MALLOW , MUSK Malva moschata P   Finely divided foliage, silvery pink flowers, musky scent. Try as a conservatory plant..

-----, WILD Malva sylvestris   P   Mid-pink flowers with dark stripes. An old healing herb.

MARJORAM, COMPACT O. vulgare'Compactum'  P   Superb little plant for rockery, edging, tubs. Flowers profusely.

-----, GOLDEN O. vulgare'Aureum'   P   Most attractive smooth bright yellow-green leaves in Spring. Medium height.

-----, GOLDEN, CURLY-LEAVED O. vulgare'Aureum Crispum'   P   Bright yellow curled leaves and pink flowers. Low.

-----, GOLD-TIPPED O. vulgare  'Gold-Tip'   P   Pretty yellow-tipped leaves and good marjoram flavour.

-----, POT O. onitesP   A useful culinary herb in the classic style. Makes a dense hummock.

-----, SWEET O. majorana A  or tender P   Has a most agreeable sweet scent and flavour. Bring indoors before frosts.

-----, WILD O. vulgare P See OREGANO.

-----, GREEK & SPANISHusually available

MARSHMALLOW Althaea officinalis P   Handsome native plant of damp places. Soothing healing herb for alimentary tract, cuts, burns.

MEADOWSWEET Filipendula ulmaria P   Native plant of damp meadows with good foliage and foaming cream flowerheads.

MINT, BASIL Mentha sp. P   Glossy foliage and good eau-de-cologne scent.

-----, BOWLES' Menthax villosa alopecuroides P   Many would say this hairy-leaved hybrid has the best "true mint " flavour.

-----, CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT  P  Vigorous cultivar with an intense "after eight" aroma!

-----, CORSICAN M. requienii P   Tiny close-carpeting leaves with strong scent and exquisite miniature mauve flowers.

-----, CURLY M. spicata crispa P   Attractive crisped foliage.

-----, EAU DE COLOGNE M.x piperita citrata P   Purple stems and purple-bronze tinged leaves, overwhelming scent.

-----, LEMON M.x piperata citrata P   Attractive pale green foliage with a lemony tang.

-----, LIME    P  A fine and distinctive form.

-----, ("Milly") M. spicatavar.P   A fragrant spearmint we brought back from Milly, near Paris, where it is a local speciality.

-----, MOROCCAN M. spicata P   A bright green mint with excellent flavour used for cooking and for Moroccan mint tea.

-----, PEPPERMINT M. x  piperita P   For peppermint tea.

-----, PINEAPPLE M. suaveolens'Variegata'   P   Decorative white-variegated form which needs a well-drained soil.

-----, SPEARMINT M.x spicata P   The best-known garden mint, traditional with peas and new potatoes.

-----, VARIEGATED GINGER M.x gentilis variegata P   Striking green and yellow foliage and gingery scent.

Other mint cultivars available include 'Brundall mint', lime mint, 'Tashkent', 'chocolate'.

MOTHERWORT Leonurus cardiaca P   Traditionally a heart tonic, also used for "women's complaints". Lovely foliage.

MUGWORT Artemisia vulgaris P   Bold greyish plant with leaves dark green above, silvery beneath.

ONION, PERPETUAL or EVER-READY Allium cepa 'Perutile'   P   A non-flowering strain that proliferates readily. Gives a constant all-year supply of onion and green like a perennial scallion.

-----, 'TREE' A. cepaProliferum Group  P   Lovely old cottage plant that bears useful small onions at the tips of stems.

-----, WELSH A. fistulosum P   Leaves larger than chives, silvery flowers and large bulbs. Use the whole plant.

-----, WELSH RED A. fistulosum'Red Welsh'  P  A good form rather like a large perpetual onion. Scape persists after the leaves die down.

OPIUM POPPY Papaver somniferum A   Fragile mauve flowers, occasionally pink and double. Nutty-flavoured seeds used with pasta, in patisserie and for topping bread rolls.

OREGANO Origanum vulgare P   The classic herb for all Italian dishes; the 'pizza' herb, with warm pungent aroma and flavour. Pink flowers with purple calyces dry well for decoration.

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