Thymus vulgaris
Culinary thyme; we use this around the garden as a summer flowering ground cover together with Thymus "Minimus". Great around rocks, in the herb garden or in the border.
Attractive shrub for part sun, the male is required to provide pollination for fertile viable berries. The leaves from both male and female plants can also be used for flavouring a wide range of dishes, both sweet and savoury.
Attractive shrub for part sun, the male is required to provide pollination for fertile viable berries. The leaves from both male and female plants can also be used for flavouring a wide range of dishes, both sweet and savoury.
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Culinary thyme; we use this around the garden as a summer flowering ground cover together with Thymus "Minimus". Great around rocks, in the herb garden or in the border.
The purple foliage form of the common elderberry with pink tinged flowers. Similar uses as the green form, attractive garden plant.
Attractive shrub with pepper flavoured berries and leaves, use fresh in sweet and savoury dishes, sorbet, preserves. Also a superb container specimen for part shade.
Warm climate blueberry, requiring less winter chill than others, however needs pollinator for best fruiting yeild
Juniper berry plants for production of berries for flavouring gin and other goodies.Cutting grown female plants.
A good variety for temperate climates, these will often fruit twice in a season. The first crop is normally the best, bearing delicious sweet juicy fruit in summer.
Mashua. Grown in the Andes for its edible tubers which are best roasted like potatoes or yams. A climbing, shade loving plant which needs a cool site and good drainage.
A cold tolerant highbush variety with a long fruiting period, reputedly self fertile, however combining varieties improves pollination generally.
Lemon thyme, great for savoury meat dishes and marinades, also a long flowering ornamental garden plant. Larger than most ground-covering types, it forms a 30 cm mound and flowers well in summer even in dry conditions. Ideal for mass planting amongst stones with paeonies and crocus. Pink flowers.
Selected from best local vineyard stock, the mature vines perform well in our cooler climate and produce a complex and rich flavoured pinot noir typical of our southern region. Summer prune to reduce risk of hosting mildew.
One of the earliest fruiting varieties, with tall vigorous growth habit to 2.1m. Once established, prune out central canes to keep bush open. As with most blueberries, fruit production is improved by planting other varieties nearby. Sweet fruit which stores and freezes well, perfect for jams, pies, or just eaten fresh.
Popular in Mediterranean dishes combining well with bay, rosemary and sage flavours. Also a attractive cottage garden plant if you like mixing your herbs and flowers.
Compact broad bush to 1.5m, vigorous and abundant fruiting. Fruit can become very plump and juicy when ripe, which is ideal for home consumption where the fruit is used fresh, but not so suitable for commercial packaging and storage. As with other varieties, acid well drained soil with plenty of mulch and summer moisture.
Cutting grown from local vineyard stock, the mature vines perform well in our cooler climate and produce a crisp dry light wine which is more like a pinot gris or sauvignon blanc. Summer prune to reduce risk of hosting mildew.
Cross between a strawberry and potentilla, this plant provides edible fruit and attractive pink flowers. use as ground-cover, cottage garden in-fill, mass planting or in tubs.