Spice up your life with home grown herbs
Cultivating herbs in a home garden brings a host of benefits that extend beyond their aromatic and flavourful contributions to culinary delights.
The practice of growing herbs offers the convenience of having a readily available and cost-effective source of fresh, organic seasoning just steps away from the kitchen.
Herbs like basil, mint, and rosemary are not only culinary treasures but also possess various medicinal properties, adding a touch of holistic well-being to your home.
Moreover, herbs attract beneficial insects, promoting a natural balance in the garden ecosystem and reducing the need for pesticides.
From enhancing the taste of meals to promoting a healthier environment, incorporating herbs into a home garden is a rewarding and sustainable practice that encourages a deeper connection to the natural world right at your doorstep.
Angelica - 286RS
Anise Hyssop - 164NS
Baim of gilead - 294SPH
Bloody sorrel - 236SPH
Catnip - 132RG
Chervil - 67RW
Chives - Garlic - 3RW
Chives - Standard - 31RG
Coriander - 117NS
Coriander can be used for digestion problems including upset stomach, loss of appetite, hernia, nausea, diarrhea, bowel spasms, and intestinal gas. It is also used to treat measles, hemorrhoids, toothaches, worms, and joint pain, as well as infections caused by bacteria and fungus.
Corn Salad - 68RW
Curly Leaf Parsley - 88RW
Dill - 217NS
Elecampane - 59SPH
Elecampane grows best in part shade but will tolerate full sun in soils that are well drained. The plants can tolerate a range of soil types, from sand to clay, moist, semi fertile loam are ideal.
If sowing seed in the garden, plant them after all danger of frost has passed.
Epazote - 154RW
Various native peoples in the American and Mexican West today drink epazote tea or eat the plant to facilitate childbirth and ease painful menstruation as well as to expel worms and relieve gastrointestinal disorders (some of which might be brought on by the worms). Epazote leaves can be poulticed on arthritic joints, athlete’s foot, and insect bites.
Evening Primrose - 70NS
Fennel - Bronze - 271CMK
Fennel - Florence - 86RW
Fennel - Sweet/common - 239SPH
Hemp agrimony - 312SPH
Lamb's Quarters - Magenta Spreen - 279RS
Lavender - Avonview - 116SS
Propagation: Sow seeds in a tray of seed raising mix in a warm sunny location, should germinate in 14-21 days.
Lovage - 165RG
Lunara - Canon Went - SPH
Mugwort - 26RS
Mullein- 250SPH
Parsley - Italian or flat leaf - 72RW
Saffron
Sage - Turkish - 262SPH
Spilanthes - 71RW
Given it is an annual native to the tropics care is needed against frost. Flowers from Dec through to winter.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Spilanthes Herb Care: How To Grow Spilanthes Toothache Plant https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/spilanthes/growing-spilanthes-plants.htm
Read more at Gardening Know How: Spilanthes Herb Care: How To Grow Spilanthes Toothache Plant https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/spilanthes/growing-spilanthes-plants.htm
Read more at Gardening Know How: Spilanthes Herb Care: How To Grow Spilanthes Toothache Plant https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/spilanthes/growing-spilanthes-plants.htm
St John's wort - 281RS
St Mary's Thistle - 146RG
Sweet Annie - 273RS
Valerian - 56SPH
It produces umbrella shaped flowers of pure white borne on tall hollow stems with thick fern like foliage. Valerian has been used medicinally for centuries by many different cultures as a sedative and nervous system relaxant. Harvest roots in the winter during dormancy. Grows naturally in damp grasslands but can tolerate a wide range of soils. Flowers in late spring early summer.