Lady's Mantle plant

Myoga (Zingiber mioga)
Family: Zingiberaceae

Common names: Myoga, Japanese Ginger, Mioga

Myoga is a beautiful, hardy perennial ginger grown for its edible flower buds rather than its roots. It produces lush tropical-looking foliage throughout summer, followed by striking pink and cream flower buds that emerge at ground level in late summer and autumn. Harvested just before they open, these tender buds have a delicate, aromatic flavour with hints of ginger and citrus. They are delicious eaten raw, pickled, or lightly sautéed, adding a fresh, zesty flavour to salads, stir-fries, soups, and traditional Japanese dishes.

Your order includes 1–2 dormant rhizomes (depending on size), each with healthy, well-developed growth buds ready to produce vigorous new shoots in spring (see sample image below). You will receive either one large rhizome or two to three smaller rhizomes of equivalent size.

Yomogi (Artemisia princeps)
Family: Asteraceae

Yomogi, also known as Japanese Mugwort, is one of Japan's most treasured perennial herbs, valued for centuries as both a nourishing spring vegetable and an important medicinal plant. The tender young shoots have a pleasant, aromatic flavour and are traditionally used in herbal teas, soups, tempura, and the famous green yomogi mochi (rice cakes).

Easy to grow, hardy, and highly productive, Yomogi spreads by underground rhizomes to form lush clumps that return year after year. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and is well suited to gardens throughout New Zealand.

Yomogi dies down in winter. Your order includes one healthy bare-rooted plant with growing shoots, ready to establish quickly in your garden once temperatures warm up.

Growing instructions, harvesting advice, culinary uses, and traditional medicinal information are provided below.

Evergreen Dwarf Comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum)
Family: Boraginaceae
Common names: Dwarf Comfrey, Creeping Comfrey

Evergreen Dwarf Comfrey is a low-growing, spreading perennial valued for its lush evergreen foliage, early nectar-rich flowers, and exceptional usefulness as a living mulch and groundcover. Unlike Medicinal Comfrey, this smaller species is primarily grown for its ecological and soil-building benefits, helping to suppress weeds, protect soil, and feed beneficial insects. Hardy, resilient, and easy to grow, it is an excellent addition to food forests, orchards, and regenerative gardens.
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.

Can be grown throughout New Zealand. Frost tolerant. 

Below you’ll find growing instructions, uses, and harvesting ideas.

Order is for 1 plant, bare rooted. 

Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)

Family: Asteraceae

Echinacea is one of the world's best-known medicinal herbs, traditionally valued for supporting a healthy immune system and helping the body respond to seasonal illness.*

These healthy 2–3 year old crowns are well established and ready to produce vigorous new growth and beautiful purple daisy-like flowers each summer. Simply plant into your garden upon arrival and enjoy this hardy perennial for many years to come.

Growing instructions, harvesting tips, and traditional herbal uses are provided below.

Valerian Crowns (Valeriana officinalis)

Valerian is a well-known medicinal herb traditionally used to support restful sleep and help with insomnia.*

Each order includes 1 healthy valerian crown cutting with a growing tip. Plant directly into your garden over winter and it will emerge again in spring. See photos below for examples of the growing tips.

Organically grown at KoruKai Herb Farm without synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, or herbicides.

Medicinal Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
Family: Boraginaceae
Common names: Comfrey, Common Comfrey, Knitbone

Medicinal Comfrey is a deep-rooted, hardy perennial herb renowned for its powerful healing properties and exceptional ability to build soil fertility. Traditionally known as “knitbone,” it has long been used to support tissue repair, bruising, sprains, and wound healing. Fast-growing and highly productive, Comfrey is an invaluable medicinal herb as well as a nutrient-rich mulch plant for the garden.

Below you’ll find growing instructions, medicinal uses, and herbal preparation ideas.

You will receive one dormant crown with a growing tip.

Apple Mint (Mentha suaveolens)
Family: Lamiaceae

Common names: Apple Mint, Woolly Mint, Fuzzy Mint

Apple Mint is a wonderfully fragrant and easy-to-grow perennial herb, loved for its soft, velvety leaves and refreshing apple-mint flavour. Delicious in herbal teas, iced drinks, desserts, fruit salads, and savoury dishes, it is one of the most versatile mints for the kitchen. Its sweet aroma, attractive foliage, and nectar-rich flowers also make it a favourite with bees and other beneficial pollinators.

Your plant is supplied bare-rooted to ensure it arrives in excellent condition. Simply plant it into a pot or directly into the garden on arrival, water well for the first few days, and it will quickly establish into a vigorous, productive herb. Growing instructions, harvesting tips, and culinary uses are provided below.

True Peppermint Rhizomes (Mentha × piperita)

A true, high-quality peppermint selected for its strong, clean flavour and reliable vigour - distinct from common garden mints often sold under the same name. This is the same commercial strain grown at KoruKai Herb Farm and is rarely available through retail outlets.

Plants are supplied as dormant rhizomes with active growing tips, shipped nationwide during winter dormancy for easy establishment.

Frost tolerant and highly productive once established.

Peppermint dormant plant (see image below) is suitable for a 20 cm planter or pot and will have growing shoots in place. 

