Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In California

(Bearberry; Kinnikinnik) Used for kidney and bladder infections on account of its diuretic and antiseptic properties. Likes damp, acidic soil. Attractive glossy green leaves and pink bell-shaped flowers.

Known as the "sugar fig", this is one of the best varieties for drying and for preserves. The fruits are medium-sized with a light brown or violet skin and a strawberry pink flesh.

Hot chile pepper with a fruity, almost mango-like flavour. The indented yellow fruits, 10cm/4" long, vaguely suggest the faces of monkeys. Although the heat is definitely there, the taste is not edgy or bitter like some other hot peppers.

This fascinating mild-flavoured onion develops bulbs at the top of its slender leaves, not at the base like ordinary onions. From one of our customers, here is an excellent tip: "One of the best uses for this onion is to take the bulblet clusters on top...

Help the bees with these nectar-producing herbs in your garden.

(Plectranthus; Spurflower)

Showy orange-red fuchsia-like flowers; miniature fruits. Considered an excellent remedy for tapeworms since the time of the Greeks. Needs occasional pruning. A red dye is produced from fruit skins and flowers.

Strong peppermint scent; robust upright habit.

(Jackpot tansy) Sensational variety from England. Soft downy woolly-grey leaves are soon overwhelmed by a shroud of white flowers -- so much so that you almost cannot see the leaves.

Large showy rose-pink flowers flushed with lilac. Pleasant scent with a hint of eucalyptus.

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. Home gardeners need 1-3 males for every 5 female plants.

Attractive evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean with a spicy aroma. The small dark green foliage can be pruned and shaped into living statues. Traditionally used in wedding bouquets, for corsages, and for flower arrangements.

Excellent contrast plant for grey santolinas; for borders, hedges, and knot gardens.

(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.

Prostrate habit; fine for hanging baskets. Oak leaf-shaped leaves., purple veins.

(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 than an ear! It is a tall native of southern Africa where it is used for epilepsy, headache, hypertension, and...

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 garden. The scent and flavour is unmistakably lemon.

Hard as it is to imagine improving upon the wonder herb echinacea, here is a plant that does just that. And its branching habit means the blooming season extends right through to fall.

(Penis pepper) An heirloom pepper that undeniably looks like an uncircumcised penis. It is perhaps not for everybody, but if you are growing this in your garden for all to see, it does help to have a healthy dose of humour.

(Japanese horseradish) Glorious wasabi, that pungent green horseradish-like condiment from Japan, a must for sushi and sashimi, is finally available to grow in your own garden. After 18-24 months the rhizomes are harvested, washed, peeled and grated for...

All parts of the plant burst with an absolutely stunning licorice scent when squeezed. Prefers full or partial sun in wet soil or in water garden. Used in Thai cooking, and deserving of experimentation wherever a new flavour twist is desired.

Lovely deep rose flowers; dark glossy leaves. Strong scent, possibly of apricots.

Very showy pink flowers. Pungent, resinous, nutty odour, possibly reminiscent of almonds.

In Jim Westerfield's words: “We always served this neat hybrid in our gourmet restaurant as a side dish. And then to this was added lots of butter and maybe, just maybe a touch of fresh garlic.

For best results, freeze seeds in moist sand for 2 weeks, then sow and keep moist and dark. Capers, a fixture of Mediterranean cuisine for 2000 years, are made from the unopened flower buds of this plant.

Alpha acid 4-6% One of the most widely grown aroma hops of the English Fuggle type, for flavouring use. It is a seedless triploid with a vigorous growth habit. Introduced in 1967, it has a pleasant mild fruity aroma with hints of spice and earthy woods.