Tasting like a mixture of mint & cloves this Basil compliments courgettes & is legendary in tomato & pasta dishes.

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A beautiful upright herb with rough leaves covered with silvery hairs & most attractive celestial blue flowers. Beloved by bees it has a cucumber like flavour. Chopped leaves make a healthy soup or young leaves can be dipped in batter & lightly fried until crisp.

Finely cut leaves make a delicious sandwich filling. Grow it close to tomatoes to attract bees which fertilise the tomato blooms & anything else in the vegetable garden.

Sow in spring in drills 6mm deep. Thin out to 30cm apart when large enough to handle. Borage will grow in most soils but prefers well drained soil & full sun.

Quantity: 100 seeds

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The rich savoury taste blends well with fish or meat. The leaves can also be chopped & added to salads stews & dressings.

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A dual purpose annual herb grown for its seeds or fresh young leaves. The seeds are delicious in cakes & when crushed add an orangey flavour to meat dishes. The young leaves are often called ' Cilantro' & are great finely chopped to give dishes a Latin touch. A decorative herb for the border thanks to its finely cut foliage.

Sow March to August at 4 week intervals 1cm deep in rows 30cm apart in ordinary garden soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. Thin out the seedlings to 13cm apart.

These herbs prefer full sun & ordinary garden soil. Harvest the young green leaves sparingly once the seedlings are 15cm tall & for seed pull off the seed heads when they become brown but don't leave them too long on the plant or they will disperse themselves. An excellent herb for slightly shaded areas. Grows to a height of 90cm.

Quantity 150 seeds

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Herb Coriander Calypso Seeds produce an essential & increasingly popular herb with good bolt resistance. Coriander Calypso is a cut n come again leaf; the plant can be cut back & allowed to re-grow at least 3 times through the summer due to its extremely low growing point. This is grown only for leaf not seed.

Plant Type: Hardy Annual
Flowering Period: All Summer

Height: 20-25cm (8-10

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Garlic chives or Chinese chives differ from ordinary chives in having flat leaves & a delicate mild garlic flavour. They can be used in salads & stews as well as fish egg or meat dishes. The blossom buds are a Chinese delicacy & can be eaten raw or stir fried.

This hardy perennial is easy to grow & ideal for pots or borders. Sow these seeds in spring in a good seed compost just covering the seed with compost. Germination usually takes 14-21 days at 19-21C. Transplant the seedlings when large enough to handle planting 4 seedlings in each 7.5cm pot.

When well rooted move to a cold frame & plant out 20cm apart. Plant each potful so the soil level in the pot is about 5cm below the ground. For best results plant in a sunny spot in rich fertile well drained soil.

The following spring draw up the soil around the plants & a first cut can be made 3-4 weeks later.

Quantity: 100 seeds

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This herb is the ideal accompaniment to roast lamb & is great with boiled new potatoes & peas. Mint has a piquant aroma & as such is disliked by much of the insect world making it a good companion plant.

This means that there is advantage to planting mint close to cabbages as it will repel the Cabbage White Butterfly. Sow these seeds from late winter to early summer in Seed Compost but do not cover the seed with compost.

Make sure that the compost is moist but not wet & seal in a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes 7-16 days at 21-24C. Transplant when large enough to handle into 8cm pots. Later plant out 30cm apart into ordinary soil in part shade.

Quantity: 1250 seeds

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This very useful salad plant is popular with todays chefs & is widely used raw in salads or cooked lightly when it makes a delicious spinach substitute.

Late summer sowings will carry on cropping into the winter if the plants are protected by cloches. Sow these seeds from April to July in any good fertile well drained soil. Sow thinly 6mm deep in drills spaced 45-60cm apart. When the seedlings are large enough to handle thin out to 23-30cm apart.

Pick the young leaves as required over the whole row rather than just one or two plants as this would weaken them. As the flower buds appear pinch them out to prolong cropping.

Quantity: 500 seeds

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Herb Rocket Discovery is a popular & easy to grow salad leaf. Widely used in salads sandwiches this has a unique aromatic taste & can also be included in pizza & pasta dishes.

Plant Type: Hardy Perennial Herb
Cropping: From 30 days as a salad leaf

Sow: Sow seeds from March to September outdoors or all year on a windowsill.
Sow seeds thinly 13mm deep in drills 37cm (15

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An alternative to the usual Rocket these seeds will provide a plant with deep green serrated foliage that makes an attractive garnish. Wild Rocket has a stronger flavour than standard Rocket & the young leaves can be picked in succession & are perfect for salads.

Easy to grow these seeds will eventually reach a height of 15-20cm. Sow these from April to July & spread thinly 1cm deep in drills 30cm apart in soil that has been raked to a fine tilth.

When large enough to handle thin the seedlings to 23-30cm apart. Harvest young leaves as required picking only a few from each plant ensuring you don't weaken the plant. Prefers moist well drained soil in full sun.

Quantity 1000 seeds

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