Ginny's Herbs - Heirloom herb and vegetable catalogues, NZ

 Welcome to my new look website! Ginny's Herbs supplies herb plants and seedlings of old, tried & true non-hybrid and heirloom vegetables and flowers by mail order throughout New Zealand-you are most welcome to join nearly 400 subscribers for my monthly newsletter.

      

Mothers' Day is fast approaching and I have  two new gift ideas in my gift selection- a cane basket of culinary herbs + a culinary herb tea towel and a cane basket of herbal tea herbs plus my herbal tea tea towel.  See 'Ginny's gift range' for more information.

Some of you may be interested in the  courses I am running with CEW at Kamo High School. We had a great class with the   'From seed to seed' one and the ones I am running in Term 2 are on the right of this page.

As it has been such a good growing time and I have such a lovely selection of great looking herbs available including horseradish, lavender Grosso, Rosemary Tuscan Blue, wormwood, original pyrethrum, Live Forever, Southernwood, green sage, , Withania, chives, to name a few. (lots more  in the herb catalogue!) I am continuing the following special offers for you and all my newsletter subscribers through April:

With every $50.00 to $100.00 order (excluding freight and GST) please choose 2 free plants for me to add to your order-name the plants you would like in the 'comments' section of your order.

                             

With every $150.00 order (excluding freight and GST) please choose 2 free plants and  I will add one 'Bees'n'Butterflies' tea towel.

With every $200.00 order (excluding freight and GST), please choose 2 free plants and I will include free one of my books (Ginny's Herb Handbook).

I have added another tea towel to my selection- this one is all about herbal teas, in a lovely rich mid brown on the unbleached calico like the other two. I am thrilled with it, as are my friends, and it is available in the gift section of this website.

 Contact me if you are looking for a particular herb  as I will very probably have it among my large collection. Some more unusual herbs are being added to the herb catalogue regularly.

Please note: Mail orders are sent out the Tuesday after receiving payment, to ensure they get to their destination before the following weekend. If you wish to order 6 or less plants, I can get them to you for $6.00 nationwide ($11.00 R.D. delivery nationwide) so please email me direct with your order under these conditions, so I can give you the correct freight charge..You are now able to pay using your credit card though Paypal.

I am now able to have visits by appointment- please email or ring me so we can arrange a time!

Herb Recipes

Rosemary biscuits

120g butter,
180g sifted flour,
60g sugar,
1-2tbsp finely chopped rosemary leaves.

Cream the butter and sugar, add rosemary, flour and mix. Roll into small balls, put on oven tray. Press flat with fork.

Bake at 200 deg.C for 10-12 minutes. Remove with slice and put on rack to cool.

Plants to Try

Alverda

Very popular, this lime green cauliflower has a lovely flavour. Well fed, it grows very big.

$3.00
All Year Round

This cauli is very reliable. It produces lovely tight white curds in a short time.

$3.00
Silverbeet Fordhook Giant

The old white stemmed one with dark green crinkly leaves that Grandad used to grow- wonderful flavour, and full of iron.

$2.39
Red Treviso

This is the pick & come again version of radicchio with pointed red leaves. Looks great in salads, and can be steamed, as can all the others.

$3.00
Radicchio

With its dark red leaves with white ribs, this one looks like a rose when growing-plant it in the flower garden! Self-blanching. Recommended.

$3.00
Green Curled

The traditional one, with frilly leaves. Use in stir-fry, salads or steamed. Attractive.

$3.00
Pancalieri Fine Cut

This old Italian favourite has a creamy heart, with contrasting dark green outer leaves, and has a tasty nutty flavour. Lasts well as a 'pick and come again' lettuce.

$3.00
Florence Fennel

An old vegetable made popular again by chef Jamie Oliver. Use the ferny green leaves with fish and egg dishes. Traditionally the white bulb is served in a white sauce, or raw in salads.

$3.00
Curly Kale

The real old one that originally came from Scotland! This has the really tasty frilly bluey-green leaves, and is ‘pick & come again’. It will last for ages over winter/early...

$2.39
Lacinato (Cabbage Palm Tree)

This gorgeous kale grows tall, with bubbly,bluey-green leaves. Pick young leaves from the bottom up. I like this one in the flower garden!

