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Yarrow is a herb that is a bit neglected nowadays. In the past salad made of yarrow leaves was one of the first salads that could be harvested and so it was in high demand. Here in Swabia it is tradition to eat a salad made of herbs collected in the meadows on Maundy Thursday. Yarrow is an indispensable ingredient of this salad. There is hardly another dish that tastes as good as this first salad of the season. In the garden yarrow is happy with almost every location as long as it is sunny or at most half shaded.
`Cerise Queen` was one of the first selection of our native yarrow that was widely available. Yarrow is a very changeable plant, and on every large meadow you will find at least a few pink blooming yarrows. By crossing and selecting those pink yarrows a large variety of colourfull yarrows was created. Today yarraws come in a wide range of colours. `Cerise Queen` shows magenta flowers (with some white dots on the first days of the flower)
This beautiful cultivar of the Sneezewort was created in 1912 by French horticulturist Lemoine, who is also famous for several peony hybrids. It is an extraordinary cutting flower and has a very long flowering season. The flowers can be use fresh or dried for floristic needs. Its white umbels consist of a multitude of small double or semi-double flowers, which gives the plant the impression of a huge `Baby`s Breath`. This variety is also know by the synonyms `Snowball` and `The Pearl`.
Achillea ptarmica `The Pearl` is a very good plant. It is a selection of the wild form of Sneezewort. From this selection was made another selection, resulting in `The Pearl Superior\'. It more compact growing, the flowers are more double and it even comes true to name from seed. Equaly at home ...
This plant was only recently introduced from Kamchatka to the UK, from where we received seed. Its foliage differs remarkably from other yarrows: the leafs are lanceolate and serrated (slightly resembling ferns), and if touched they feel like leather. From summer until autumn the plant is covered with ...
Sadly Cupid`s Bow is somewhat out of fashion nowadays. That`s hard to understand for they are low-mainetance-plants with beautiful flowers in summer and autumn. It is a bit difficult to obtain one of the old hybrids. We were unlucky, too, for what we received under the name of `Ambroise Verschaffelt` ...
This is the variety of monkshood that is native to central Europe. It is a pretty plant with panicles of dark blue to violet flowers. Like with all monkshoods the flowers are shaped like the helmet of a knight. Flowering period is from July to August. It looks especially pretty in the shadow of ...
It is almost impossible to tell from view which is the American Sweetflag and which the Common Sweetflag. Inside there is quite a big difference: the American Sweetflag lacks all the substances that are under suspect to cause cancer. For medical or culinary purposes it is the much better choice.
The Sweetflag came from Southeast Asia as a medical plant. It is supposed that it was in the 16th century when it was cultivated for the first time in Europe in Prague. From there it has spread all over the continent and is now regarded as a nativ plant (as a `neophyt` to express it correctly). It is ...
This is a mutation of the common sweetflag. The only difference to the species is that the leaves are green and white varieged. If the plant doesn`t get enough sunlight, the variegation may fade away.
Masamune` is our smallest variety of grass-leafed Sweetflag. Nethertheless it is a very vigorous plant that can form in shallow water dense carpets of yellowish-green leaves. Like with all grass-leafed Sweetflags it is advisable to give the plant some winter protection in Central Europe.
If you look closely you will realize that `Ogon` is yellow-green variegated, but the yellow is so pale it appears from afar like white. Like all grass-leafed Sweetflags this variety need some shelter during winter in Central Europe.
This bubble mint matches colour and scent to a perfect union. The flowers show a merry orange and the foliage is equaly merry mint-scented. Flowers and foliage are edible and make very good infusions. The plant comes from the southwest of the USA and grows on very dry soils. In the garden it prefers a sunny and sheltered spot with sharp ...
Most Bubble Mints bear blue or violett flowers. This one is an exception bearing apricot flowers, which makes it very special. The leafs are mint scented and very good for herbal teas. Its hardiness in Central Europe depends very much on the degree of moisture in the soil. If kept too wet during winter it will hardly survive. Shelter of rain is more important than a protection of frost. We keep our potted plants dry during winter in an unheated polytunnel where they stand even severe frost.
Agastache became only recently wider known in Europe, but yet it bears a lot of common names: Korean Mint, Bubble Mint, Anise Hyssop and some more. Unfortunately the common names mix up the genera and you can tell from them to which genus the actual plant belongs. Since many nurseries use names made up by themselves the confusion is complete unless the correct botanical name is given, too. `Liquorice Blue` is a plant for sonny spots in your garden. From Midsummer on it bears long blue flower spikes and makes a very good cut flower. Its large leafs bear a scent that is a mixture of mint and liquorice. You can use them fresh or dried for herbal teas.
A rather hardy agava from Mexico and the neighbouring states of the USA. It produces a rosette with a diameter up to one meter and once in its lifetime a flower stalk that reaches up to three meters. It is used to gain ixtle fiber, that can be used for brushes and the like. It is a home in dry highlands where it experiences temperatures below freezing point in many nights. In Central Europe it is hardy on condition it can be kept dry during winter. We keep our plants in a rised bed under the awning of a barn. What we offer here are two year old seedlings.
![Hydrocharis morsus-ranae [L.] - Frog`s Bit](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/645_0.jpg)
![Achillea millefolium [L.] - Yarrow](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/1209_0.JPG)
![1 x 'Achillea millefolium [L.] - Yarrow' order](templates/neu/buttons/english/button_buy_now.gif "1 x 'Achillea millefolium [L.] - Yarrow' order"){kind=small}
![Aconitum lycoctonum ssp moldavicum [(Hacq.)Jalas] - Moldovian Wo](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/2719_0.jpg)
![Aconitum napellus [L.] - Monkshood](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/388_0.jpg)
![Acorus americanus [(Raf.) Raf.] - American Sweetflag](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/656_0.jpg)
![Acorus calamus [L.] - Sweetflag](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/657_0.jpg)
![Aeschynomene fluitans [Peter] - Water Mimosa](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/813_0.jpg)
![Agastache aurantiaca [(A. Gray) Lint & Epling] - Bubble Mint](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/2852_0.JPG)
![Agastache foeniculum [(Pursh) Kuntze] - Anise Bubble Mint](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/2720_0.jpg)
![Agave lechuguilla [Torr.] - Ixtle Agava](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/1181_0.JPG)
![Agave parryi [Engelm.] - Mescal Agave](images/product_images/thumbnail_images/2698_0.JPG)
