"ajr" wrote in message
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Good morning,

Can anyone tell me where I can buy seeds for the following herbs - asked
at
the garden centre and received a blank look!

Good King Henry

Hamburg Parsley - from what I can gather this 'also' a root vegatable with
the leaves used as a herb.

Sorrel

Also, does anyone have any experience of growing these plants? They were
all mentioned in passing in a book that I was reading at the weekend -
however the author doesn't go into any great detail, other than to mention
that they were a staple of most herb gardens until supermarkets became
common - is this true?

GKH was a staple of the kitchen garden rather than a special herb garden, it
was used as a pot herb. I have a clump, I was given a small piece by the
gardener at Cressing Temple. It's very hardy, I use it a lot in cooking but
it has very little flavour. I suspect that its greatest quality is that it's
always there.

Hamburg Parsley and Sorrel feature in some of the seed catalogues I get but
I can't remember specifically which. Chase and T&M, Chiltern Seeds - there
are others. Do a Google.

Mary

Cheers,

Andrew