$3.00
Red Russian (Raggedy Jack)

From America, this heirloom does well in our climate. I often hear that this one goes on forever. It is so pretty with its blue/pink lacy leaves, and tastes really good, too. Try young leaves...

$2.39
4 Seasons

An old French lettuce, this is the one my Dad always grew. Soft leaved, with the leaves shading from dark red to green to a cream centre, it is a lovely sweet tasting loose headed lettuce. Great...

$3.00
Allherb or Mother of Herbs

Coleus amboinicus, 30 cm
Green fleshy serrated leaves, very aromatic. Mainly used as you would bay leaves, but can be chopped and used in salads etc if you like strong flavour. A succulent...

$4.78
Aloe Vera

Perennial succulent type, with a multitude of medicinal uses, including sunburn and burn relief, cuts and abrasions. Looks good as an indoor pot plant, ready for instant use!

$5.22
Alpine Strawberry creeping

This one is great for naturalising under trees, etc and produces edible, good-sized fruit. It spreads by sending out suckers with little plants that root and grow on.

$4.78
Alpine Strawberry red

Traditionally used for edging paths in potagers, this plant is most attractive and the fruit very edible! It grows in clumps, and can be divided as required.

$4.78
Artichoke green

Cynara scolymus 1-2m
Biennial, this large stately plant has leaves that are edible when young, and the edible fruit. It looks magnificent as a wind break or hedge, and the leaves are in...

$4.78
Balm lemon

Melissa officinalis
Perennial. Good bee plant. Fresh leaves used in salads, soups, stews, and in seasonings for poultry and veal. Fresh leaves and honey makes a refreshing tea. Rub leaves...

$4.78
Bergamot lemon

Monarda citriodora. 50cm in flower.plant in Spring/ Summer. Annual. Use flowers and leaves fresh in salads, dried in pot pourri. Also makes a lovely tea, and flavouring for apple jelly....

$5.00
Betony pink

Stachys officinalis, 30cm.
Perennial, this attractive little plant has serrated green leaves, and a dainty pink flower. It is well known in France as a herb tea. Prefers semi shade.

$5.65
Borage blue

Borago officinalis 50cm Annual, self-seeds; known as the friendly herb. Flowers can be crystallised and frozen in ice cubes, flower rings. Use small leaves in salads; they taste like cucumber....

$4.50
Bronze Shamrock

Trifolium nigra This lovely little clover looks great in a pot, and ,as with all clovers, its white flower is edible. When planted outside it enhances the nitrogen in the soil, as do all clovers...

$4.78
Burnet Salad

Sanguisorba minor. 30cm.
Perennial. Attractive plant with its small round leaves which taste like cucumber. Great in salads, herb butters, sauces and vinegars. Try floating them in soups,...

$5.65
Cardamom

Elettaria cardamomum.

A really ancient spice, cardamom is a member of the ginger family. Perennial, it produces aromatic seeds for cooking.

$8.70
Cardoon

Cynara cardunculus, 1-2m. Perennial, and a magnificent foliage plant. Thistle-like blue or purple flowers in late summer - these are popular in dried flower arrangements. Plant 1 m apart. Young...

$4.79
Catmint

Nepeta fassenii.
Perennial with grey foliage, blue flowers. Great for borders, and a good bee plant. Medically is known as a milk sedative for children, and is also used in cooking to...

$4.78
Catnip

Nepetia cataria, 40cm Perennial, winter dormant. Good bee plant, with creamy-white flowers. Cats love toys stuffed with this herb.

$5.00
Cats' grass

Dactylis Glomerata 30cm The soft grass that cats love - it is their `medicine'. It is now classed as a herb because of the large number of cats that are kept indoors and they need to have...

$5.00
Chamomile Double white

Anthemis nobilis alba Perennial, ground cover, this chamomile has an attractive small double white flower. Same properties and uses as the Roman one, but less vigorous.

$5.65
Chamomile Lawn

This is the best of the ground cover herbs to use between pavers and for small patches of fragrant grass. It is springy to walk on, repels flies and midges and looks smooth.This type of chamomile...

$8.70

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