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Allium schoenoprasum
Easy-care multiplying spring onions, also known as giant chives, that return year after year with minimal effort.
This hardy perennial forms expanding clumps that provide a continuous harvest from September through to May. No more repeated sowing, fiddly pricking out, or constant replanting—simply plant once and harvest fresh spring onions as needed for most of the year.
Perfect for kitchen gardens, raised beds, and permaculture systems.
Planting instructions can be found below.
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We absolutely love these multiplying spring onions and find them far easier and more reliable than growing spring onions from seed. No more repeated sowing, pricking out seedlings, or trying to maintain a continuous supply throughout the season—these perennial clumps simply keep growing and producing for most of the year.
The below photo shows healthy spring growth. It was taken in October..jpg)
Each starter clump contains approximately 8–10 shoots, giving you an excellent head start. Once established, the clumps multiply rapidly and become more productive each season. After just one growing season, the clump can be lifted and divided in winter, often producing 3–5 times more plants than you originally started with.
These plants combine the best qualities of spring onions and chives:
During the height of summer (December–January), growth becomes especially lush and abundant. We regularly cut off flower stalks and harvest heavily from summer through autumn. The plants bounce back quickly and continue producing tender green shoots for soups, stir-fries, salads, omelettes, stews, and countless everyday meals.
At KoruKai Herb Farm we use them almost daily, raw in salads, finely chopped over dishes, or cooked into meals anywhere spring onions or chives would normally be used.
The plants naturally die back during late autumn and winter (May/June) before re-emerging vigorously in late winter or early spring (around August). Winter is also the perfect time to divide clumps, refresh the soil with compost, and expand your planting.
A wonderfully productive, low-maintenance perennial vegetable ideal for kitchen gardens, food forests, permaculture systems, and busy gardeners wanting reliable year-round harvests.
Over time the clumps will steadily increase in size. In winter (July), lift the clump carefully and tease apart into smaller groups for replanting.
We recommend replanting in clumps of approximately 10–20 shoots/plants for best productivity.
This is also a great opportunity to:
Regularly eating onions may positively support overall health. Onions and garlic share many similar beneficial compounds and have traditionally been valued both as food and medicine.
Traditionally, onions have been used to support:
Onions also contain natural antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory compounds and have long been used in traditional food preparations to support wellbeing.
For maximum nutritional value, leaves and bulbs are best eaten raw or lightly cooked whenever possible.
*This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure disease. Always consult a qualified healthcare practitioner regarding medical conditions or treatments.
Ingredients: 1 clump with about 8-10 shoots
Spring onions are probably one of the crops that cause me the most headaches - I've never been able to grow the amount that I actually want to eat. Not anymore! Now we have spring onions whenever we want them. Bought these in 2021 and they're now flourishing in their second season. Really hardy and happy in their corner of the garden.
I planted them out individually before I read the recommendation to plant as a bunch. Despite my carelessness they are all growing and have new shoots. I'm very happy with them.
These onions are fabulous. I bought some last year and they have provided me with plenty of freshly cut spring onions throughout the year. They didn't even slow down in summer.
Planted my bunch yesterday and am looking forward to a continual supply of spring onions this season, all freshly cut from my garden. A generous bunch with easy to follow planting instructions on this website.
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Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Family: Lamiaceae
This plant have been grown organically at KoruKai Herb Farm, Banks Peninsula. Free from synthetic fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides.
You will get 3 dormant plants with growing tips. Please find growing information and photos below.
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Rumex acetosa
Family: Polygonaceae
Common names: Sorrel, Garden Sorrel, Lemon Sorrel
Sorrel is a hardy perennial herb known for its fresh, lemony flavour and vibrant green leaves. It is supplied as a dormant root cutting during winter, with little or no foliage visible at the time of purchase. The plant will re-emerge in spring and grow into a lush, productive clump.
In the first season, harvest leaves lightly to allow the plant to establish well, and remove any flower stalks to encourage ongoing leaf production. After approximately one year, the plant can be lifted and divided to produce multiple new plants.
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Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
Family: Asteraceae
Common names: Wormwood, Absinthe Wormwood, Green Ginger
Wormwood is a hardy, aromatic perennial herb prized for its striking silvery foliage, intense bitterness, and powerful medicinal properties. Traditionally used as a digestive tonic and vermifuge, it is one of the classic bitter herbs of Western herbal medicine. Easy to grow and drought tolerant once established, Wormwood thrives in poor soils and makes a beautiful structural plant in the herb garden.
Wormwood dies down in winter. You will receive a dormant crown with established shoots.
Below you’ll find growing instructions, medicinal uses, and herbal preparation ideas.
Elecampane Crowns (Inula helenium)
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Elecampane is a striking medicinal perennial traditionally valued for supporting respiratory health and herbal wellness practices.*
Each order includes 1 healthy elecampane crown with active growing tip(s) (see images below). Simply plant into your garden over winter and watch it emerge vigorously in spring.
Under good growing conditions, a single plant can often be lifted and divided the following winter, producing approximately 3–6 new plants within a year.
Organically grown at KoruKai Herb Farm without synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, or herbicides.
