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Thompson & Morgan Herb Chervil. • One of the few hardy annual herbs for all-year-round use. • The leaves can be chopped and used in salads, stews, and dressings, or used as a garnish in the same way as parsley. • Widely used on the continent for its rich savoury flavour resembling that of caraway, which blends well with fish and meat. • Height: 45cm (18"). • Spread: 25cm (10"). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Chives. • This perennial member of the onion family is undemanding and easy to grow, returning year after year, and attracting bees and butterflies to its pretty pink blooms. • Chives are an essential addition to the herb garden. • Their leaves and edible flowers make them indispensible for garnishing potato salad, soups and other savoury dishes. • Chives are ideal for edging paths and borders and also make an excellent companion plant, deterring pests such as carrot root fly. • Height: 40cm (16"). • Spread: 30cm (12"). -
Thompson & MorganHerb Comfrey Symphytum. • The leaves of Comfrey (Symphytum), which can be harvested several times a season, are used as a compost activator helping the breakdown of other compost materials. • Also used as a mulch, or is superb used as a liquid manure on tomato and potatoes plants. • Comfrey grows in any soil, preferably moist, in sun or part shade. • Height to 120cm (4ft). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Coriander. • A dual purpose annual herb, Coriander is grown for its seeds or fresh young leaves. Coriander seeds are delicious in cakes and when crushed, add an orangey flavour to meat dishes. • The young leaves of Coriander are often called ‘Cilantro’; finely chop and add to chicken soup to give it a Latin touch or soak the crushed seeds in hot water and add the liquid only to cubes of pork simmering in tomatoes for a real Mexican flavour. • Height: 15-70cm (6-28in). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Coriander Calypso. • This British bred coriander has excellent bolting resistance and can be cut back and allowed to re-grow at least 3 times throughout the summer due to its extremely low growing point. • This quick growing annual herb is best grown for its delicious foliage that can be added to salads, curries and soups. • Height: 40cm (16"). • Spread: 25cm (10"). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Dill. • This aromatic annual can be grown for its seeds or its rich, aniseed flavoured foliage that complements fish dishes particularly well. • The feathery dill leaves make an attractive addition to a sunny herb garden. • This easy to grow herb is tolerant of most conditions and requires little maintenance. • Height: 90cm (35"). • Spread: 30cm (12"). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Dragon. • With a dwarf habit and excellent resistance to bolting or yellowing, this modern variety makes an attractive feature in the kitchen garden as well as a tasty and productive crop. • Use the flavoursome bulbs of Fennel 'Dragon' to create refreshing summer salads as well as in a multitude of cooked recipes. • Stagger your sowings through late spring and into summer and you can be harvesting your own home-grown fennel bulbs right through to autumn! • Height: 75cm (30in). • Spread: 45cm (18in). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Dragons Tongue. • Resilient and slow to bolt, coping well with our varying soils and weather conditions. • The serrated leaves are dark green with attractive purple veining. • This short lived perennial salad crop is ideal for adding life to salads, sandwiches and garnishes, or wilting as an alternative to spinach. • With successional sowings in an unheated greenhouse, this tasty wild rocket will provide fresh, peppery salad leaves all year round. • Height and spread: 15cm (6") if harvested regularly or up to 60cm (24") if left uncropped. -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Fennel. • May be grown as a herb for its attractive ferny foliage or as a vegetable for its swollen base and stem. • With a delicate aniseed flavour the foliage of this hardy perennial makes a tasty addition to salads or as an attractive garnish. • With a multitude of uses, fennel can even be used as a compress for softening rough chapped hands, or for treating numerous ailments. • Height: 180cm (71"). • Spread: 45cm (18"). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Fennel Bronze. • The feathery foliage of this attractive Bronze fennel makes a handsome addition to the herb garden. • This versatile hardy perennial herb has a multitude of culinary uses. • Add the foliage to salads or use it to garnish fish dishes. • Flavour soups, cakes and bread with the aromatic, aniseed tasting fennel seeds. • Even the swollen bulbs of fennel can be used as tasty vegetable. • Height: 180cm (71"). • Spread: 45cm (18"). -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Garlic Chives. • Garlic chives, or Chinese chives, differ from ordinary chives in having flat leaves and have a delicate mild garlic flavour. • They can be used in the same way as chives and are excellent in salads, stews, fish, egg or meat dishes. • The flower buds are a Chinese delicacy and can be eaten raw, stir fried or added to scrambled eggs. • A versatile and easy to grow perennial for the herb garden. • Height: 50cm (20"). • Spread: 15cm (6").. -
Thompson & Morgan Herb Lemon Balm. • A bushy herb that resembles mint in appearance, with an invigorating lemon scent when the leaves are crushed. • The aromatic foliage can be used to make refreshing lemon balm tea or added to soups and oils for a tangy lemon flavour. • Lemon balm flowers are particularly attractive to bees giving rise to its other name, bee balm. • This hardy perennial herb has a vigorous habit which is best restricted by growing it in a container. • Height: 50cm (20"). • Spread: 45cm (18").
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