Manor Farm
Fringford
Bicester
Oxfordshire OX27 8DP
New additions to our annual herb seed collection are ready for sale
Annual herbs grow best when planted from seed
directly where they are to grow.
Plant your favourites like coriander and dill,
and try our new unusual culinary herb seeds
to add something unusual to your herb garden.
As spring progresses, we shall be adding Rosemary Green Ginger a fabulous and much requested cultivar to give a flavour of ginger to your cooking, plus a much-anticipated new creeping thyme – Thymus Pink Magic– very vigorous with large pale pink flowers.
Dianthus deltoides 'Arctic Star' is a new and striking cultivar from the popular compact series of pinks, with brilliant white, double flowers and an amazing scent.
Veronica spicata 'Snow Candles' is a compact, clump forming herbaceous perennial which is versatile enough to be incorporated into almost any planting scheme.
Just beyond the Herb Garden, features attractive flowering perennials with herby associations. Later in the spring we shall have several new additions for you to plant up in your borders and containers. All designed to mix with and enhance your herb planting.
Watch our home page for availability when spring is on its way,
or subscribe to receive our latest newsletter for the latest availability
updates on these new herbs and ways to use them.
We regret that we cannot currently deliver plants to Northern Ireland
A comprehensive collection of Creeping Thymes is now ready for you to buy. To find out more about these thymes either click on Special Collections or Tarragon and Thymes.
Creeping thymes like a dry sunny position and are ideal for growing in gravel areas and rockeries, between paving stones and for planting thyme paths and lawns. They withstand walking on and are totally hardy.
Check out our article Prostrate herbs for cracks and crevices, walls and paths for more details.
We have selected a range of thymes with red, pink and white flowers and also a variety of leaf types and colours to give you as wide a choice as possible for planting to suit your garden design.
Lots of our herbs like dry conditions, why not add variety to your creeping thyme planting by adding lawn chamomile and double flowered chamomile for their fragrant foliage.
Try adding some creeping savory, Dianthus deltoides 'Flutterburst', Helianthemum 'Ben Ledi', Helianthemum 'Ben Fhada', Helianthemum 'Fireball', and Armeria Alba or Germander Silver to extend the flowering season and add extra interest and colour to your beds and containers.