Box of seeds - Herbal teas
It's possible to sow, plant, grow, dry and enjoy your own herbal teas and infusions! This seed kit contains everything you need to make it happen:
- A selection of 10 organic, reproducible seed packets
- 6 growing instructions for each species
- The book Mon cahier de tisanes
- 24 wood fiber cups
- An organic cotton bag
- 1 gardener's notebook
What does the Plantes à tisanes seed box consist of?
It's made up of a selection of 10 organic, reproducible seed sachets. These varieties have been selected for their medicinal virtues.
The book Mon cahier de tisanes explains in a precise and illustrated way how to use the plants around us to treat everyday ailments (stomach, head, throat, legs...).
The wooden fiber cups are biodegradable, so there's no need to take the plant out of the cup. Simply place it directly into the hole when planting.
The organic cotton bag allows you to filter all your herbal teas, no matter how finely ground.
The cultivation sheets are a goldmine full of generic information on the species, and are a precious ally for cultivating and consuming the varieties.
Varieties in the box of herbal tea seeds
This species is one of the 50 most essential plants in traditional Chinese pharmacopoeia. It produces fine, silvery foliage and upright stems bearing mauve flowers, which are highly attractive to honey.
It is used to treat diarrhea, gastric problems, nausea, vomiting, fevers and colds.
This white-flowered variety produces short, pointed, light-green leaves with a lemony flavor that lingers after drying. Excellent in herbal teas.
This variety produces an abundance of flowers with delicate, wispy golden-yellow petals.
This bushy perennial has many medicinal properties. Its lemony-scented leaves are used both fresh and dried, as aromatics, in infusions, liqueurs and desserts.
This Polish variety of chamomile produces a myriad of white flowers with yellow centers and a powerful flavor, much appreciated in herbal teas. They have a high concentration of essential oil, from 0.8% to 1.5%.
The essential oil of this variety contains 4 to 12% bisabolol and 15 to 20% chamazulene.
Matricaria has many medicinal qualities: anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, etc.
From spring to autumn, this variety offers orange and yellow flowers that are melliferous, tinctorial and have many medicinal virtues.
It is the best-known Calendula officinalis. The origin of the name "Calendula" comes from the fact that it flowers all year round, during the calendas (1st day of the month in Roman times) of each month.
This highly melliferous variety thrives in alkaline soils and reaches heights of up to 60 cm. It produces an abundance of pink flowers, arranged in a crown along the stems. Its deliciously lemony foliage is perfect for salads, fish dishes, etc.
This messicolous and melliferous species offers an abundance of magnificent blue flowers, both edible and medicinal. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly rare in fields.
This medicinal species offers long blue flower stalks on foliage with a powerful lemongrass fragrance. Its leaves and flowers, delicious in herbal teas, also flavour any dish.
When you welcome the Dracocephalus of Moldavia into your garden, it's for life, and for Life, because this Panacea of Uyghur Nomadic Medicine cuts beautifully and reseeds easily.
This holy basil, native to Ethiopia and easy to integrate into gardens in temperate zones, has a highly branched habit. Its dark-green leaves with serrated edges offer a spicy fragrance and flavor of vanilla, tutti frutti and myrrh.
