Common Name: Tricolour Sage Latin Name: Salvia officinalis ‘Tricolour’ Description: Small, woody shrub with irregular pink and ivory coloured leaves and dark pink flowers in spring. Perennial. 60cm. This plant makes the most stunning mass planting for full sun areas and is definately a plant that causes people to look twice! Harvesting: Start harvesting early. […]
Common Name: Purple Sage Latin Name: Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’ Description: Small, woody shrub with velvety, purple-grey leaves and purple-blue flowers in spring. Perennial. 60cm. Harvesting: Start harvesting early. Leaves can be dried or frozen for up to 6 months. Best Results: Give a deep soaking once a week and provide a complete fertiliser in spring. […]
Common Name: Sage – Pineapple Latin Name: Salvia elegans Description: Evergreen shrub with bright green pointed leaves that have a delicious pineapple-like scent. Scarlet flower racemes appear in summer and autumn. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Harvest young leaves and flowers at any time. Best used fresh. Best Results: Prune by about a third after flowering in […]
Common Name: Golden Sage Latin Name: Salvia officinalis ‘Aurea’ Description: Small, woody shrub with velvety, golden leaves and pink flowers in spring. Perennial. 60cm. Harvesting: Start harvesting early. Leaves can be dried or frozen for up to 6 months. Best Results: Give a deep soaking once a week and provide a complete fertiliser in spring. […]
Common Name: Sage Latin Name: Salvia officinalis Description: Small, woody shrub with velvety, grey-green leaves and pink flowers in spring. Perennial. 75cm. Harvesting: Start harvesting early. Leaves can be dried or frozen for up to 6 months. Best Results: Give a deep soaking once a week and provide a complete fertiliser in spring. Uses: Leaves […]
Common Name: Rosemary – Pink Latin Name: Rosmarinus officinalis’Rosea’ Description: Evergreen, woody shrub with needle like, glossy green leaves and pink flowers in spring. Tolerates drought and salt winds. Excellent hedging plant. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Harvest at any time. Dry by hanging in bunches in warm, airy room. Best Results: For best flavour, keep drier, […]
Common Name: Rosemary Latin Name: Rosmarinus officinalis Description: Evergreen, woody shrub with needle like, glossy green leaves and pale blue flowers in spring. Tolerates drought and salt winds. Excellent hedging plant. Perennial. 100cm. Harvesting: Harvest at any time. Dry by hanging in bunches in warm, airy room. Best Results: For best flavour, keep drier, plant […]
Common Name: Salad Rocket Latin Name: Eruca sativa Description: Salad rocket is an oily-peppery flavoured salad green. It is very fast growing – grows like a rocket! Harvest the leaves whilst they are young as they will become bitter after the plant flowers. It may self-seed in other parts of the garden but it’s easy […]
Common Name: Rhubarb Victorian Latin Name: Rheum rhabarbarum Description: Long, mostly green stems with some crimson colouration. Vigorous, producing large number of stems. Shade tolerant. Perennial. Height to 1m. Harvesting: Harvest outside stems as required, cutting down low with knife. Discard leaves as these are poisonous but don’t feed these to poultry. Best Results: Keep […]
Common Name: Pyrethrum Latin Name: Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium Description: Attractive plant with daisy flowers which are source of safe, organic insecticide. Thrives in all types of soils and conditions. Perennial. Height 60cm. Harvesting: Harvest mature flowers in summer & dry in sun. Best Results: Mature plants can be divided in early spring. Grow in full sun […]
