Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Aurora

Does well in containers, producing an early crop of figs as soon as growth starts in spring. The sweet strawberry flesh is excellent, and the figs keep well. It is a reliable producer of delicious small purple figs.

The starry golden yellow flowers that bloom throughout the summer are very attractive to bees. Applied externally in the form of salves or rubs, it is considered one of the best remedies for wounds available to modern herbalists; however internal use...

Alternatively, beef rolls made with ground beef and pork are wrapped in la lot leaves, then fried and served with rice. Excellent house plant. Ht. 45-60 cm (18-24 in). The glossy, heart-shaped leaves are blanched briefly in boiling water and then used...

Note that much of what is sold as ‘sacred' or ‘holy' basil is actually spice basil listed separately. (Krishna tulsi) The true sacred basil grown in houses, gardens and near temples all over India.

Easy to grow in any pot or decorative container. Its musk-scented leaves are excellent in potpourris, adding an exotic, mysterious note to the mix. (Nutmeg bush) Small aromatic South African bush with showy plumes of whitish flowers.

One of the few herbs that adds colour to shady areas. Glossy dark green evergreen leaves with pale yellow edges; violet blue flowers.

All plant parts can be used to produce yellow, bronze and grey dyes. Good remedy for coughs, hoarseness and bronchitis. Striking yellow flower stalks rise from a woolly leaf base in the second year.

From the fig breeding program at Louisiana State University but never released officially. One of the best varieties for drying and for preserves. Excellent for eating fresh off the tree as well.

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

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. Because true zaatar is now a protected plant in Israel, commercial zaatar blends often...

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

This is the perfect herb, cutflower and garden plant all in one! Ht. 75cm/30”. Hard as it is to imagine improving upon the wonder herb echinacea, here is a plant that does just that.

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

Ht. 60-90 cm (2-3 ft). Hybrid between and . Lovely peach and yellow bicolor flowers appear from late spring till frost.

Sweetgrass has been in cultivation by humans for thousands of years, propagating from division, and thus has lost some of its ability to set viable seed. In Europe during the Medieval period, sweetgrass was scattered across the floors of cathedrals to...

Common flavouring for chewing gum, toothpaste, mouthwash. Stratify 60 days at 5°C/40°F. Used for headaches and other aches and pains, inflammations and acute rheumatism. Wintergreen-scented woodland shrub, only 15 cm/6 high.

It is a compact plant that does well in containers and where space is limited. Cold tolerant, early ripening variety. The fruits are medium-sized with a light brown or violet skin and a strawberry pink flesh.

Propagated by small aerial-borne bulbils. (Chinese yam; Shan yao) Tall climbing vine with white, cinnamon-scented flowers and edible tubers that weigh up to 2kg (5lb). Reported to have survived zone 3 in Alberta.

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

Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes. Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion. Repels cockroaches as well.

Juice of the leaves is claimed to be as effective as aloe vera in treating cuts and sores. Known as the “pregnant onion”, for bulges develop on its sides where eventually baby bulbs burst through the skin.

Great way to introduce friends and family to really sumptuous eating, featuring fresh herbs from the garden. Included in the Richters collection are many of the favourites: Lemon Balm, Bay Laurel, Chives, Lavender, Lovage, Greek Oregano, Rosemary, Sage,...

It grows well in pots and will bloom for months with showy bright pink or red flowers. Fascinating succulent used to make arrow poison in Africa. The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis.

It attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies, is hardy almost everywhere and self-seeds, tenaciously returning year after year. As a gargle, the dried flower tea helps soothe oral inflammations.

Berry seeds may be roasted and used as a coffee substitute. Rhizomes spread to foster new growth. Height 12-24in (30-60cm); Spread 6-12in (15-30cm). The root portion also has potential as a contraceptive on account of its estrogenic properties.

Similar to other citrus marigolds; bright orange flowers.