Herb seeds M to P
Herb Seeds M to P
Herbs A B / Basil / C / D to G / H to K / L / M to P / R / S / T to Z / Herb Index
All seed count
approximate. HZ = hardiness zone
CH = Chinese Medicinal Herb
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Mallow Marsh Perennial
Av 400 seeds £1.25 Marsh Mallow Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow bears white or pink flowers in late summer. Used as a culinary, medicinal and ornamental herb. Prefers a rich moist sunny site, hardy down to approx - 25 deg C. Long medicinal and culinary history and was considered a delicacy in Roman times. Roots boiled and fried in butter, and young tops eaten in spring salads. Leaves and root used raw or cooked Add to basket
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Mallow Common
H perennial Av 140 seeds £1.25 Common Mallow Malva Sylvestris - Blue Mallow Common Mallow prefers a sunny position. It was once regarded as one of the most important medicinal herbs. It was once said to be a aphrodisiac. The leaves are used raw or cooked and added to a soup act as a thickener, used as a tea or used in a salad. The flowers used as a garnish in a salad. The leaves can be used to relieve insect bites and stings. Magical powers of exorcism, love and protection. Add to basket
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Mallow Musk
Perennial Av 240 seeds
£1.25 Musk Mallow Malva Moschata Mallow Musk prefers a sunny site. Leaves are used raw or cooked, use in summer salads. The flowers are used raw in a salad and the seed raw having a nutty taste. Add to basket
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Musk White
Perennial Av 500 seeds/g Musk Mallow White Malva moschata alba Hgt 30- 80cm Flowers July to August Attractive large white flowers with, musk scented. A plant that is at home in old fashioned cottage gardens. A medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat grassy places with fertile soil. Av 1,000 seeds/pkt £1.25 Add to basket 20
gram bulk pkt £7.95
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Marigold Pot English Marigold
Annual Av 140 Seeds
£0.90 Calendula officinalis Having Orange flowers that can be used in salads. Pot marigold a well known plant, the petals can add orange colour to rice and other dishes, the petals have a delicate taste. A good companion to grow alongside tomatoes, cucumber and asparagus. Magical powers include legal matters, protection, psychic powers and prophetic dreams. Add to basket
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Marigold Yellow
Hardy annual Calendula officinalis Hgt 30cm Rare semi-wild form with masses of single small yellow flowers. Sow where it is to grow in spring to early summer and September. 1 gram pkt £1.25 Add to basket Not to be confused with Pot Marigold (Orange) available in herb catalogue
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Marigold Mexican
Annual Av 190 seeds £1.00 Tagetes minuta - Muster John Henry, Chinchilla, Wild Marigold Culinary and medicinal herb, companion plant, effective insecticide. A essential oil is produced from the plant that is used in flavouring various food stuffs. The dried leaves of Mexican Marigold are used in cooking they give an apple like aroma to foods. Medicinally used both internally and externally. Sow seed in spring, grow in fertile soil in a sunny site. Add to basket
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Marjoram Pot
Perennial Av 1,000 seeds £0.85 Origanum vulgare Marjoram pot often called Oregano. Use fresh or dried leaves in soups, in `bouquet garni` stuffing's, stews, and sauces; meat, fish, and egg recipes and salads. Small purple flowers in late summer. Add to basket
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Marjoram,sweet
HH annual Av 750 seeds £0.85 Origanum majorana In sheltered position and warm areas can be a hardy perennial. Strong sweet aromatic flavour. Small grey leaves and white flowers up the stem. Sweet Marjoram is a volatile herb so must be added at the end of cooking to keep flavour. Magical powers include health, happiness, love, money and protection. Add to basket
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Meadow Clary
Perennial Av 1,000 seeds £1.25 Salvia pratenseis - Meadow clary, Salvia Agrestis Flowers from July to August. Was once used as flavouring in wines and beers. Medicinal usage the same as sage. Sow indoors/greenhouse early spring grow on and plant out in early summer. Grow in well drained fertile soil in full sun. Add to basket
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Meadowsweet
Perennial 1g pkt Av 1,500 seeds £1.25 Fillipendula ulmaria Hgt 60- 120cm Flowers June to September Frothy heads of Scented creamy-white flowers. Known as Queen of the meadows. Used as an air-freshener Add to basket
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Mignonette
Biennial/perennial Av 1,300 seeds 1 gram £1.25 Reseda lutea - Wild Mignonette, Yellow Mignonette Flowers from June to August. The herb is no longer used today but was once thought to bring the body into balance and had a calming effect. The flower attracts bees and is used by beekeepers. Sow seed in situ in spring and lightly cover, grow in neutral to alkaline soil in full sun to semi shade.
