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Calamint - Chamomile - Comfrey - Curry Plant

Lesser Calamint Calamintha nepetoides

D64

  £ 2.00  
Pale mauve flowers. Pleasant minty fragrance. Ht-50cm Soil- well drained

    
Caraway Carum carvi

A115

  £ 1.50  
Seeds used in cooking cakes and bread. . . and making Kummel liquer. The leaves give an aromatic taste to salads. Ht-60cm

    
Cardoon Cynara cardunculus

G44

  £ 2.50  
Ancient vegetable. Protect crown through winter. Soil- Well drained Pos- Full sun

    
Catmint Nepeta cateria

A256

  £ 2.00  
The dried leaves may be used in potpourris (sparingly). Cats really like this plant and a few sprigs can be added to their favourite stuffed toy. Bees are also attracted to it. According to Stuart's Encyclopedia of herbs, can also be used for flavouring or Ht-45cm Soil- Most soils, prefers chalk Pos- Sunny

    
Catmint Nepeta racemosa

A262

  £ 2.00  
Garden catmint.

   
Catmint Nepeta racemosa " Walkers Low"

F60

  £ 2.00  

   
Catmint Nepeta sp "Six hills giant"

D146

  £ 2.00  
Lavender blue flowers. Ht-75cm Soil- well drained Pos- sunny

    
Lemon Catmint Nepeta cataria "Citriodora"

A260

  £ 2.00  
Lemon scented.

   
"Picton's double" Celandine Ranunculus ficaria "Picton's double"

E76

  £ 1.50  

   
Double Celandine Ranunculus ficaria flore-pleno

E80

  £ 1.50  

   
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria

D220

  £ 1.50  
A spreading tuberous plant with bright yellow flowers in spring. With a name like 'Pilewort' it must have a medicinal use! Ht-15cm Pos- damp, shady spot

    
Double Lawn Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile sp

F14

  £ 1.50  
Flowers at 7-10 cm.

   
Dyers Chamomile Anthemis tinctoria

A64

  £ 2.00  
Gives a yellow dye. Green foliage and yellow daisy flowers. Ht-40cm Soil- Well drained Pos- Full sun

    
Flowering Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile

A62

  £ 1.50  
Use for a tea. Use flowers for shampoo. Ht-40cm

    
Flowering Lawn Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile dwarf form

F12

  £ 1.50  
Flowers at 5cm.

   
Lawn Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile "Treneague"

A60

  £ 1.50  
Low growing and spreads quickly to make an aromatic carpet. Non-flowering- for lawns. See 'Collections'. Ht-2cm Soil- fertile and well drained Pos- full sun

    
Upright Double Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile "Flore Pleno"

F10

  £ 1.50  
Ht-40cm

    
Chives Allium schoenoprasum

A46

  £ 1.50  
Ht-30cm Soil- moist rich Pos- half shade

    
Fine White Chives Allium schoenoprasum

K10

  £ 2.00  
Pure White. Ht-18cm

    
Garlic Chives Allium tuberosum

A50

  £ 1.50  
An interesting taste of garlic and onion for culinary use.

   
Giant Chives Allium schoenoprasum var sibiricum

B8

  £ 1.50  
Use as ordinary chives. Large form. Ht-45cm

    
Pink flowered Chives Allium schoenoprasum "Forescate"

D22

  £ 1.50  
Ht-40cm

    
White Chives Allium schoenoprasum "Wallington White"

G10

  £ 1.50  
Ht-40cm

    
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara

A428

  £ 1.50  
Fry the leaves in butter and add to an omelette. Add to soups, cook like spinach or use fresh leaves in a salad. Medicinally for coughs and colds. Restrict to a small area where it is not likely to take over. Ht-40cm Soil- soil Pos- sunny

    
Comfrey Symphytum caucasicum

R11

  £ 2.00  
Similar to Russian comfrey but delicate blue, blush pink flowers. Ht-100cm

    
Comfrey Symphytum grandiflorum "Hidcote"

A382

  £ 2.00  
Pink, white and blue flowers. Ht-40cm

    
Comfrey Symphytum officinale

AA374

  £ 2.00  
For a tea/ tisane, in fritters or soup. As a poultice it helps bruises, sprains and broken bones hence: "Knitbone". Boil fresh leaves for a golden fabric dye. Propagated by root division. Ht-100cm Soil- damp

    
Creeping Comfrey Symphytum grandiflorum

A380

  £ 2.00  
Makes a good ground cover with attractive cream flowers. Ht-20cm Soil- most soils Pos- sun or partial shade

    
Russian (blue) Comfrey Symphytum uplandicum

AA378

  £ 2.00  
Small quantities are eaten like spinach. Good for compost or making liquid fertilizers. Often confused with the larger waterside officinale. Ht-70cm Soil- almost any Pos- grows by the roadside

    
Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

A146

  £ 2.00  
American medicinal herb taken as a tea for purifying the blood. Large dasiy like purple flower with swept back petals Ht-80cm Soil- Well drained Pos- full sun

    
Costmary Tanacetum balsamita

A104

  £ 2.00  
Fresh leaves in salads, dried in soups and stuffings. Use sparingly. As an astringent and antiseptic. Potpourri. Silver leaves and aromatic. Ht-75cm Pos- Warm and sunny, will not flower in shade.

    
Cotton lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus

A358

  £ 2.00  
Aromatic leaves should be dried and added to potpourris. Can be broken down for use as moth repellents. There are many different varieties with different shades of foliage, from silver to dark green. Ht-45cm Soil- well drained Pos- open sunny

    
Cotton lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus "Pretty Carol"

R21

  £ 2.00  
Silver foliage, bright yellow flowers. Compact plant. Ht-40cm

    
Cotton lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus "Small Ness"

R22

  £ 2.00  
Ideal for the rockery. A miniature dullish grey-green leaved shrub with yellow flowers.

   
Cotton lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus "Lemon Queen"

D244

  £ 2.00  
Ht-70cm

    
Cotton lavender Santolina pinnata subsp. neopolitana "Edward Bowles"

D246

  £ 2.00  
A glorious cream starry flower head and grey/green foliage. Ht-50cm

    
Cotton lavender Santolina pinnata subsp. tomentosa

D248

  £ 2.00  
Silver leaved, yellow flowers. Ht-50cm

    
Cotton lavender Santolina pinnata subsp.neopolitana

E114

  £ 2.00  
Feathery grey foliage and bright lemon yellow flowers. Ht-70cm Pos- full sun

    
Cotton lavender Santolina rosmarinifolia subsp. rosmarinifolia

H86

  £ 2.00  
Bright green leaves and yellow flowers. Ht-60cm Soil- well drained Pos- sunny

    
Cotton lavender Santolina rosmarinifolia subsp.rosmarinifolia "Primrose Gem"

G102

  £ 2.00  
Bright green foliage, pale yellow flowers.

   
Cowslip Primula veris

B86

  £ 1.50  
Crystallized flowers for a cake decoration. Likes a meadow environment. . . good excuse not to mow the lawn. . . but please do not pick from the wild. Ht-20cm

    
Curry plant Helichrysum angustifolium

A162

  £ 2.00  
Leaves fresh or dried, used in soups to give a curry like flavour. An interesting aromatic herb for the perfumed garden. Ht-60cm Soil- Well drained Pos- Sunny but sheltered

    
Dwarf Curry plant Helichrysum italicum subsp. microphyllum

D92

  £ 2.00  
Ever "silver" shrub with yellow button flowers. Ht-30cm Soil- well drained Pos- full sun

    
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