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Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum)
Mashua (pronounced Mah-shwuh) is an Andean tuber. A relative of the garden nasturtium, Mashua is one of the highest-yielding, and easiest-to-grow of the Andean tubers, and most resistant to cold. It also repels many insects, nematodes, and other pathogens, thus making it a valuable plant to intercrop with other species. The tubers about the size of small potatoes or big yams.
Mashua is high-yielding, even under conditions of almost no management. Even the leaves are edible!
You will receive 2 medium tubers or 1 large one (see image below).
Simply plant into your garden as soon as you receive it and watch it emerge in spring. Growing tips are below.
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Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
Family: Lamiaceae
Common names: Motherwort, Lion’s Tail
Motherwort is a hardy, easy-to-grow perennial herb from the mint family, valued for its calming effects on the nervous system and its long traditional use in supporting the heart and women’s health. With its tall leafy stems, soft pink flowers, and abundant summer growth, Motherwort is both medicinally powerful and highly attractive to bees and other pollinators.
Below you’ll find growing instructions, medicinal uses, and herbal preparation ideas.
Motherwort dies down in winter. You will receive a dormant plant.
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Echinacea (echinacea purpurea) is a highly effective and safe immune herb that helps to jump-start the immune response in the body.*
These crowns are in their 2nd and 3rd year.
Growing tips are below.
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Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)
Family: Rosaceae
Common names: Lady’s Mantle
Lady’s Mantle is a beautiful, hardy perennial herb cherished for its soft scalloped leaves, delicate chartreuse flowers, and long history of use in women’s herbal medicine. Known for its astringent and toning qualities, it is especially valued for supporting menstrual health, digestion, and wound healing. Easy to grow and highly ornamental, it thrives in a wide range of garden conditions and makes an elegant addition to the herb garden.
Below you’ll find growing instructions, medicinal uses, and herbal preparation ideas.
Lady's Mantle dies down in winter. You will receive a dormant plant without leaves, but with growing shoots in place.
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Evergreen Comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum)
Order is for 1 plant, bare rooted.
Growing tips are below.
This plant is very valuable in a food forest and organic garden system. Can be grown throughout New Zealand. Frost tolerant.
Due to its smaller size and more compact growth than regular comfrey it is ideal for smaller gardens, urban environments and small food forests. It makes an excellent border plant and ground cover and does well planted around fruit trees.
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Curcuma longa
Family: Zingiberaceae
Turmeric is one amazing plant with numerous health benefits. Here an extract: "An M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre review of curcumin research, in the journal Phytotherapy Research in 2014, found that it regulates inflammation that "plays a major role in most chronic illnesses, including neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, autoimmune and neoplastic diseases."
Order is for 1 small crown.
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Mentha suaveolens
Family: Lamiaceae
Common names: apple mint, woolly mint, fuzzy mint
Apple mint is a delicious compliment to many dishes and is great as a hot herbal tea or iced tea. It’s easy to grow and simple to care for. There’s no question – this species of Mentha definitely deserves a spot in your herb garden.
Grown organically at KoruKai Herb Farm, New Zealand. Free of pesticides, herbicides and other agrochemicals.
The seedling is shipped bare rooted with courier. Plant it in the garden or in a pot and water well over the first few days. Growing conditions are below.
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Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also known as sunchoke or sunroot, is a hardy edible sunflower grown for its delicious, nutritious tubers.
Our Jerusalem artichokes are grown naturally at KoruKai Herb Farm without synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, or herbicides.
Each order contains 3 tubers. Choose either 3 small or 3 large tubers using the options below.
Growing instructions can be found here and below.
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Perennial Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Family: Urticaceae
This plant have been grown organically at KoruKai Herb Farm, Banks Peninsula. Free from synthetic fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides.
You will get 3 dormant rhizomes (about 20cm each). Please find growing information and photos below.
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Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
Family: Lamiaceae
Common names: Lemon Balm, Balm Gentle
Lemon Balm is a vigorous, easy-to-grow perennial herb from the mint family, loved for its fresh citrus fragrance, soothing medicinal properties, and delicious flavour. Adaptable and generous, it thrives in a wide range of soil conditions and produces abundant growth throughout the season. With regular harvesting, we typically enjoy 3–4 cuts each year.
Lemon Balm dies down in winter. You will receive a dormant plant.
Below you’ll find growing instructions, medicinal uses, and herbal preparation ideas.
Russian Comfrey Crowns (Symphytum × uplandicum)
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Russian comfrey is a highly valuable perennial for food forests and organic garden systems, known for its vigorous growth and deep nutrient accumulation.
Both the leaves and roots have been traditionally used in herbal practices. The plant is rich in allantoin, a compound associated with tissue regeneration, making comfrey a well-known herb for supporting skin and tissue repair both internally and externally.*
Each order includes 1 strong crown cutting with a healthy growing tip. Plant directly into your garden over winter and it will emerge strongly in spring.
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Stachys affinis
The tubers have a distinct shape and look a bit like a grub. When eaten raw they are crisp and sweet like a water chestnut. When fried they are more starchy, soft and sweet, resembling a slightly nutty potato or kumara. In France they are known as crosnes and are typically served braised in herbs and butter, which is our preferred way to eat them. They are a great brain food.
Order is for a starter bag of about 5 tubers.
Growing instructions can be found below. Frost tolerant as they go dormant over winter.