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Magical powers of Mint in general include exorcism, lust, money, travel and protection. Mint has a long history of magical uses in mixtures and healing potions.
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Mint Curly
Perennial Av 500 seeds £0.85 Mentha crispa Bright green leaves with attractive curl. Similar flavour to spearmint. Curly mint is excellent to grow alongside tomatoes and cabbages. Add to basket
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Mint Spearmint
Perennial Av 500 seeds £0.85 mentha spicata Mint spearmint is the well known mint used with peas and potatoes and to make sauce, in tea, desserts and iced drinks. The best mint for making mint tea. Produces blue flowers. Magical powers of healing, love and mental powers. Add to basket
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Mint, Peppermint
Perennial Av 500 seeds £0.85 Mentha piperita Dark green leaves sometimes with a touch of red. Has a slightly stronger mint flavour than spearmint. The dried leaves and flowers of peppermint can be used in cosmetics and pot-pourris. Magical powers of love, sleep, healing and purification. Add to basket
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Monkshood
CAUTION Toxic if Eaten Perennial Av 40 seeds
£1.25 Acontium napellus - Aconite, Wolfsbane, Wolfbane, Wolfs Bane, Wolfs Hat, Leopards bane Hgt 1.5m Flowers June to August Hardiness zone 6. Monkshood habitat shady stream banks, woodland and dappled shade. Extremely poisonous. A medicinal herb and should only be used under the guidance of the medical trade. Magical powers of invisibility and protection. Monkshood grows in almost any soil in semi shade, takes up to 3 years to flower. Sow early spring in cold frame unheated glasshouse, stratification (cold treatment) of seed for 3-4 weeks aids germination Add to basket
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Morning Glory
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See flower section
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Motherwort
Perennial Av 500 seeds £0.95 Leonurus cardiaca - Common Motherwort Hardy hairy perennial. Culinary and medicinal herb, scented pinkish white flowers from July to September, square stemmed with deeply lobed leaves spear shaped towards the upper part of the plant. Sow spring in a cold frame or sow direct late spring.
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Chinese Motherwort
Annual or Biennial Av 350 seeds £0.95 Leonurus sibiricus Medicinal herb with tall spikes of scented crimson lipped flowers from July to September. Sow late spring in a cold frame.
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Mountain Mint
Perennial Av 450 seeds £0.95 Pycanthemum Flower buds and leaves are used raw or cooked. Mountain mint is excellent in salads or as a condiment having strong peppermint scented leaves . The fresh or dried leaves are brewed into a delicious mint-like tea. Attracts butterflies and bees. Position in full sun prefers rich loamy soils suitable for most soils. Not a true mint.
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Mountain Tobacco
Perennial Av 100 seeds £1.35 Arnica montana - Arnica, Leopards Bane, Mountain Daisy The whole plant is Toxic and should only be used externally and only when the skin is unbroken. Mountain tobacco is a Swiss herb, It is used for bruising, sprains, traumas, is used in a number of prepared treatments and the leaves are also known to have been smoked. Flowers are used, picked when fully open and dried. It does not like alkaline soil, grow in full sun to dappled shade, in moist humus rich soil. Ideal in the rock garden, flower border and in woodland conditions. Sow seeds in cold frame Autumn and Spring, seed germination benefits from Cold Stratification germination difficult and erratic.
