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HERB NAME
CODE
PRICE
DESCRIPTION
Caraway
Carum carvi
CAC01
€ 1.50
Spicy caraway seeds are used in all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw. Traditionally used in rye bread, buns and cakes, as well as in soups and stews.
Common Calamint
Calamintha silvatica
CAS01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
A plant with small delicate flowers for the Mediterranean garden.
Camphorbush
Artemisia camphorata
ARC01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
A semi-evergreen shrub, the grey green leaves make a good moth repellent.
Catmint
Nepeta fassenii
NEF01
€ 3.00
Nice with roses, good groundcover, aromatic foliage.
Catnip
Nepeta cataria
NEC01
€ 3.00
Favorite for cats.
Catnip, Lemon
Nepeta cataria v. citriodora
NEC02
€ 3.00
Intensive lemony scented leaves, best plant for teas.
Catnip, Spanish
Nepeta tuberosa
NET01
€ 3.00
A Catnip from Spain and Portugal, also lemony scented, for teas.
Caucasian Crosswort
Phuiopsis stylosa
PHS01
€ 3.00
Good groundcover flowers have a nice fragrance.
Centaury
Centaurium erythaea
CEE01
€ 2.00
A bitter herb used medicinally, nice pink flowers.
Caucasian Germander
Teucrium hircanicum
TEH01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
A nice late flowering bee plant, ornamental plant
Celery herb
Apium graveolens
APG01
€ 2.00
A good culinary herb, aromatic leaves can be used like Parsley, but with a celery flavour.
Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium
ANC01
€ 1.50
Young plants are ready for cutting after 6-8 weeks. Chervil is one of the 'fines herbes' of the French cuisine.
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
CII01
€ 2.00
Sky blue flowers appear all the summer.
Chilean Glory Flower
Eccremocarpus scaber
ECS01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
Climber, ornamental, interesting flowers.
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
ALS01
€ 2.50 / € 3.50
Besides using the leaves try the pretty purple flowers.
Chives, Garlic
Allium tuberosum
ALTU01
€ 2.50 / € 3.50
Flat leafed variety, with a mild garlic taste.
Chives, Garlic pink
Allium species
ALSP01
€ 2.50 / € 3.50
Similar to the white Garlic Chives, but with nice edible pink flowers.
Clammy Campion
Lychnis viscaria
LYV01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
A nice border plant or for the Wild Garden
Climbing Dicentra
Dicentra scandens
DISC01
€ 3.00
Also 'Climbing Bleeding Heart Vine', nice yellow heart-shaped flowers all summer till far into autumn. Dies down over winter.
Codonopsis, Dang Shen
Codonopsis pilosula
COP01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
Important Chinese medicinal herb, ginseng substitute, easier to grow than ginseng.
Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
SYO01
€ 2.50 / € 3.50
Variety known and used for centuries, purple flowers.
Comfrey, Dwarf
Symphytum ibericum
SYI01
€ 2.50
Good groundcover, otherwise same properties than Comfrey.
Cotton Lavender, Green
Santolina viridis
SAV01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
Green foliage has a scent after black olives, moth repellent.
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
COS01
€ 1.50
Erect annual with pungently aromatic, lobed to pinnately divided leaves.
Coriander, Vietnamese
Polygonum odoratum
POO01
€ 2.50
Good peppery coriander aroma, strong growing, loves moist soil.
Corncockle
Agrostemma githago
AGG01
€ 1.50
Annual summer flower, pink white flowers mid to late summer, full sun.
Cowslip
Primula veris
PRV01
€ 2.50
Attractive wild flower, flowering early spring.
Cupid's Dart
Catanache caerulea
CAC01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
Profusion of lavender-blue flowers with dark eyes.
Curryplant
Helichrysum italicum
HEI01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
Evergreen small shrub with silvery foliage, the leaves smell strongly of curry, yellow buttonlike flowers.
Day Lily
Hemerocallis flavum
HEF01
€ 4.00
Flowers are scented and edible and turn their heads towards the sun. They last only one day.
Deadly Nightshade
Atropa belladonna
ATB01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
Tall perennial with bell-shaped flowers, followed by black shiny berries, poisonous, medicinal use.
Dill
Anethum graveolens
ANG01
€ 1.50
Short lived, use of leaves, flowers and seeds, fresh and dried.
Dittany
Dictamnus albus
DIA01
€ 3.00 / € 4.00
A very long lived herbaceous perennial, also known as 'Burning Bush'.
Dragonhead
Dragocephalum moldavicum
DRV01
€ 1.50
Attractive, scented leaves and flowers, very good for teas.
Dyer's Bugloss; Alkanet
Anchusa officinalis
ANO01
€ 2.50
Nice blue flowers, for dry soil.
Dyer's Chamomile
Anthemis tinctoria
ANT01
€ 2.50 / € 3.50
Quick growing plant, for the dye garden.
Dyer's Woodruff
Asperula tinctoria
AST01
€ 2.50 / € 3.50
A plant with delicate flowers which have an attractive apple scent. The root yields a red dye.