Manor Farm Herbs: Chives Fennels and Sages
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
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Chives are a hardy perennial herb with narrow, round grass like leaves and an onion flavour. Clumps that are not cut regularly for kitchen use, will produce attractive mauve globular flowerheads in mid summer.
Garlic Chives
Allium tuberosum
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Garlic chives are perennial with long and flat, slightly fleshy leaves and a mild garlic flavour. Pretty white star shaped flowers arise in late summer.
Garlic Chives - Lilac Flowered
(Siberian chives, blue chives)
Allium nutans
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An unusual edible Allium with a spectacular display of tall lilac flowers later in the summer. Easy to grow in most soils and positions. A good plant for containers, great for attracting pollinators and as a cut flower. In addition it is a valuable herb to use in the kitchen.
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(Siberian chives, blue chives)
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
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Fennel is a tall elegant perennial herb with feathery bright green foliage and colourful yellow flowers.
Bronze Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'
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The bronze feathery leaves on this tall elegant perennial herb contrast well with the bright yellow flower heads.
Sage - Salvia microphylla 'Trebah Lilac-white'
Salvia microphylla 'Trebah Lilac-white'
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This is a tender perennial herb very closely related to the slightly more common blackcurrant sage. It is a sturdy Salvia with aromatic mid-green leaves and plentiful white flowers tinged with lilac sfrom June until October. Great for container growing or a warm sheltered spot.
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Blackcurrant Sage
Salvia microphylla
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Blackcurrant sage is a small shrubby herb with bright pink flowers and dark green leaves that smell very strongly of blackcurrant.
Sage
Salvia officinalis
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This well-known culinary herb is a small perennial shrub with grey-green velvety leaves and flowers of varying shades of purple in summer.
Golden Variegated Sage
Salvia officinalis 'Icterina'
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Icterina sage is an attractive shrubby plant that contrasts well with other green foliage when planted in the herb garden. It is equally as good as the common green sage for cooking and makes an excellent alternative especially if space is limited.
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Purple Sage
Salvia officinalis 'purpurascens'
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Purple sage is a popular plant in all areas of the garden. Currently it is used increasingly in garden design and landscaping as its deep rich colour blends so well with a huge range of garden plants, most especially the silvery ones.
Pineapple Sage
Salvia elegans
Pineapple sage is a half hardy perennial with bright scarlet flowers in late summer/autumn and long pineapple scented leaves. It grows vigorously throughout the summer months and is best in a container as it needs to be treated as a conservatory or house plant in the winter months and protected from cold and frost.
Sage 'Snowflake'
Salvia officinalis 'Snowflake'
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This is a brand new sage which is both culinary and ornamental as once!
The leaves have an attractive frosted finish which gives a silvery finish to the leaf.
It will make a statement planted either in beds and borders or a feature container.
It can be used as culinary sage in the kitchen.
Tangerine Sage
Salvia elegans
Tangerine Sage is a tender perennial herb with gloriously scented leaves and long spikes of bright scarlet flowers throughout the summer months. Great as a container plant and can be used in herb teas and also in salads and fruity drinks.
Welsh Onion
Allium fistulosum
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This is a perennial type of spring onion, with a mild onion flavour, grown for their leaves in a ‘cut and come again’ way.
Nodding Onion (Lady’s leek)
Allium cernuum
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This is a great edible Allium which we trialled last year. An easy to grow perennial with overhanging flower heads on top of stout slender stems. Each flower head is made up of multiple pinkish purple flowers, suspended individually like a pink chandelier. Both edible and extremely ornamental.
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