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Mouse-ear Hawkweed Perennial
Av 175 seeds £1.75 Hieracium. pilosella syn Pilosella officinarum A medicinal herb Mouse-ear hawkweed has no culinary uses. Is still used today by herbalists and main uses are with respiratory problems. Habitat is in walls, lawns, meadows and sunny banks, a good plant for attracting butterflies and bees. Grow in well drained soil in sun to partial shade.
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Mugwort
CH Perennial Av 800 seeds
£0.90 Artemesia vulgaris - Old man, Sailor's tobacco, St, Johns plant Mugwort prefers a sunny site in moist soil. All parts of the plant can be used either fresh or dried. Flowers were once used to flavour beer. Aids digestion, used in herbal tobaccos also in stuffing's in fatty meats. Used as an insect repellant. In Japan Mugwort is used as a potherb. A weak tea can be used as a multi-purpose insecticide! An important herb in the times of the Druids and Anglo-Saxons as one of the nine herbs used to repel evil and poisons. Known as the mother of herbs it was used in witchcraft and fertility rites. Magical herb powers include astral projection, healing, protection, prophetic dreams and strength. Add to basket
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Mullein Great or Aaron's-Rod
Biennial 1 gram av 10,000 seeds £1.25 Verbascum thapsus Hgt 80 - 200cm Flowers June to September Origin Norfolk. Yellow flowers appear in the second year in early summer. A tea can be made from the dried leaves, also a medicinal herb. Prefers a sunny site dislike shade and wet soil. Habitat grassy banks, dry open and waste ground. 1 gram pkt Add to basket
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Myrtle
HH Perennial Av 50 seeds £1.65 Myrtus communis Myrtle fruit is used raw or cooked, used fresh when ripe or dried then as an aromatic flavouring. The leaves are used in cooked savory dishes, dried fruit and flower buds in sauces. The wood is used for walking sticks. The plant can be grown as a hedge in southern Britain or clipped to form simple topiary. Roots and bark are used for tanning leather. This is not an easy seed to germinate requires 70 deg F and complete darkness to germinate. Magic herb powers of love, fertility, peace, money and youth, it has long been considered the herb of love. Add to basket
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Nettle has many Magic herb powers, the power of protection, lust, healing, purification and exorcism.
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Common Perennial
Av 7,000 seeds/gram Urtica dioica - Common Nettle, Stinging Nettle, Native British Seed Hgt 50-150cm Flowers June to September A very under rated and useful plant for culinary, medicinal, dyestuff, fibre, oil and liquid plant food. The leaves have small hairs that sting causing irritation to the skin. The stinging is neutralised by either drying or cooking, they are then safe to use as an edible plant. This plant is an excellent attractor to wildlife and provides nutritious food. The sting can be relieved by rubbing the effected area with dock leaves. The plant was used in manufacturing cloth from as early as the Bronze age. Culinary the leaves are used young, being picked before June, cooked and can be used as a vegetable like spinach, and added to soups and stews. Young shoots are used to make nettle beer and dried leaves as a herbal tea. A medicinal herb used for treating anemia, stemming internal bleeding, skin and hair problems. It is grown commercially for chlorophyll obtained from the leaves and stems. Sow seed in a cold frame in spring. Position plants in nitrogen rich fertile soil in full sun to partial shade. 1 gram pkt £1.25 Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90
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Small Annual
Av 2,500 seeds/gram Urtica urens Hgt 60+cm Flowers May to October Wild flower/Herb Native British Burning Nettle A very under rated and useful plant for culinary, medicinal, dyestuff, fibre, oil and liquid plant food. The leaves have small hairs that sting causing irritation to the skin. The stinging is neutralised by either drying or cooking, they are then safe to use as an edible plant. This plant is an excellent attractor to wildlife. The sting can be relieved by rubbing the effected area with dock leaves. The plant was used in manufacturing cloth from as early as the Bronze age. Culinary the leaves are used young, being picked before June, cooked and can be used as a vegetable like spinach, and added to soups and stews. Young shoots are used to make nettle beer. A medicinal herb used for treating anaemia, bites, stings, burns and stemming internal bleeding, also used for scalp and hair problems. A green dye is obtained from the leaves and stems. Sow seed in a cold frame in spring just covering the seed. Position plants in nitrogen rich fertile soil in full sun. 1 gram pkt £1.25 Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90
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Nicotiana sylvestris Av 2,000 seeds
£1.00 Tobacco Wild White flowered large tobacco plant. Native to America. Native British seed. Sow on compost surface at 20-25C.
