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Information about plants & gardens for Brisbane & Qld |
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Growing Herbs and Spices
in Queensland
Herbs as a group are very popular plants in the garden, and in containers. You're bound to find plenty of general information about popular types of herbs on the internet and in gardening books and magazines.
This page will concentrate on topics of particular relevance to Queensland such as gardening with traditional herbs in tropical and subtropical climates, exploring some of the less familiar tropical herbs and spices, discovering places to see herbs growing and advertising specialist herb nurseries.
Suppliers of herb plants or related products & services
Most garden centres will offer a selection of popular herbs for sale, and maybe a few unusual ones, too. For the best range herb varieties, however, you'll probably need to find a specialist herb nursery, especially if you're interested in rare or obscure species.
Advertisements below may include online suppliers. For the most up-to-date information on plants in stock, opening hours, prices etc, be sure to visit the seller's website or contact the business directly.
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ALL RARE HERBS
PO Box 91
Mapleton, Qld 4560
Ph: (07) 5446 9243
www.allrareherbs.com.au
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All Rare Herbs is a specialist mail-order herb nursery offering a diverse range of herb, spices, unusual vegetables and other interesting plants.
The range includes many hard-to-find temperate and tropical species.
Herbology, the herb magazine, is all about growing and using herbs. It's published quarterly in Australia by All Rare Herbs and is only available by subscription. A selection of herb books and other publications also available for purchase.
For more information, Herbology subscriptions, and a full list of plants available, visit the All Rare Herbs WEBSITE
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Herbs in the Landscape
Many herbs are quite ornamental and so are useful in edible landscaping. As they come to hand, photographic example will be added here.
Rosemary. There are many varieties, from upright to prostrate.
Selected Links
You'll find plenty of general information about herbs if you search online. Here are a few links to websites of particular relevance to Queensland and Australia plus some authoritative international sites. Note that many of these may be out of date but you many nevertheless find them useful for finding the pages on the Internet Archive or elsewhere.
These links are primarily intended for people wanting to grow herbs for ornamental purposes or botanical interest. It's your responsibility to thoroughly research the safety of any plant before using it for culinary, cosmetic or medicinal purposes.
Wild Herb Garden Indigiscapes in the Redland Shire (SE Qld) has a number of demonstration gardens featuring native plants
Asia Food Glossary of Asian ingredients including many herbs and spices. Asia Society
Older News
Planting scents make sense
Even though 63% of people in the United Kingdom buy herbal and floral scented products, only 32% realise that they can derive these benefits from garden plants, according to research conducted for the Horticultural Trades Association. Their PlantforLife consumer campaign, which will be encouraging the planting and using of such plants, has enlisted the assistance of an "aromacologist" to explain the effects of floral and herbal scents on health and well being. Source:
PlantforLife reveals the scentsational benefits of UK gardens (
July 2010)
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