Lovage (Levisticum officinale)

Family: Apiaceae

Lovage is a hardy, long-lived perennial herb treasured for its rich, celery-like flavour and remarkable productivity. Every part of the plant is useful—the leaves add depth to soups, stews and salads, the stems can be enjoyed like celery, the seeds are used as a spice, and the roots have a long history of culinary and traditional herbal use.

Order is for 1 dormant crown with healthy growing buds. Simply plant it into your garden upon arrival and watch it burst into vigorous new growth in spring. Growing instructions, harvesting tips, and traditional uses are provided below.

Skirret (Sium sisarum)

Skirret is a traditional European perennial root vegetable that was widely grown from medieval times through to the 19th century, valued for its sweet, clustered roots. Often referred to in old texts as a “sugar root,” it produces slender, finger-like roots that are sweeter and more aromatic than carrots when cooked.
The flavour is gently sweet, nutty, and floral, with a soft, creamy texture when roasted, boiled, or pan-fried. At KoruKai Herb Farm, we especially enjoy it simply sautéed in butter, where its natural sweetness really shines.
Skirret forms a clump of multiple edible roots from a single crown, making it a productive and rewarding perennial vegetable for the home garden. Once established, plants improve in yield each year as the root system expands.

Your order includes a healthy seedling with developing storage roots and shoots (see sample image below). Plant it directly into the garden on arrival and it will establish quickly, re-emerging strongly in spring.

Growing instructions and care details are provided below.

Multiplying Spring Onions (Allium schoenoprasum)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

Easy-care Multiplying Spring Onions, also known as Giant Chives, are one of the most productive perennial vegetables you can grow. Hardy, reliable, and long-lived, they form ever-expanding clumps that return year after year with almost no maintenance.

Enjoy a continuous harvest of crisp, mild-flavoured spring onions from September through to May. Simply harvest the largest stems as needed while leaving the smaller ones to continue growing. Each year the clumps become larger and more productive, providing an increasingly abundant supply without the need for repeated sowing, transplanting, or thinning.

Ideal for kitchen gardens, raised beds, food forests, and permaculture systems, Multiplying Spring Onions are frost hardy, easy to divide, and excellent for sharing with friends or expanding your own planting.

Your order includes a healthy starter clump, ready to establish quickly and provide years of reliable harvests. Planting instructions, growing tips, and harvesting advice are provided below.

Russian Comfrey Crowns (Symphytum × uplandicum)

Russian comfrey is a highly valuable perennial for food forests, orchards, and organic garden systems. Known for its vigorous growth, deep root system, and ability to accumulate nutrients, it is widely used as a dynamic accumulator, compost ingredient, mulch plant, and natural garden fertiliser.

This hardy, low-maintenance plant produces abundant foliage that can be repeatedly harvested throughout the growing season and returned to the soil to support healthy plant growth. Once established, it forms a productive clump that returns year after year.

Each order includes 1 strong crown cutting with a growing tip. Plant directly into your garden over winter and it will emerge strongly in spring. Growing instructions and uses can be found below.

Meadow Arnica (Arnica chamissonis)

Family: Asteraceae

Common names: Meadow Arnica, Arnica

Meadow Arnica is a hardy, spreading perennial prized for its vibrant golden-yellow flowers and long history of traditional herbal use. Unlike the European mountain arnica, this North American species is easier to grow in the home garden, forming attractive clumps that return year after year and provide abundant flowers for making infused oils, salves, balms, and liniments.

Easy to establish and cold hardy, Meadow Arnica thrives in full sun to partial shade in well-drained, compost-rich soil. It spreads gradually by underground rhizomes, making it an excellent addition to medicinal herb gardens and pollinator plantings.

Each order includes three dormant rhizomes with growing buds, ready to plant. Growing instructions, harvesting advice, and traditional herbal uses can be found below.

Marshmallow Crowns (Althaea officinalis)

Marshmallow is a traditional medicinal herb valued for its soothing properties. The leaves and roots have historically been used to support inflammation and irritation of the respiratory, digestive, and urinary systems, including dry coughs, stomach irritation, and urinary tract discomfort.*

Marshmallow goes dormant in winter. Each order includes one marshmallow crown cutting with a growing tip (see image below). Simply plant into your garden over winter and watch it emerge vigorously in spring.

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Family: Rosaceae

Common names: Meadowsweet, Mead Wort

A beautiful, hardy perennial herb treasured for both its elegant creamy-white flower heads and its long history of traditional herbal use. Meadowsweet thrives in moist soils and produces masses of sweetly scented flowers that attract bees and other beneficial insects throughout summer.

Order is for 1 healthy dormant crown, carefully divided during winter dormancy. Meadowsweet divides exceptionally well, giving us an excellent re-establishment rate. Simply plant it into your garden upon arrival and enjoy many years of abundant growth.

Growing instructions, harvesting tips, and traditional herbal uses are provided below.

Perennial Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Family: Urticaceae

Stinging Nettle is one of the world's most valued medicinal and edible perennial herbs. Highly nutritious, vigorous, and remarkably versatile, it has been used for centuries as a nourishing food, traditional herbal medicine, natural fertiliser, compost activator, and livestock tonic. Once established, it forms productive patches that provide abundant harvests of tender spring shoots year after year.

Your order includes 3 dormant rhizomes (approximately 20 cm long each), ready to establish quickly and send up vigorous new growth in spring. Planting instructions, harvesting advice, medicinal uses, and processing information are provided below.