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Nipplewort Hardy annual
Av 350 seeds £1.25 Lapsana communis Hgt up to 150cm Flowers June to August Native of wood edges, hedges, waste ground, walls and cultivated ground. The flower heads are made up of lemon-yellow ray florets. The young leaves can be used in salads or cooked like spinach and used in soups, when used in the young leaf stage is best as a cut and come again crop. Grows in full sun to semi shade. Sow during spring where they are to grow lightly cover seed. Add to basket
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Olive see
Olea europea
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Orach Red Plume
Annual Av 100 seeds £1.00 Atriplex hortensis - Orache, Mountain Spinach Orach leaves are used raw or cooked used as spinach, the seed is believed to be a good source of vitamin 'A'. Makes an ideal garden ornamental. In the middle ages the plant was used for lung and liver ailments. Add to basket
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Orach Golden
Annual Av 100 seeds £1.00 Atriplex hortensis Orach Golden, leaves ideal as a ornamental use as above. Add to basket
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Oregano Greek
Perennial Av 1,500 seeds £0.95 Origanum Greek Oregano is found in the mountains of Greece, very different from normal Oregano having a fiery aroma. An important flavouring in Mediterranean cooking in salad dressings, legumes and vegetables and included in strong flavoured dishes with chili's, onions and garlic. An excellent ground covering plant for sunny sites. A very aromatic plant. Add to basket
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Parcel
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Parcel
Av 400 Seeds £1.00 Apium graveolens - Zwolsche krul - Par-cel - Leaf Celery Parcel looks just like parsley but tastes like celery as well, use in soups, salads and garnish, try it and you will love it. The leaves are finely cut and resemble parsley. Sow from spring until mid/late summer outdoors when the soil is warm in situ or in trays/pots indoors. Plant out in full sun to partial shade 30 cm apart. For pot plants use 15-20cm pots keep moist. Add to basket
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Parsley piert
Hardy Annual Av 350 seeds £1.00 Aphanes arvensis Parsley piert leaf once used in salads and also pickled for use during winter. Now used as a medicinal herb and used in modern herbalism in the treatment for kidney and bladder stones. Best sown in autumn during dry weather. Add to basket
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Parsley has the magical powers of lust, protection and purification.
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Parsley Champion Moss Curled
Perennial Av 1,000 seeds £1.30 Petroselinum crispum Parsley Champion a very popular standard curled type, of crisp texture with fine curled leaves, very ornamental plant.
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Parsley Envy
Av 900 Seeds £1.00 Petroselinum crispum Parsley Envy Summer/Autumn Variety. Attractive with fully curled piquantly flavoured compact heads . Ideal for drying. This is one of the best moss curled selection available. Add to basket
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Parsley Plain or French
Perennial Av 500 Seeds £0.85 Petroselinum hortense Parsley Plain or French is the true parsley variety. Reputed to have better flavour than the many curled varieties.
