Herb Plants Plants For Sale In Vancouver

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

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

The oil yield lower than other lavandins but the quality is much higher. This is the main commercial lavender grown in France. Has the best perfume of all the hybrid lavenders. The scent is light and flowery and has little of the camphor notes found in...

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...

(Elderberry) Variety released by the New York Agriculture Experiment Station in 1926 and is still widely grown by commercial growers. Medium-sized black-purple berries are sweeter than most varieties.

But an old French technique of applying vegetable oil (usually olive oil) with a toothpick to the small openings at the end of the immature fruits often spurs fruits to ripen without pollination.

(Pokeweed) Pleasant early spring potherb tasting like asparagus. Young unfolded leaves (older leaves are poisonous) are boiled. Used to treat rheumatism, arthritis and respiratory infections.

Ht. 25-30cm/10-12in. Lovely gold-dappled pillow-like mats of sweet lemon-scented foliage covered in purple-pink flowers in June and July. This cultivar is also known (incorrectly) as ´Golden King´.

Large berries, weighing about a gram when fresh, are nice and tasty. (Seaberry) Female cultivar from The Healing Arc. Can be kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting. Rapid grower, slightly earlier than other varieties.

Leaves smell strongly of ginger, and European settlers used it as a substitute for tropical ginger when they first arrived in North America. Rhizomes are best harvested in the fall; and to keep plants coming back year after year, leave some roots behind...

Fruits are bigger and more numerous than those of Celeste. One of the best varieties for drying and for preserves. Excellent for eating fresh off the tree as well. Often confused with O'Rourke, another variation on Celeste that was officially released...

Bitter flower buds improve digestibility of rich meat, poultry or fish dishes. Used in Japan for moxibustion.

Slow growing shrub whose leaves possess a remarkable sweet anise scent.

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

Hardy in southwestern Ontario and B.C. coastal regions. Handsome tree bearing sweet, juicy berries that make fine conserves and wine. Rootbark decoction is a traditional remedy for tapeworms.

(Spanish lavender) The standard form with narrow, grey downy leaves and dark violet flowers. Camphor-rosemary scent.

Alpha acid 3-5.5%. Commands a higher price than other Hallertau hybrids. Requires well-drained acidic soils, high in humic acids. Traditional German noble aroma type with a subtle floral and spicy aroma and very low bittering value.

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Nice variety for culinary use. Blooms in June and again August or September. American variety from Oregon with a strong heady aroma and excellent oil quality. Large violet-mauve flowers are good for scented use in potpourris and sachets.

(Brazil cress; Wolikpekpe)

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

(Acanth spinach)

You can mix and match your plants just the way you want. The most astonishingly beautiful basil we've seen! This variety is the epitome of an edible ornamental, as it remains exceptionally flavorful even when showing off its vibrant maroon blooms.

It will spread if unchecked, but who would mind more of this useful and delicious herb? Horseradish is one of the bitter herbs eaten at Passover. Herb of the Year for 2011! Before it became a popular condiment, horseradish was a medicinal herb valued...

Attractive variety with roundish, crinkled leaves. For many years we listed this as 'golden oregano' but now that name is applied to the following variety. Needs winter mulching to survive zone 5, or more suited as a potplant.

As children, we were taught by our parents how to make a sweet, root beer like tea from the young roots of the Sassafras tree by boiling them in water, which may help remove much of the safrole - read more about the concerns about safrole below.

Pineapple Guava can be grown as a shrub or trained into a small tree. The Pineapple Guava is tolerant of full sun to partially shaded condtions. A no-care evergreen shrub with silvery-green foliage and producing 1.5" lavender blooms with a large prominent...