Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Alabama

It was also used in the middle ages to balance spicy foods and was even used by the Egyptians as a drink flavouring. Its delightful flavour has been widely utilized throughout the ages.

Delicious fresh or dried, or for canning. This is a long-lived variety that does well in containers and tolerates heavy pruning. Flavour is very sweet, especially when the weather is hot.

The ancients and latter day fig-cognoscenti have known the hedonistic delight of fresh sun-ripened, honey-dripping figs, and know all too well the impatient wait for fig season to arrive in late summer.

Alpha acid 11-14%. It is a triploid cross between ´Smoothcone´ and ´53-5-61M´ developed by the Riwaka Hop Research Centre in New Zealand and released in 1994. A delicious high alpha variety with a spicy, lemon taste and slight hint of pine.

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

Traditionally used in wedding bouquets, for corsages, and for flower arrangements. Fragrant white flowers and leaves are used in potpourri. Attractive evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean with a spicy aroma.

So rich is the visual complexity that this is a basil one needs to appreciate up close, in pots on a windowsill or in a table centrepiece. The leaves and overall size are smaller than standard sweet basil.

Dried leaves may be used to make tea, thought to be an effective tonic for the bronchial, digestive and urinary systems. A favourite in container gardens, it may be happiest in hanging baskets, trailing straight down 1m (3 ft) or more.

Corsican mint is a low, carpet-forming mint with tiny leaves, almost moss-like in appearance, and soft to walk on. Sturdy enough to plant between flagstones or as a spreading groundcover in high-traffic areas, Corsican mint will quickly spread to create...

Needs winter mulching to survive zone 5, or more suited as a potplant. 'Gold Crisp' has a more delicate, ascendant habit; very nice in windowboxes, hanging baskets and strawberry jars.

Alpha acid 7-9.5%. Good resistance to diseases and pests. Moderate clean bittering qualities and clean spicy aroma used in a wide range of beers. It is a cross between Northern Brewer and a German male hop.

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´. Ht. 25-30cm/10-12in.

It is a cross between a tetraploid smooth cone variety and an open pollinated variety. Yields are high, more than 2 tonnes per hectare; but yields can be hurt by mildew if not controlled.

(Cat's whiskers)

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

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

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

Ht. 90-180cm/3-6ft. ‘Dagga' is a local name for marijuana in southern Africa, hence the name ‘wild dagga' . (Lion's ear; Wild dagga) The botanical species name means ‘lion's ear' but the impressive orange flower spikes look more like a lion's tail...

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

"Bouncing bet" is an old Elizabethan term for laundry woman. Soapwort is well known to the Mahuna and Cherokee, who used it to make poultices and rinses for a variety of skin ailments, pain relief, and as a soap.

Very attractive fan-shaped foliage. Seeds take 3 to 12 months to germinate. (Maidenhair tree) An extremely hardy tree, resistant to pollution and disease. According to recent European studies, the leaf extract increases blood supply to the brain and improves...

(Dr. Livingston geranium) Lemon-rose scent. Finely cut leaves.

The juice of the leaves is used to stop bleeding. The Tujia people of central China use the herb for hepatitis, dysentery, herpes zoster, and swelling. In traditional Chinese medicine the whole plant is used to clear heat and to detoxify, and is widely...

Used to season soups, poultry, meats, noodles, salads, and dumplings. Prefers moist, partly shady locations but will grow in full sun. The leaves look a lot like Italian flat-leaf parsley.

It is a tough garden plant and easily withstands adverse conditions, though it prefers sunny, moist spots out of the wind. Today dried root preparations are used to quiet coughing, stimulate digestion, and soothe the stomach.