# Four new herbs for the herb garden: nettle, star anise, wormwood and hyssop

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**Created:** [October 13, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/four-new-herbs-for-the-herb-garden-nettle-star-anise-wormwood-and-hyssop/1678 "2026-10-13T08:40:37Z")
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#### Post date: [October 13, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/four-new-herbs-for-the-herb-garden-nettle-star-anise-wormwood-and-hyssop/1678/1 "2026-10-13T08:40:37Z")

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![Nettle, star anise, wormwood and hyssop growing in a walled herb garden](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bcecc9e844a2d5e8992d8603dd6a98ab4c0b8d4b.jpeg)

You asked, and they’re in. **Nettle, star anise, wormwood and hyssop** now grow in the herb garden, alongside the fifty-odd herbs already there. (Fennel was on the list too, but it has been in the garden for a while; you’ll find it with the others.)

## The four

 ![Nettle](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/63b4cc4bbba144d80eca981118c35f22ece678dc.webp)

 ![Star anise](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0daaeb0f833a30924d3c99b9c256749b7ccd13ff.webp)

 ![Wormwood](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1b4cc923a33deafddf4eb911affd51b7be107f96.webp)

 ![Hyssop](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6f9c7a3427eb2ae855bd130c4c947ee02f9930a3.webp)

- **Nettle.** The stinging weed every farmhand knows, and the one every herbalist secretly prizes. Gloves recommended.
- **Star anise.** Strictly the seed pod of a small evergreen, not a herb, but it grows happily in the garden and its eight-pointed stars are hard to mistake.
- **Wormwood.** Silver, feathery and famously bitter. The herb behind a certain green spirit.
- **Hyssop.** Spikes of violet-blue flowers on a woody little shrub, an old favourite of physicians and brewers alike.

## Growing them

They grow exactly like every other herb in the garden:

1. **Plough** the plot with a hoe.
2. **Plant** one of the herb itself. There is no herb seed: you plant the herb you’re carrying.
3. **Water** it with a clay jar.
4. Let it **grow** for seven days.
5. **Harvest** with a small basket, for five to ten at a time, five harvests a planting.

Every stage pays Herbalist crafting experience.

## Getting your first one

Since you plant the herb itself, you need one to start:

- **Forage for it.** Open the compass’s herb menu and search for it by name.
- **Buy one** from another player, or from a market hub if one is carrying it.

After that the garden keeps you supplied: one planting gives plenty to replant with.

## What they’re for

For now they’re ingredients waiting for a purpose. Herbalists and cooks: these are yours to work into new potions, teas, brews and dishes. We’d love to see what you scribe.

More on the herb garden: [[FARMABLES] Herb Garden](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/farmables-herb-garden/1559)