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Mallow Marsh
Perennial Marsh Mallow Althaea officinalis Hgt 60 - 100cm Flowers July to September Pale pink flowers with soft velvety leaves. Medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat marshy places. Approx 550 seeds per gram Av 1 gram pkt
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Mallow Marsh
Perennial Marsh Mallow Althaea officinalis Hgt 60 - 100cm Flowers July to September Pale pink flowers with soft velvety leaves. Medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat marshy places. Approx 550 seeds per gram Av 1 gram pkt
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Mallow Common
H perennial 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. Approx 290 seeds per gram
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Mallow
Musk
Perennial Malva moschata - Musk Mallow Hgt 30- 80cm Flowers July to August Attractive large rose-pink 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. Approx 450 seeds per gram Av 1 gram pkt
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Musk White
Perennial 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. £0.79 Av 150 seeds
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Marigold Pot English Marigold
Annual Calendula officinalis Pot Marigold or English Marigold has Orange flowers that can be used in salads. Pot marigold a well known plant of cottage gardens, 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. 1 gram approx 130 seeds £1.35 Av 1 gram pkt
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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 approx 160 seeds Av 1 gram pkt Not to be confused with Pot Marigold (Orange)
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Marigold Mexican
Annual 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. £1.20 Av 190 seeds
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Marjoram Pot
or Oregano
Perennial 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. £1.25 Av 1,000 seeds
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Marjoram sweet
HH annual 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. £1.10 Av 750 seeds
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Marjoram Wild
Perennial Origanum vulgare - Wild Marjoram Hgt 30 - 80cm Flowers July to September Pinkish purple flowers in branched clusters. A popular garden plant, a culinary and medicinal herb. Attracts butterflies. Found on grassland, woodland margins and on chalk and limestone. Av 750 seeds
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Meadowsweet
Perennial 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 1 gram approx 1,500 seeds
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Mignonette
Biennial/perennial 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. 1 gram approx 1,300 seed
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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 Mentha crispa Bright green leaves with attractive curl. Similar flavour to spearmint. Curly mint is excellent to grow alongside tomatoes and cabbages. £1.10 Av 500 seeds
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Mint Spearmint
Perennial mentha spicata Mint spearmint is the well known mint used with peas and potatoes and to make mint 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. £1.20 Av 500 seeds
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Mint, Peppermint
Perennial 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. £1.20 Av 500 seeds
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| Monardella odoratissima Mountain Monardella, American pennyroyal. Small shrub with grey-green leaves and pale pink to purple flowers. An American herb and a great scented plant for attracting bees and butterflies into the garden. Sow in cold frame Autumn can also be sown early Spring. Germination erratic and slow.
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Monkshood CAUTION Toxic if Eaten Perennial Acontium napellus - Aconite, Wolfsbane, Wolfbane, Wolfs Bane, Wolfs Hat, Leopards bane Hgt 1.5m Flowers June to August 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. £1.60 Av 50 seeds
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Morning Glory
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Chinese Motherwort
Annual or Biennial 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 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 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 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
Chinese Medicinal Herb
Perennial 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. £1.10 Av 800 seeds
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Myrtle HH
Perennial Herb 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. £1.85 Av 50 seeds
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