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Parsley Italian Giant ORGANIC Av 300 seeds Sow February to July Harvest June onwards A cooking herb for pot or outdoor plot. Vigerous, aromatic plant with bright green plain leaves. Early sowings can be made indoors in pots or trays under glass @ 13 deg C later sowings outdoors in situ. The thinnings can be potted for winter use. Always harvest 2cm above the soil to encourage new growth. Temp Sold Out
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Pennyroyal
Perennial Av 1,200 seeds
£0.95 Mentha pulegium Once one of the most popular of the mint family having a strong peppermint scent. A medicinal and Magical herb with the powers of peace, protection and strength. Pennyroyal has mauve-blue flowers. Do not take this peppermint tea if Pregnant. Add to basket
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Pimpernel
Scarlet
Annual Av 250 seeds £1.25 Annagallis arvensis subsp.arvensis Hgt 6 - 30cm Flowers June to August Scarlet Pimpernel, beautiful coloured scarlet with a purple eye in pairs that close in the afternoon. Also known as poor mans weather glass as the flowers only fully open in sunshine. Habitat waste ground cultivated ground and sand dunes. One of the few scarlet wild flowers. Add to basket
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Pleurisy Root
Perennial Av 45 seeds £1.45 Ascelpias tuberosa - Butterfly weed Pleurisy root is an ornamental plant having bright orange-yellow flowers. A medicinal herb. Culinary herb but is poisonous if used in large quantities. Prefers a sunny sheltered position in the UK. Sow in greenhouse Autumn, Winter and early Spring, germination approx 3 months grow on in greenhouse for first year planting out in spring. Add to basket
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Papaver somniferum
On average 1,500 to 2,000 seeds per gram
A culinary and medicinal herb, a narcotic, sedative herb used for relieving pain
and relaxing spasms.
Poppy
The Giant
Papaver.Somniferum giganteum (Opium Poppy) Just arrived
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Poppy
Hens and Chickens
Papaver.Somniferum (Opium Poppy)
80cm
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Poppy Field
Annual Av 7,000 seeds/g Papaver rhoeas - Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, Corn Poppy, Common Poppy Hgt 20 - 60cm Flowers May to August Common poppy, Corn Poppy or field poppy have solitary scarlet flowers, they were once a common site in cornfields. Habitat Cultivated and waste ground. During the setting of flowers the plant is mildly toxic. 1 gram pkt £1.25
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Primrose
Perennial Av 50 seeds £1.25 Primula Vulgaris Hgt 10 - 20cm Flowers December to May Pale yellow flowers. Habitat hedgerows damp soils and woodlands. A medicinal and culinary herb that relieves pain, relaxes and promotes healing. Magical herb of love and protection. Add to basket
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Purple-Loosestrife
Perennial Av 2,000 seeds £1.25 Lythrum salicaria Hgt 60 - 120cm Flowers June to August Redish purple flowers in dense spikes. Habitat A waterside plant, marshes, fens and wetland areas. Add to basket
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PurslaneGolden
Annual Av 300 seeds £0.85 Portulaca oleracea The golden counterpart of green Purslane. The red stems contrast well with yellow/golden leaves. stems and leaves can be pickled for winter use. Purslane has the magical powers of happiness, luck, love and sleep. Add to basket
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PurslaneGreen
Annual Av 600 seeds £0.85 Portulaca oleracea Sprawling plant with fleshy stalks and rosettes of leaves on tips. Use fresh Purslane leaves in salads and can be cooked like spinach. Add to basket
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Pyrethrum
Perennial Av 125 seeds £1.65 Dalmatian pellitory - Tanacetum cinerariifolium also known as Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium The dried flowers of Pyrethrum are used as an insecticide and fumigant. The flower buds are picked when they are in full bloom this is when they have the highest pyrethrin content. A good insect repellent for the garden. Grow in well drained soil in full sun. Sow seeds spring onwards. Out of Stock
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The information in the above list is intended for general information and interest, if you wish to use herbs for medicinal purposes consult a Doctor in all cases prior to using herbs to treat yourself.
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