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Having a selection of herbs just outside your door will change how you interact with your garden. Staples like parsley and sage grow rampant with a bit of care, and even Mediterranean herbs such as rosemary and lavender can be grown in Ireland if you give them enough sun and free-draining soil.
Potted herbs | all year round
Our widest variety of herbs are available from April to June. This also tends to be the best time to plant them so that they have time to put on lots of spring and summer growth! If you're looking for herbs outside of these times, we do usually have some available earlier in the spring and later in the summer as well.
Bay Laurel
Bay Laurel
€18.00
Bay Laurel - Laurus nobilis Laurus nobilis is a remnant of the vast laurel forests of ancient times, that originally covered much of the Mediterranean Basin until around ten thousand years ago. The iconic wreaths used as a status symbol in ancient Greece were made of laurel. An evergreen, large shrub or small tree, Laurus nobilis is an aromatic ...
Chamomile, Lawn
Chamomile, Lawn
€4.00
Chamaemelum nobile Treneague What smells better than a freshly cut grass lawn? How about a Chamomile lawn? Lawn Chamomile is a non-flowering, low-growing cultivar of classic Chamomile. It's a tough, aromatic little perennial that will tolerate some traffic and has, because of this and its ground-covering qualities, gained some fame as a good low...
Chives
Chives
€3.00
Allium schoenoprasum Chives are a classic perennial kitchen herb from the onion family, smelling and tasting strongly of onion. It has thin green strap-like leaves and purple flower umbels, all edible and used commonly as an ingredient in a wide variety of dishes. Chives have insect-repelling properties and can be planted in gardens to do just t...
Curry Plant
Curry Plant
€3.00
Helichrysum italicum A small bushy evergreen shrub with silver-grey leaves and yellow flowers in clusters in Summer. Even though its common name is Curry Plant and it does smell like curry powder, this herb has nothing in common with actual curry spice. Helichrysum has more of a sage-like aroma and can be used as such in Mediterr...
Lemon Verbena
Lemon Verbena
€4.00
Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena is a very pleasantly aromatic plant that grows up to 2.5m high. An elegant herb with slender stalks bearing lance-shaped leaves that smell strongly of lemon. Very small white to lilac flowers in Summer. A great addition to the herb border or kitchen garden that will provide some height. Holds the R...
Marjoram, golden
Marjoram, golden
€3.00
Origanum majorana Aureum Golden Marjoram is a pretty, lower growing version of standard marjoram. A clump-forming growth habit with bright yellow leaves that will add contrast in any herb border or rock garden. Clusters of small pink or white flowers from early to mid-Summer. Much loved by bees and butterflies. Cut off the dying...
Mint, Chocolate
Mint, Chocolate
€4.00
Chocolate Peppermint A delicious herb for puddings and peppermint tea, Mentha x piperita f. citrata Chocolate is a small, vigorous, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, with a spreading habit. It’s a peppermint with a definite taste of chocolate. The ovate, pointed leaves are deep green, tinged red-purple in sun and coppery in shade. Spikes o...
Oregano
Oregano
€3.00
Origanum vulgare Oregano is a perennial plant well known as a kitchen herb. The ancient Greek words that the name derives from translate as 'brightness of the mountain'. The small ovate leaves, growing on a woody-based mound, are aromatic and bear small pink flowers in Summer through to early Autumn (bee plant!). Easily propagate...
Oregano, golden
Oregano, golden
€3.00
Origanum vulgare Aureum Golden Oregano is a pretty yellow-leaved version of standard oregano. It only grows to about 30cm (1ft) in height, in a clump that will happily cover some ground. Wiry stems or broadly oval, golden-yellow leaves bear little pink bell-shaped flowers in clusters which pollinators will flock to. Easy to prop...
