Herb Plants Plants For Sale In British Columbia

Decoction is useful for stomach pains and inflammation of the bilary duct. Latex juice mixed with vinegar is said to remove warts and corns. New research indicates it has potent anticancer properties.

Produces crops in summer and fall. Medium to large yellow-green fig with a very sweet and delicious light amber flesh. Also known as 'Italian Honey'.

Alpha acid 3-5.5%. Called for in many classic beer recipes and in premium beers. Requires well-drained acidic soils, high in humic acids. Commands a higher price than other Hallertau hybrids.

Prostrate habit; fine for hanging baskets. Oak leaf-shaped leaves., purple veins.

Grows 20-30cm/8-12”; grass-like foliage. Used in Thai cooking, and deserving of experimentation wherever a new flavour twist is desired. Important Chinese medicinal herb used to treat lack of appetite, gastritis, and depression.

Silver tufted mounds; very decorative. (Fringed sagebrush) Prairie native. Indians used it as a fumigant to combat illness and chewed the leaves for indigestion.

(Plectranthus; Spurflower)

Leaves are smaller and have a whiter appearance compared to standard garden sage. Has a very desirable clean aroma and flavour, with little of the bitterness found in other sage varieties.

It is one of the most popular hops for craft brewing and is great for dry hopping. Released in 1972, it is a cross between Fuggle and the Russian hop, Serebrianka. Alpha acid 4.5-7%.

Compact, showy plant. Orange-scented.

Valuable in correcting membrane disorders of the respiratory and digestive passages. Pretty rock garden plant with masses of purple flowers appearing early in spring. Slow to germinate.

Like other citrus marigolds, with bright red flowers.

To preserve the flowers, cut them before they are fully open and hang them upside down in a cool, shaded location until they are dry. Appropriate for xeriscaping, curryplant grows best in full sun and sandy or loamy soil in a well-drained location.

Traditionally used in wedding bouquets, for corsages, and for flower arrangements. The small dark green foliage can be pruned and shaped into living statues. Attractive evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean with a spicy aroma.

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. Another story has it that this is really the same as another well-known variety called 'Adriatic'.

10,000-23,000 Scoville units. It is perhaps not for everybody, but if you are growing this in your garden for all to see, it does help to have a healthy dose of humour. (Penis pepper) An heirloom pepper that undeniably looks like an uncircumcised penis.

Start indoors two months before outdoor planting date. Blanched hearts are cut into sections and parboiled for 90 min. Until tender and bitter free. May be sauteed, or served heated, then chilled with oil and vinegar, or topped with a cream sauce and...

Excellent for eating fresh off the tree as well. Often confused with O'Rourke, another variation on Celeste that was officially released by LSU. From the fig breeding program at Louisiana State University but never released officially.

Likes damp, acidic soil. (Bearberry; Kinnikinnik) Used for kidney and bladder infections on account of its diuretic and antiseptic properties. Attractive glossy green leaves and pink bell-shaped flowers.

Light pink crepe myrtle-like blooms are borne from late spring to fall and are followed by long-lasting 1/4" bright red fruit considered to be high in Vitamin C. A dwarf growing Barbados Cherry that is excellent for hanging baskets, bonsai, or mixed containers.

Woodland perennial, 15-40cm/6-16” high, with deep red flowers in spring. Tea made from the roots was used for menstrual problems, to induce labour, for menopause, and as an aphrodisiac.

Olympian was confirmed to be a distinct cultivar via DNA testing when compared with the 270 varieties at the USDA ARS Germplasm Repository in California. Once well established they are fairly drought tolerant but extended dry periods can cause leaf and...

In larger doses it acts as a nerve depressant, and is useful for asthma and whooping cough. (Indian tobacco) In small doses lobelia acts as a stimulant, especially on the respiratory system.

As a lotion it is effective on skin eruptions and slow-healing wounds. Infusion is useful for coughs and catarrh. Low creeping herb with pale blue flowers.

Developed by Dr. Ed O'Rourke at LSU for disease and nematode resistance as well as the hot and humid Southern climate, it produces a breba crop and a large main crop providing fruit over a long season.

Showy bright blue flowers. Leaflets are assembled in ladder form. Remedy for nervous complaints, headaches and palpitations of the heart.

Others studies have shown Sassafras extract with the safrole removed to cause tumors when used in medicinal amounts in lab animals. Yellow to greenish-yellow, lightly fragrant spring flowers are born in clusters at the tips of the bare green stems as...