Plants are sold and shipped during their winter dormancy from July until mid-September. This allows us to ship them bare-rooted, and the transplanting success rate is significantly higher than sending pots with soil in mid-summer and transplanting seedlings during their growing period.
You can sign up for the waiting list under each plant. You will then receive an email once they are back in stock.
Plants are grown spray-free, free from chemicals, herbicides, pesticides and fungicides. We are a biological farm that enhances soil life and works in harmony with natural cycles.
At KoruKai Herb Farm, we produce 6-8 tonnes of compost and 10 tonnes of vermicast per year, so we know what tools are necessary and handy to have on hand.
We offer them here so you can make great compost and vermicast as well. Join us at our online compost-making class and get our comprehensive worm-farming guide.
Available again in July 2026. Sign up below to go onto the waiting list.
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."
Available again in July 2026. Sign up below to go onto the waiting list.
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.
Available again in July 2026. Sign up below to go onto the waiting list.
Artemisia dracunculus var. sativa
Family: Asteraceae
Aromatic and flavoursome herb, narrow green foliage with tiny yellow flowers in summer. Use fresh or dried. Delicious in hollandaise, bearnaise and tartar sauces.
Height in summer: 30-40cm
You will receive a dormant plant in its first year with visible shoots with no or very little leaves (plant is dormant in winter, see example photo below). It will emerge in spring and grow into a lush plant. Prune to create a bushy appearance.
Available again in July 2026. Sign up below to go onto the waiting list.
Earth Chestnut (Bunium bulbocastanum)
Common names: Earth chestnut, pignut, great pignut and earthnut
The edible parts of the earth chestnut are its tubers, leaves and seeds. The tubers are small, nutty, and taste like chestnuts and can be eaten raw or cooked like potatoes.The leaves are edible and have a parsley-like flavor, while the seeds are also edible and can be used as a cumin substitute.
You will receive a seedling with roots and young shoots (see image further below). Simply plant into your garden as soon as you receive it and watch it emerge in spring. Growing tips are below.
This bush tomato is fantastic. No need to stake, no need to pinch out laterals. Very easy care and a prolific fruiter. Produces an abundance of fresh tomatoes for salads and cooking.
This is our favourite tomato to eat raw and for salads. Low in acidity and great flavour.
It produces orange, medium sized and round tomatoes.
This orange tomato contains higher levels of Tetra-cis-lycopene which is easily absorbed in the raw fruit and helps to promote health and fight against cancer and heart disease.
Calendula (Calendula officinalis) seeds from our specially selected KoruKai Herb Farm collection.
Over many seasons, we have carefully selected and bred these plants for their vibrant deep-orange colour and large flower heads. Beautiful in the garden and excellent for making rich, nourishing calendula-infused oils and herbal preparations.
This cover crop seeds or green manure seeds mix has been blended to achieve maximum benefit. It can help with common challenges such as compaction, weed pressure, pests and diseases, low fertility, leaching and erosion.
Best sown between August/September and December/January, depending on your climate.
This diverse mix maintains living soil cover in areas that would otherwise be bare. This mix contains seeds from 8 plant families as well as legumes (nitrogen fixing plants), which has been proven in field trials to be very beneficial to build soil structure and to increase beneficial microbes in the soil.
This cover crop seeds or green manure seeds mix has been blended to achieve maximum benefit. It can help with common challenges such as compaction, weed pressure, pests and diseases, low fertility, leaching and erosion.
Best sown between January/February and April/May, depending on your climate. This diverse mix maintains living soil cover in areas that would otherwise be bare over winter. This mix contains seeds from 5 plant families as well as legumes (nitrogen fixing plants), which has been proven in field trials to be very beneficial to build soil structure and to increase beneficial microbes in the soil.
