Herb Plants Plants For Sale In Nova Scotia

A good choice for northern gardens according to Steven Biggs, author of . Its dark-blue almost black fruit, with peach-coloured flesh, is very sweet. It is cold-resistant and it is an early main-crop fig.

Another story has it that this is really the same as another well-known variety called 'Adriatic'. Large green-yellow figs with beautiful sweet purplish-red flesh. Produces crops in summer and fall.

It casts quite a spell! Perfect for containers, as edging, and in rock gardens. Stunning effect of masses of mauve flowers set against gray-green leaves edged with creamy yellow margins.

It is more of a "mounder", forming bushy mounds of tightly knit dark green leaves that are edged with creamy-white. A thyme with a beautiful silvery cast and an intense lemon scent.

This is the North American variety which lacks the carcinogen, cis-isoasarone, found in European varieties. (Sweet flag) Medicinally useful for flatulent colic, gastritis and dyspepsia.

Attractive 3-4' upright annual herb, garlanded with opposing broad lancelike leaves, produces a radiant show of tubular yellow (or sometimes white, blue or purple) flowers. In China, sesame oil extracted from the seeds is prized for fried dishes.

Corsican mint is a low, carpet-forming mint with tiny leaves, almost moss-like in appearance, and soft to walk on. According to Greek legend, when the nymph Mintha offended the goddess Persephone, she transformed the unfortunate girl into a prostrate...

Repels ants from counters or around baseboard. Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion. Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes.

Hardy U.S. native. Excellent beeplant. Leaves possess a wonderful menthol fragrance; may be used just like peppermint.

Fine houseplant with attractive, almost circular, wavy-edged, fleshy leaves. Plant with strong menthol scent.

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

Included in the Richters collection are many of the favourites: Lemon Balm, Bay Laurel, Chives, Lavender, Lovage, Greek Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Winter Savory, Garden Sorrel, French Tarragon and Thyme.

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

Plants are available individually. If you can't plant them outside immediately, you may want to pot them into a larger container. This should not harm the plants. The brilliant green, oval leaves grow densely on mounding plants for many harvests throughout...

Choice variety for everlastings. Up to 60cm/24in high. Leaves silver-white, flowers soft lemon-yellow, large.

Many craft brewers like it because of its balance of aroma and bitterness, and because of its high oil and lupulin contents. Sometimes called “super Cascade” because it has nearly double the alpha acids of Cascade.

Easier to grow. The Vienna Pharmacognostic Institute found that this plant has the same medicinal action as the European variety, .

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

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

The whole herb is used to treat fever, enteritis, and pains, such rheumatic pain and the pain of bone fractures. Hardy native of grasslands and mountain slopes in northern China, Mongolia and Siberia.

Conspicuous white flowers, 5cm/2” across, appear in early spring. One of our most beautiful woodland wildflowers. Important dyeplant: roots yield red-orange colour for dyeing wool.

For the best shipping value, order any combination of 6 plants. This should not harm the plants. Full sun and cool nights both encourage deeper purple coloration in the blooms. We do our best to ship strong, healthy plants right to your door on time.

The Grecian foxglove is a plant to admire and respect for its powerful capacities. Native to southeast Europe, it has naturalized and is now found wild in several US states. It can be a good garden dweller however, if it is deadheaded to rein in its tendency...

Today dried root preparations are used to quiet coughing, stimulate digestion, and soothe the stomach. Since before Roman times elecampane has been used for medicine, mainly for its expectorant and carminative qualities.

Berries are a little redder and rounder than ´Huron Sunset´, and slightly smaller. Superior female cultivar, bushier than others. This Healing Arc variety is a selection from the European variety ´Juliet´.

The rhizomes are sedative and have been shown to have kavalactones like those responsible for the sedative properties of kava. In Brazil it is one of the most important folk medicines for rheumatism, heart disease, hypertension, and as a diuretic, and...