Neutral Soil

A tropical evergreen with tall clumps of ovate to lance late leaves growing from ginger-scented rhizomes to a height of...

Single bulbs at the base of each stem from the familiar culinary onion. History and traditions Records of the use...

A perennial with compound pointed leaves, covered in soft hairs. In summer and autumn it has small yellow flower spikes...

A stately, deciduous tree, 30-40 m (98-130 ft.) in height, it has palmate leaves, sticky resinous buds and candelabras of...

A pleasantly aromatic perennial with a thick much-branched rhizome, it has similar-shaped leaves to the irises, although is not botanically...

While growing, lamb’s lettuce forms itself into a full rosette of layered, light green leaves with a tightly bunched heart,...

Fenugreek (sometimes spelt “foenugreek”) is a small, slender, annual herb of the pea family, similar in habit to lucerne (alfalfa)....

Tansy, “buttons,” or “parsley fern,” is a spreading perennial herb with a strong, creeping root system. It has deeply toothed,...

There are several varieties of comfrey, the most common being the officinale, the kind described here. Comfrey belongs to the...

This sturdy herb features roundish, dark-green, shiny leaves growing in groups of three. The stalks are thick and furrowed. Yellowish...