Sage, Green
Sage, Green
€4.00
Salvia officinalis A well known culinary herb with grey-green, felty, strongly aromatic leaves. Also has medicinal uses and in making soaps and perfumes. Lilac-blue flowers appear in Summer and are very attractive to bees. Best grown in sharply drained, fairly poor soil in full sun and a warm position. Dislikes excessive winter wet. Howe...
Sage, Tricolor
Sage, Tricolor
€4.00
Salvia officinalis Tricolor A variegated form of culinary sage with edible leaves that are irregularly margined creamy white and flushed pink when young. Salvia officinalis Tricolor has purple-blue flowers that appear in late Spring and are enjoyed by bees. Best in sharply drained, fairly poor soil in full sun and a warm position. Not as...
Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum
€4.00
Allium ursinum - Wild Garlic A wild relative of chives and native to Europe and Asia, known commonly as Wild Garlic or Ramsons. Allium ursinum carpets damp woodland in April and May with a display of round white, star-shaped flowers and broad long leaves. All parts are edible, the leaves can be eaten in salads or lightly cooked but be sure that...
Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera
€4.00
Aloe Vera Who doesn't know Aloe Vera? It is likely there is at least one skincare product in your household with Aloe Vera on the ingredient list, as the syrupy juice from the leaves is used in skin care products and as a treatment of burns. It originally hails from the Arabian peninsula but is quite happy here, as long as it's k...
Angelica archangelica
Angelica archangelica
€4.00
Garden Angelica, Norwegian Angelica A plant with majestic presence, Angelica archangelica is a late flowering native wildflower with exceptional architectural form. Angelica is a bright green biennial with deeply coloured contrasting stems and dome shaped heads of pale yellow flowers which are extremely attractive to bees and other beneficial p...
Borage
Borage
€3.00
Borago officinalis (Borráiste gorm) Borage, also known as starflower, is an annual well-known all over Europe, but originally hails from the Mediterranean. Growing up to 60cm high on hairy stems with long ovate leaves, its blue star-shaped flowers are a sight and will brighten up any summer salad from May to September. Bees flock to Borage and i...
Chamomile, Roman
Chamomile, Roman
€3.00
Chamaemelum nobile Everyone knows Chamomile for the delicious tea made from the flowers, traditionally used to cure insomnia. It has aromatic, finely divided leaves and daisy-like white flowers in June and July that can be dried and stored. Site: Tolerates exposureSoil: Any well-drainedPosition: Full sun to part shadeSeason of Interest: Edible ...
Fennel, bronze
Fennel, bronze
€3.00
Foeniculum vulgare Purpureum A bronze-coloured variety of Fennel, Bronze fennel is a clump-forming perennial with finely divided foliage which is purple when young, later grey-green and smoky; flat heads of tiny yellow flowers appear in summer. Culinary use similar to Green fennel. It will re-seed enthusiastically, though, so keep this in mind -...
Fennel, green
Fennel, green
€3.00
Foeniculum vulgare An impressive cloud of pinnate leaves and a heavenly scent- green fennel is a common sight in the kitchen garden - and we might add that it's a great ornamental, too, what with its height and texture. F. vulgare is a robust, upright biennial (or short-lived perennial) with and flat umbels of small yellow flowers in summer; bot...
Fragaria vesca - Wild Strawberry
€3.00
Wild Strawberry (Sú talún fiáin) Finding this plant growing wild and picking off the tiny sweet ‘strawberries’ is the cherry on the cake if you’re out on a walk anywhere in Ireland. Also known as Alpine strawberry, Fragaria vesca is native to Ireland and a popular choice among permaculturists. The berries are not actually berries, technically sp...
Fragaria vesca Alexandria
€3.00
Alpine Strawberry Alexandria A long-established American cultivar of alpine strawberry, Fragaria vesca Alexandria is a deciduous, bushy, short-lived perennial, producing pretty, white, single flowers and small, but delicious fruit. The plant bears fruit over a long period from mid-summer to late autumn, and is a fairly heavy cropper for an alpin...