Herb Plants Plants For Sale In San Buenaventura Ventura

The sweetly fragrant flowers start out pure white and change to delicate pink as they mature. For cooking, the flowers have a prized mild and delicate flavour. In the Lavender Capital of America, Sequim, Washington, there are spectacular displays of Melissa...

However the strongly scented glossy leaves are edible and can be used like a wrap to flavour food. When they appear the beautiful porcelain-like flowers are also edible. Also makes a nice easy-to-grow indoor foliage plant.

Ht. 20-25cm/8-10in. Apparently named after the Zambesi River of Africa, this new lemon thyme from Germany is a low spreader that looks equally good in gardens and in hanging baskets.

The mildly spicy scent is almost costmary-like, and the leaves can be used in potpourris and in cooking. Does well in dry sunny places, and bees and butterflies are drawn to it. A very attractive oregano from England with dark purple-green leaves and...

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

Similar to other citrus marigolds; bright orange flowers.

Valuable remedy for kidney problems. (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.

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

Unusual vine bearing spectacular star-like lavender flowers. Grow in sunniest window or greenhouse and provide support of trellis. Slow to germinate. Used as table fruit and in sherbet, jam, and beverages.

Juice of the leaves is claimed to be as effective as aloe vera in treating cuts and sores. A fascinating onion-like medicinal herb for sunny windows. Known as the “pregnant onion”, for bulges develop on its sides where eventually baby bulbs burst...

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

The flavour is strong and spicy, and its leaves can be used fresh or dried wherever oregano is used. In the garden it is hardier and more vigorous than true zaatar. This is not Origanum syriacum, the plant usually called "Syrian oregano." That other "Syrian...

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. Commercial growers need to plant about 10% of the orchard with male plants.

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

It is very hardy and often produces two crops in a season. Even when grown in pots, it is very productive. This is a super dwarf variety from Spain. The jet-black fruits are small but they are considered by many to be the best tasting fig available.

Fine houseplant like Ficus benjamina. Slow to germinate. (Pipal) Sacred tree of Hindus and Buddhists; Buddha meditated non-stop for 7 years under a bo-tree until he reached liberation.

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

According to Greek legend, when the nymph Mintha offended the goddess Persephone, she transformed the unfortunate girl into a prostrate plant, but her beauty lives on in the sweet-smelling glossy green leaves.

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

The juice is also used internally for ulcers. Grow indoors in good light. The famous healing plant. Fresh leaves can be split and gel applied to treat minor burns, sunburn, wrinkles, insect bites, minor cuts, scratches, and skin irritations.

Raising caper bush from seed is not for the novice; germination is slow and typically less than 30%. The buds are pickled in strongly salted wine vinegar to develop their characteristic aromatic pungent flavour used to such advantage in French mayonnaise-based...

Peppermint eucalyptus is a tree growing to 30m (100ft) or more in height with small creamy white flowers in spring. Gardeners like it for its excellent shape and landscaping potential.

It grows well in pots and will bloom for months with showy bright pink or red flowers. The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis. The roots or bark are used to treat venereal disease, skin diseases, and to kill lice and other skin parasites.

Its well balanced bittering properties and pleasant aroma profile make it an excellent dual purpose hops. Alpha acid 5.5%. Variety used in American style pale ales. It was developed from an old French variety called ´Elsasser´ and was released in 2000...

Curiously, they do not seem to use it much in cuisine, despite its superb flavour. Deserves experimentation! Mexicans like to place a vase of fresh cut herb on the dinner table to ward off insects.

Deceptively charming, purple foxglove is an extraordinarily potent herb. His subsequent ten-year study of the plant made him the inventor of modern clinical pharmacology and gave us the drug digitalis.

Good versatile all-purpose hop with high oils. Popular with eastern USA craft brewers for full-bodied ales. An older 1934 aromatic variety with a crisp, neutral aroma and high bittering qualities.