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Our potted 9cm herbs are ready to plant straight out (unless they’re the whimpy ones) and will be shipped asap - although orders may take longer than usual. All herbs come with our wooden plant labels – with growing information just a click away.
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All in stock herbs are for sale and available to order now. They’ll thrive in a cool greenhouse or can be planted outside into your herb or kitchen garden. These herbs are good for pots and can be planted now. Outside some will need protection from late frosts if you’re prone to them, especially very tender varieties like basil.
Read about the culinary, medicinal and spiritual uses of our herbal plants and buy your own herb plants to grow at home. All our herbs are grown in the UK by independent nurseries, using a reduced-peat or peat free compost. The plastic pots containing the herbs are made from recycled plastic and are recyclable.
Angelica is a tall, graceful herb plant with hollow, fluted stems up to 7ft tall. Clusters of small yellow or greenish flowers are arranged into large, striking umbels which will add interest and stature to your herb garden. Buy garden ready, 9cm angelica herb plants with wooden plant label.
£4.50
Sun is the most important thing in a basil’s life, shortly followed by rich, moist compost. As long as you’ve somewhere bright and warm to grow this gorgeous herb, then you’ll be rewarded with the most Mediterranean of Mediterranean smells and flavours. Harvesting the leaves regularly will give you more but it’s worth growing several plants to spread the load.
£4.50
Betony is a pretty native herb which can be found in meadows, grasslands and hedgerows - it has many common names, of which ‘Hedge nettle’ is one. A herb steeped in history, folklore, and practical uses, betony offers a little bit of everything. Its healing properties, magical associations, and easy-to-grow nature make it a fantastic addition to any herb garden. The vibrant spikes of purple flowers are a magnet for bees, butterflies and pollinators.
£4.50
You may see this robust, leafy annual growing wild in grass verges, on waste ground or in field margins. Introduced by the Romans, it loves an open, sunny position and will happily self-seed. Most of the plant is edible, with a mild cucumber, slightly salty taste. Toss a few ice cubes each containing a bright borage blue flower, into a long, cool G&T on a hot summer’s day.
£4.50
Catmint is generally milder and less smelly than catnip but can still have a feelgood effect on felines. It has a minty aroma and produces spikes of beautiful deep violet flowers which will attract bees, potentially leading to some amusing but painful cat v bee interactions. Grow along the front of a border or in a raised bed, to spill out giving your kitty a nice comfy spot in the sun. Catnip will be really happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.
£4.50
A pot of catnip growing on a windowsill could send your kitty into euphoric raptures. Not all cats respond to the smell of nepetalactone, an essential oil, but those that do have a feelgood reaction – becoming stimulated, then wacked out! Like their feline friends, catnip will enjoy a warm sunny location, prefurring at least six hours of sun every day but liking afternoon shade and a drink now and again. Catnip will be really happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.
£4.50
Roman or common chamomile is grown for its flowers, a different, creeping variety ('Treneague') is used for lawns. The flowers produced by Roman chamomile are primarily used to make a soothing and relaxing tea. Like its toga wearing namesakes, it loves lounging about in the sun, so plant somewhere warm and bright. An indoor windowsill is a good place. Keep moist especially in hot weather. Chamomile will be really happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.
£4.50
Chervil is an attractive, ferny herb with a delicate anise, grassy smell. It’s under rated for some reason, perhaps because the plants resemble cow parsley, but it definitely pulls its weight. The mild flavour is particularly suited to eggs and sauces and it’s an important member of fine herbes. Generally grown as an annual, it likes a cooler, partly shady spot out of the midday sun. As a lush leaf producer, it needs rich, fertile soil and depth for the long tap root to quest for water in dry conditions.
£4.50
Chives are a kitchen garden staple and if allowed to will seed quite happily about the garden. They’re a member of the allium family, alongside onions, garlic and leeks and have a mild onion flavour too – which is perfect for sauces, dressings, marinades and garnish. Easy to grow, choose a pot or at the front of a border in sunny or partially shaded spot. When harvesting, cut individual leaves down to just above the base – let some flowers grow for the bees and your salads. Chives will be really happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.
£4.50
Garlic chives are an allium like chives, but a different species altogether; allium tuberosum. They originated in China and spread throughout Asia before the rest of the world. Larger and more vigorous than chives, with flatter, broader leaves and a distinct garlicky taste. Garlic chives are easy to grow and actually considered invasive pests in some countries. They enjoy the same conditions as regular chives, including being particularly suited to pots.
£4.50
Coriander is the go-to herb for use in curries and south Asian cuisine. The leaves have a fresh, citrussy, lemony flavour and the seeds a warming, nutty, zesty taste. It’s quite literally a ‘marmite’ herb as up to 20% of people find the flavour of coriander has an abhorrent rotten, soapy taste. This is actually due to a variation in a certain gene, the incidence of which differs with ethnicity.
£4.50
Vietnamese coriander is an aromatic herb with a completely different flavour to its sometimes, soapy cousin. It’s a staple in South Asian and Northeast Indian cuisine, the leaves lending a vibrant, zesty hand to salads, soups, stir-fries and stews when added late on. The leaves look similar to lemon verbena and it enjoys similar conditions, it also enjoys a long, cool mojito with its mate Lemon V. Quite a vigorous grower once it gets going, so using the leaves regularly keeps it tidy and in check. Persicaria odorata is a tender perennial which is easy to grow if kept somewhere frost free, warm and sunny. It likes moist, fertile soil but not wet and is a great variety for pots. A cat and dog safe plant and one for a pet friendly flower garden.
£4.50
Where have all the butterflies gone? The sight of buddleia bushes pulsating with masses of vibrant species seems like a childhood memory. Unfortunately, it’s not nostalgic rose-tintedness, there’s been an 80% reduction in UK butterflies since the 1970’s. Hopefully times are changing, with fewer pesticides used and rewilding being encouraged. These herbs will do their bit.
Chamomile - Roman
With its flat white petals and fuzzy golden cones of nectar rich flowers, chamomile makes a perfect landing pad and feeding station for a number of butterfly species, especially smaller ones.
Chive
This early flowering herb is one of the 10 most nectar producing plants in the UK. A butterfly magnet which will grow almost anywhere and is particularly suited a pot on a sunny patio.
Dill
Dill is a fantastic herb for late butterflies as it can flower into autumn. If you’re really lucky, in warmer southern climes you may be rewarded by a visiting European Swallowtail, whose caterpillars will eat the leaves.
Marjoram - sweet
Marjoram produces masses of small flowers in upright clusters which are ideal for butterflies. Deadhead regularly, the flowers may last into autumn - providing valuable energy for hibernation or migration.
Lavender - Hidcote
The tall spikes with dense flower heads packed together at the end, provide a bountiful feeding opportunity for a number of species including Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral and Peacock.
Rosemary - Miss Jessop’s Upright
Woody, shrubby herbs like rosemary not only provide lots of nectar but also places to shelter over winter. Rosemary’s early flowers will give awakening butterflies a welcome feed after winter dormancy.
