Liquorice
Out of stock
- Grow your own Liquorice
- Bushy, fast growing garden plants with pretty purple blooms in late summer
- Available again in summer 2026
Great gifts for somebody who likes something a little bit different.
These plants are now out of stock but you can find lots of other interesting edible plants here.
Liquorice sweets are made from a boiling the roots of these unusual Liquorice plants. As well as being sweet the roots of our incredible liquorice plants have been cultivated across Europe for thousands of years for their medicinal properties.
These fast growing deciduous shrubs will grow up to a metre tall in one season, producing pretty purple flowers in late summer before dying right back down to ground level with the frosts.
These instructions are sent with the plant gift
Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) originates from Southeast Asia, but it is a versatile, hardy plant that can be grown almost anywhere.
Liquorice are easy care garden plants that produce pretty lilac flowers and have attractive foliage throughout the summer. They take at least 4 years to get large enough to harvest some of the tasty roots (which, when established, can be harvested after the rest of the plant has died back in the winter), but in the mean time make very ornamental plants for the garden.
Ideally you need to plant your liquorice in fertile, fast draining soil in the garden. They like to be kept slightly damp, especially for the first year when settling into the ground.
They are sun worshippers, so place in a bright spot, ideally south or west facing. Liquorice are woody perennial plants that grow up to 1.5 meters tall and wide, and loose their foliage for the winter months.
Problem solving:
Liquorice are easy going and are generally pest and disease resistant, but do give them enough room for extra air flow around the plant and to avoid powdery mildew.
