Herb Plants Plants For Sale In District Of Columbia

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

In gardens, trained to fences, or in hanging baskets. Day neutral variety that produces large sweet berries from June till frost.

Chronic complaints such as PMS disappear. The latter is very active biologically regulating such functions as the vessel and immune systems. Roots can be eaten as a vegetable; shoots as a salad.

Large showy rose-pink flowers flushed with lilac. Pleasant scent with a hint of eucalyptus.

The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis. It develops a large swollen trunk which adds to the exotic appeal of the plant. The latex is applied to decaying teeth and infected wounds.

Like other citrus marigolds, with bright red flowers.

North American leafy woodland plant with attractive berries and upright plume-like white flowers. Seeds require a warm period (20°C/70°F), followed by cold (5°C/40°F) for successful germination.

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

Outstanding lemon-scented variety with dark green, sharply lobed leaves and showy flowers.

Excellent remedy for colds and intermittent fever, especially for flu. Ht. 30-150cm/1-5ft. Medical evidence suggests that it enhances the immune system. Caution: contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; not recommended for long term use.

It is attractive to butterflies and bees. No Victorian home or garden was complete without a smattering of heliotrope plants. They were probably charmed by its habit of always turning to face the sun; east to west during the day, and back to the east...

Very nice low growing hardy oregano for rockeries and pathways, and for low edging around other plants. The flavour and aroma is mild and pleasant, more like wild oregano. Ht. 25cm/10”.

Can be kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting. Rapid grower, slightly earlier than other varieties. Large berries, weighing about a gram when fresh, are nice and tasty.

Similar to other citrus marigolds; bright orange flowers.

Tea made from any part of the plant was once a common remedy for pain and insomnia. A most attractive English wildflower with bright yellow sweet-smelling, drooping blossoms in early spring.

Like ´Citrus Gold´, the orange berries are large, weighing a gram when fresh, with a nice tinge of red at the tops. (Seaberry) A superior female cultivar from The Healing Arc. Best kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting.

Famous Swiss herb used externally for bruises, burns and inflammations. Arnica is has strong analgesic and antiseptic effects. The starry golden yellow flowers that bloom throughout the summer are very attractive to bees.

Traditionally used as a herbal tonic and as a contraceptive. Propagated by small aerial-borne bulbils. It stimulates the stomach and the spleen and has been used to treat diabetes, asthma, diarrhea, and emotional instability.

Thought to contain the same psychotropic compound found in diviners sage ( ). Ht. 1.5-2m/5-6ft. Foliage is pleasantly aromatic but it is the lavender flowers that possess the remarkable grape scent.

Although the heat is definitely there, the taste is not edgy or bitter like some other hot peppers. This variety came to us from Sweden where chile enthusiasts apparently like their heat to come in fun shapes and flavours!

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

While it sometimes flowers and sets seeds in warm tropical conditions, the seeds are not edible like true cardamom. Ht. 60-150cm (2-5ft). (False cardamom; Dwarf cardamom; Shellflower) Often sold as true cardamom but it is actually a type of ginger with...

Slow to germinate. Beneficial for menstrual disorders, lack of appetite, rheumatism, stomach ailments, disorders of the muscles.

Striking deep purple flowers. Scent is a rather pleasant complex of fruit, eucalyptus and resin.

Tubers used in Chinese traditional medicine to combat conditions characterized by dampness and phlegm. Hardy aroid herb with light green tripartite leaves; 30cm/12” high. Contains ephedrine.