Herb Plants Plants For Sale In Berkeley

It has short "sidearms" and thus can be planted with tighter plant spacing. The aroma is pleasantly mild yet hoppy with wood and fruit tones. It will grow in hot areas with alkaline soils, and it has good resistance to mildew and pests.

Flowers bright red; very showy; pungent, crinkled leaves.

Excellent contrast plant for grey santolinas; for borders, hedges, and knot gardens.

Sauteed zucchini or mushrooms with fresh nepitella, tomatoes, and garlic is served with roast or boiled meat dishes. (Lesser calamint) A regional favourite in Tuscany where it is added to mushroom dishes and green vegetables for its distinctive minty...

Deeply cut grey-green leaves with narrow white border. Good rose scent.

Heat: 500-2,500 Scoville units. Used fresh either green or ripe red, or dried ripe. Dried in and powdered as . Excellent stuffed fresh ( ), and in stews and sauces. About 15cm/6” long, 5cm/2” across.

In Indonesia, this herb is as highly regarded as ginseng, giving the whole body a strengthening boost. Should not be overcooked or it gets too soft and mucilaginous. Young leaves and tender stems have a slightly sour taste.

The fruits are small to medium in size and the flesh is a luscious red colour and very sweet. Outstanding prolific, heavy bearing variety that often will produce two crops a season.

Hybrid between and . Ht. 60-90 cm (2-3 ft). Lovely peach and yellow bicolor flowers appear from late spring till frost.

Producing stands of long satiny green ribbons that should be cut to prevent the plant from dying back, sweetgrass can be used to scent linens and clothing when dried, or tightly braided and burned as incense.

(Ironwort) Traditional tea consumed throughout Greece to treat the common cold. Sold in dried form in most Greek markets worldwide. In the wild, plants thrive on sunny, rocky, dry hillsides growing to 50cm/20” with attractive grey-woolly leaves.

Prefers well-drained, compost lightened clay. Leaves are long and thin; growth is hardy, bushy and upright. Altogether the plant looks like a grove of white pine. Spread 18-24in (45-60cm).

Ideal for windowboxes or hanging baskets; anywhere the lovely vanilla and cherry scent can be best appreciated! Well loved for their sweet scented violet-blue flowers, they are still favourites as pot plants or outdoor bedding plants.

Pinch out the top when the plant is 2-3 inches tall to encourage side growth. Plants are shipped Monday through Wednesday and arrive at your door Thursday, Friday, or Saturday of the same week.

Berries produce blue dye and with various mordants, leaves produce yellow, gold and greyish-green dyes. Berries are boiled in water, liberating the wax which floats on top. Astringent action of root bark abates diarrhea and hemorrhages; and as a gargle,...

Root is used in Chinese medicine for jaundice, lung disease, rheumatism and typhoid fever. Used in cases of yin deficiency, especially in cases involving chronic low grade fever. (Yin-chai-hu) Attractive light pink sprays of flowers.

Attractive creeper. Pleasant scent, though not convincingly of coconut.

(Sweet garlic; Pink agapanthus) A more civil version of garlic can hardly be imagined: its lavender-pink flowers are sweet-scented like hyacinths, and are showy, and you don't get bad breath when you eat it! It tastes like garlic -- the mild garlicky...

Indians and pioneers used it to induce sweating to break fevers. Valuable remedy for kidney problems. (Gravelroot) Tall graceful native of eastern U.S. Leaves emit a vanilla-scent when crushed; flowers rosy-purple.

Ht. 1.5-2m/5-6ft. Thought to contain the same psychotropic compound found in diviners sage ( ). In bloom from late spring until frost, it is a perpetual magnet for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Known as the “pregnant onion”, for bulges develop on its sides where eventually baby bulbs burst through the skin. Juice of the leaves is claimed to be as effective as aloe vera in treating cuts and sores.

Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea. There is evidence it may have immune- enhancing properties like echinacea (to which it is a common adulterant). American prairie native used medicinally by Indians.

Produces crops in summer and fall. By one account this fig was brought to the U.S. by an Italian sailor who named it after his wife. Either way, this is one wonderful fig. Another story has it that this is really the same as another well-known variety...

Currently under evaluation in Michigan for commercial use. The aroma is fruity, blackberry-like. Yields are high, more than 2 tonnes per hectare; but yields can be hurt by mildew if not controlled.

It has a cluster cone structure that is heavy, tight and moderately long. Nugget is a superior variety for picking, drying and baling. Introduced in 1982, it is a diploid cross between Brewers Gold and a high alpha-acid male with good storage properties...

Commercial growers need to plant about 10% of the orchard with male plants. Home gardeners need 1-3 males for every 5 female plants. Male pollinator variety required to get good fruit set among the elite female varieties.

(Mount Lemmon marigold) Mexican native with a spectacular lemon-mint scent and flavour. A robust, fast grower, easily attaining a height of 90cm/30”. Effective when used in mass plantings because it blooms freely throughout the summer.