Herb Plants Plants For Sale In Port St Lucie

Young leaves eaten in salads or as cooked greens; roots used in soups. (Jupiter's Beard) Fragrant red flowers. Not to be confused with the true medicinal valerian.

Dittany of Crete was considered a potent healing herb by the early Greeks and has a long history in ancient writings, where it was purported to be able to expel arrows from wounds, ease childbirth and reverse poisoning.

Bound to become a new culinary favourite among gourmands suffering from a tired palate, for it invites experimentation in unexpected ways and places. The scent and flavour of rau om have a beguiling floral character that is entirely unique among herbs.

Popular general tonic and remedy for diarrhea, and used to repel insects. Similar to East Indian basil (#1282), but scent and flavour is closer to thyme. Used throughout Africa for fevers including malaria.

Reported to have survived zone 3 in Alberta. Traditionally used as a herbal tonic and as a contraceptive. It stimulates the stomach and the spleen and has been used to treat diabetes, asthma, diarrhea, and emotional instability.

The figs are only about an inch in diameter but they are sweet and tasty, and they ripen in droves in autumn. This is a very nice small dark purple fig from Italy. One of the best figs for hardiness and drought tolerance.

Strongly aromatic. (Blue sage) Native of the Sierra Nevada and area north to Canada. Used by the Montana Indians as a general tonic, to restore hair, and as a dermatological aid.

Flowers are long lasting. Plants are highly uniform -- unusual for lavenders raised from seeds. Flowers the first season from seeds if started early. Outstanding compact lavender for edging, mass plantings, rock gardens and patio planters.

Typically, wrapped beef pieces are skewered and then grilled. The leaves can also be used fresh chopped in, for example, Vietnamese beef omelette, and on roast beef. (Lolot pepper) Vietnamese herb related to black pepper.

Good aroma and sharp, bitter oregano flavour. Round leaves on almost trailing branches and attractive pink or purple flower bracts. Said to be a hybrid between and .

Popular with eastern USA craft brewers for full-bodied ales. It is an English Canterbury Golding type crossed with OB21m and an American native variety. Good versatile all-purpose hop with high oils.

'Vern's' is a reliable producer of large tasty sweet figs with a dark brown skin and a light amber flesh. This is an improvement over a well-known but mostly unreliable 'Brown Turkey' variety grown in North America.

Caution: contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; not recommended for long term use. Excellent remedy for colds and intermittent fever, especially for flu. Medical evidence suggests that it enhances the immune system.

Excellent between paving stones in pathways, along borders and in rock gardens. Low mat-forming lemon-scented variety with delicate dark green leaves edged with cream.

Large scarlet flowers. Pungent, woolly, grayish leaves.

Try Lemon Thyme, Tarragon and Bronze Fennel on fish or Lemon Thyme on chicken and pork. Fire up the barbeque for summer entertaining magic with these grilling herbs! Make rosemary skewers for kebab.

Repels cockroaches as well. Now used in cosmetic preparations. Repels ants from counters or around baseboard. Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion.

Best kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting. Like ´Citrus Gold´, the orange berries are large, weighing a gram when fresh, with a nice tinge of red at the tops. Excellent for juice, and for salsa, salads and as a garnish on hospitality...

Ht. 20-25cm/8-10in. The scent and flavour is unmistakably lemon. An outstanding new variety from Europe. Like green eyes lined with gold eyeliner, the gold-variegated elliptical leaves of this bushy lemon thyme add an elegant but watchful effect to the...

Esteemed in India as a vermifuge and insecticide, especially for fleas. This is the North American variety which lacks the carcinogen, cis-isoasarone, found in European varieties. Root powder is valuable as a fixative in potpourris.

Curiously, they do not seem to use it much in cuisine, despite its superb flavour. Growth habit is similar to that of regular sweet basil, with a distinctive cinnamon taste and odour.

The striking, almost black fruits have a red flesh that has intense rich flavour! A-fig-cionados say that this variety is one of the very best. Named after a town in the Bordeaux region of France where this variety is said to have come from.

This purple-leaf form is widely grown throughout India. Mildy intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes. Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil.

Not considered suitable for commercial oil production. (Dutch lavender; Lavandin) Vigorous, long-stemmed variety in cultivation since the 1950s and still widely grown for fresh bouquets, lavender wands, and potpourri.

Produces best when cut continuously. Excellent, strong flavour and thick, dark green leaves. Suitable for indoor culture; less susceptible to turn yellow or leggy. (Windowsill chives) Swiss strain developed for greenhouse forcing.

Images courtesy of Agristarts, Inc. Our Ischia Figs originated from Agristarts, Inc. And may be the same as White Ischia although, in our opinion, look more similar to the Green Ischia which is named as Verte according to Dr. Ira Condit.

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