Turmeric crown

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Smallanthus sonchifolius

Order is for 1 crown (see sample images below).

"Yacon" means "water root" in the Inca language and its tubers were historically highly valued as a wild source of thirst-quenching refreshment for travellers. It taste like a sweet cross between early apples and watermelon with a touch of pear.
The liquid can also be drawn off and concentrated to produce yacon syrup. The yacon is a species of perennial daisy traditionally grown in the northern and central Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina for its crisp, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots.

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Hedychium coronarium

Family: Zingiberaceae

Commonly known as White Ginger, Butterfly Ginger, Himalayan Ginger. In New Zealand it is often sold as Galangal (especially on Trademe) as they are very hard to tell apart. But galangal is a different plant in the ginger family.

Emitting the scent of Gardenias, the flowers resemble a butterfly in flight. Rhizomes develop into large ginger roots that are good in cooking. It tastes like mild yellow ginger.  Plant prefers moist or boggy soils and full sun.

Order is for 1 plant (see sample image below).

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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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Helianthus tuberosus

Commonly called Jerusalem artichoke, sunchoke or sunroot. It is a type of sunflower. 

Jerusalem artichokes grown at KoruKai Herb Farm, Banks Peninsula. Free from synthetic fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides. 

Order is for 3 tubers. You can choose between 3 small or 3 large ones (please choose below).

Growing instructions can be found here and below.

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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.

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Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

Order is for one dormant, bare-rooted horseradish plant with a growing tip similar to the examples in the below image.

Simply plant into your garden as soon as you receive it and watch it emerge in spring. Growing tips are below.


They have been grown organically at KoruKai Herb Farm, Banks Peninsula. Free from synthetic fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides.

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Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Family: Rosaceae

Common names: Meadowsweet or mead wort

Order is for 1 crown. They grow well when getting divided during their winter dormancy and we get a 100% re-emerging rate.

Growing instructions are below.

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Zingiber Mioga

Family: Zingiberaceae

Commonly known as Japanese Ginger, Myoga or Mioga.

A beautiful member of the ginger family, with lovely tropical foliage and stunning small flowers that form at the base in late summer / early autumn. The part you harvest is the young flower shoot before it opens. This pink/yellow lovely early flower can be eaten raw, pickled or sautéed to provide a gingery and zesty flavor to any dish.


Order is for 1-2 dormant rhizomes (depending on size) with good, defined growth nodes ready to send up a few strong shoots in spring (see sample image below). We will either send one large or 2-3 smaller ones.

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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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Meadow Arnica (Arnica chamissonis)

Common names: arnica, meadow arnica

Creeping alpine herbaceous perennial.

This plant have been grown organically at KoruKai Herb Farm, Banks Peninsula. Free from synthetic fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides.


You will get 3 dormant root pieces. Please find growing information and a picture below.

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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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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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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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Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)

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 root pieces. Please find growing information and photos below.

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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.

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Elecampane (Inula helenium)

Healthy crown with growing tip/s (see image below). Simply plant into your garden and watch it emerge in spring. Growing tips and uses are below.

This plant have been grown organically at KoruKai Herb Farm, Banks Peninsula. Free from synthetic fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides. 

It can be dug up and divided in the following winter. This one plant may grow into 3-6 plants within one year if conditions are right.