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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Replacement jar with stainless steel compound lid for yoghurt maker.

Capacity: 900ml

Size: 17cm high

Mouth size: 7.6cm wide mouth

A traditional herbal extract of Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica leaf, crafted at a 1:5 ratio in 45% ethanol.
A convenient, daily tonic traditionally used to support general wellbeing and vitality.*

This nettle leaf extract comes in a 30ml dropper bottle.

Strength: 1:5, 45% vol.