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  KOREAN MINT – AGASTACHE RUGOSA Agastache Rugosa has tall spikes of lavender to rich purple blue lipped flowers, above toothed dark green arrow shaped foliage. When brushed past or crushed, the foliage emits a sweet liquorice perfume. A wonderful plant for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden, while adding a robust perennial to the border in the summer months. The aromatic leaves of are edible. Young growth can be sprinkled in salads, used to decorate cakes, used to make a tea or floated in drinks. Agastache added to your Pimms lifts it to a higher sphere altogether. These easy-to-grow and easy to care for plants enjoy dry soils and sunny positions. A short-lived perennial they will flower in the same year given an early sowing and can be used as an annual. Agastache is a ‘wonder honey plant’, it produces copious amounts of nectar for bees and butterflies to feast upon. It is an important crop for commercial honey production, it is estimated that just one acre of Agastache can support over 100 hives. Because of its later season and prolific flowering, it is a boon for building up bees’ honey reserves before winter and will produce a honey surplus where drifts are grown. The flowers produce nectar that makes a light, good-quality honey. In addition goldfinches and other small birds love the seeds in winter. View our other items by clicking on the shield:    

This sophisticated and beautifully packaged Tea and Honey Gift Set is the perfect taste of Africa. A charming combination of honeybush, rooibos chai and wild blossom honey makes for a classic pairing that is sure to impress any tea lover. The reusable honey dipper takes this set to a new level and is ideal for sharing with loved ones. Tea b'&' Honey Gift Set The perfect gift for any tea lover that wants a taste of Africa Honeybush tea: Floral, lightly roasted, and local to the Cape of South Africa The perfect caffeine-free alternative to black or green tea Rooibos chai: This sultry, caffeine-free chai is a great after-dinner treat Also called red tea, rooibos has a deep, earthy vanilla taste, and is known for its calming effects Wild Blossom honey:b'/xc2/xa0' Made by bees using the nectar from indigenous fynbos The taste of wildflower honey can vary depending on the flowers blooming when bees harvest their nectar Honey is conveniently packaged in a reusable glass jar What's in the set? 1 x Golden honeybush tea 1 x Rooibos chai tea 1 x Wild blossom honey 1 x Honey dipper About Eat Art Eat Art is driven by an indelible love of food coupled with uncompromising expertise in design, food trend forecasting and packaging technology. Carving its niche in the global fine food industry as an innovator of unique food gifting products of the highest quality, all products are hand-picked by a group of highly skilled local women. Specifications Product dimensions: 19cm L x 9.5cm W x 4.2cm H Weight total: 200g Golden honeybush tea: Weight: 15g: Ingredients: Honeybush tea Rooibos chai tea: Weight: 15g Ingredients: Rooibos, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, clove, black pepper Wild blossom honey: Weight: 170g Ingredients: Wild blossom honey Care Instructions Handle with care.

Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, indigenous to South Africa. The name Strelitzia was given to honour Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III of England. She was from the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower, because of a supposed resemblance of its flowers to the bird of paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower. The flowers are ideal for cut flowers and last up to 20 days in a vase. They can all be grown in large pots or tubs but will require regular feeding and irrigation. There are three tree-like Strelitzia species Strelitzia alba, Strelitzia caudata and Strelitzia nicolai. The other two species Strelitzia reginae and Strelitzia juncea are shrub-like tufted clump-forming species. In Kirstenbosch released a yellow variety of Strelitzia reginae which in was named Mandela’s Gold in honour of Nelson Mandela.           Strelitzias are easy plants to grow in the garden. Plants do well in full sun to semi-shade, love a rich loamy soil and plenty of water throughout the year. They respond well to regular feeding with a slow release fertilizer and compost. They are however very tolerant plants and will thrive in most soils and can survive with very little water once established. The plants are also wind resistant and grow well in coastal gardens. Strelitzias are sensitive to cold and would need a sheltered position in areas with frost as the flowers and leaves are often damaged by frost. In very cold climates it is better to grow them in pots that could be moved indoors when freezing temperatures are expected. Strelitzia reginae is a bold structural plant, which forms large evergreen clumps of stiff leaves growing up from the base. The grey-green banana-like leaves grow about 1,5 m in height and the flowers stand above the foliage at the tips of long stalks. Mature plants are very floriferous with flowers in autumn, winter and spring. The structure and pollination of the flowers are rather interesting. The hard, beak-like sheath from which the flower emerges, is called the spathe. This is placed at right angles to the stem, which gives it the appearance of a bird's head. When the birds sit to have a drink of nectar, the petals open to cover their feet in pollen.

Hedera helix Seeds English Ivy English Ivy is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to m high where suitable surfaces (trees, cliffs, walls) are available, and also growing as a ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces. It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. The leaves are 5–10cm long and are arranged alternately along the stems. There are two types of leaves. The juvenile leaves are palmately five-lobed on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the top of rock faces. The flowers are produced from late summer until late autumn, individually small, in 3–5 cm diameter umbels, greenish-yellow, and very rich in nectar, an important late autumn food source for bees and other insects. The fruit are purple-black to orange-yellow berries 6–8 mm in diameter, ripening in late winter, and are an important food for many birds. It is happy in full sun to semi-shade and will even grow in deep shade. It is only suitable for regions without severe frost and in drier areas one should provide additional water. It requires well-draining, compost-enriched soil and will love you if you apply a complete fertiliser once every six months. The bid amount is for 1 Seed We'll supply you with all the germination & care instructions.  

Hedera helix Bonsai Seed Common Name: English Ivy Hedera is a genus of the family Araliaceae. English Ivy is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to m high where suitable surfaces (trees, cliffs, walls) are available, and also growing as a ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces. It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. The leaves are 5–10cm long and are arranged alternately along the stems. There are two types of leaves. The juvenile leaves are palmately five-lobed on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the top of rock faces. The flowers are produced from late summer until late autumn, individually small, in 3–5 cm diameter umbels, greenish-yellow, and very rich in nectar, an important late autumn food source for bees and other insects. The fruit are purple-black to orange-yellow berries 6–8 mm in diameter, ripening in late winter, and are an important food for many birds. It is happy in full sun to semi-shade and will even grow in deep shade. It is only suitable for regions without severe frost and in drier areas one should provide additional water. It requires well-draining, compost-enriched soil and will love you if you apply a complete fertiliser once every six months. The bid amount is for 1 Seed We'll supply you with all the germination & care instructions plus a FREE e-book with everything you'll ever need to know about the art of bonsai.