Herbs
Aloe Vera Black Gem
€0Dark bronze leaved variety of Aloe Vera which has to be grown indoors. Useful plant to have as the plant juices are helpful for skin conditions. Just tear of a leaf and rub the juices on the troubleful spot.
Basil African Blue
€0Tender perennial herb with large purple foliage. Leaves are used with pasta, tomato or egg dishes. Grow indoors for most of the year.
Basil sweet
€0A kitchen herb. Best grown in pots indoors in a warm sunny position. Leaves are used in many Italian dishes. Good with garlic & tomatoes. Also used to make pesto sauce.
Height 60 cm.
BAY (Laurus nobilis)
€0Herb Tree. Slow growing evergreen shrub to small tree. Height upto 4 meter. Leaves are used for flavouring.
Borage
€0Height up to 60cm. Annual. Use young leaves to flavour salads. Infused leaves make refreshing drinks. Sunny position. Borage (borago officinalis), also known as a starflower.Traditionally borage is growing in the gardens for culinary and medicinal uses,but commercial cultivation is mainly as an oilseed.
Bronze Fennel
€0Herbaceous perennial that grows upto 180 cm. Plant in herb garden or in border in fertile, moist but well drained soil in full sun.
Fresh aniseed-flavoured seeds and leaves. Leaves are used with oily fish, seafood, and salad dressing. Seeds flavour breads, curries, apple pie and fish sauce. Sprouted seed are used as a salad herb.
Purple foliage. A tonic for the nervous system. Height 180 cm.
Chamaemelum nob. Flore Pleno
€0Evergreen and mat-forming. Big double, white daisy-like flowers with yellow centre from May-August. Sunny position, free draining soil. Height 15 cm.
Chamaemelum nob. Treneague
€0Lawn Chamomile or Creeping Chamomile Nice fragrance when being walked on. Sunny position, free draining soil. Lawn creeping chamomile or creeping chamomile is a low-growing non-flowering form that makes an excellent ground cover. Fairly tolerant of being walked on and gives off a lovely aroma. It is sometimes used instead of grass for making a lawn and can reach a maximum height of 10cm.
Chives Garlic
€0Flat leaves, white flowers. Mild Garlic flavour, used in many foods particularly oriental dishes.Height 30cm.