany, bright scarlet, cream, and cherry-rose. Pick and wash a handful of these bright summer flowers and just tear them into pieces over a summer salad. The result transforms a simple salad into a work of art. They’re also great for companion planting as a fantastic trap crop; the mustard oil they produce is adored by garden pests. After seeding, plants appear in 7 to 10 days. -
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A stellar bulbing Florence fennel with an excellent sweet anise-like flavor that mellows with cooking. Selma Fino is usually the sweetest tasting. Takes about 80 days to form full-sized bulbs, however, it can be harvested sooner at a smaller size. Very white bulbs are fairly uniform and won’t prematurely bolt if planted in spring. Tops can be used as a fresh herb, adding a mellow fennel flavor to dishes or salads. Unique compared to other bulb type fennel, some plants have a perennial nature. The flowers are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. Fennel leaves, florets, and seeds can be used for culinary purposes as an herb.