Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Concord

Rapid grower, slightly earlier than other varieties. Can be kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting. Children love them straight out of the freezer! Ripens late July to early August.

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

The leaves can also be used fresh chopped in, for example, Vietnamese beef omelette, and on roast beef. Recently a traditional use of la lot in the treatment of inflammation received scientific validation when compounds in the leaves were found to have...

Also useful in herbal smoking mixtures designed for the relief of asthma and bronchitis. Flowers and leaves in combination with mordants yield yellow, gold, tan, grey and taupe dyes.

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

Stem runners reach 45-60cm (18-24”), outpouring light blue flowers, that outnumber their foliage. They are notable for their bloom time, which tends to be longer than other varieties.

The leaves and overall size are smaller than standard sweet basil. 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.

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

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

Variety known and used for centuries. Purple, rose or white flowers.

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

It is a reliable producer of delicious small purple figs. The sweet strawberry flesh is excellent, and the figs keep well. This variety from the Louisiana State University breeding program is one of the best varieties available.

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 in arching rows interplanted with purple lavender.

Cones will shatter if picked too late. The aroma is pleasantly floral with spice notes. Kent Golding is the premium English aroma hops first developed in the 1790s from the old Canterbury Whitebine variety.

Outstanding lemon-scented variety with dark green, sharply lobed leaves and showy flowers.

Outstanding prolific, heavy bearing variety that often will produce two crops a season. The fruits are small to medium in size and the flesh is a luscious red colour and very sweet.

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

(Cat's whiskers)

Has a very desirable clean aroma and flavour, with little of the bitterness found in other sage varieties. Leaves are smaller and have a whiter appearance compared to standard garden sage.

Silver tufted mounds; very decorative. Indians used it as a fumigant to combat illness and chewed the leaves for indigestion. (Fringed sagebrush) Prairie native.

Has also been used for rheumatism, arthritis and skin irritations. Woodland native, 30-90cm/1-3ft. American Indians used the root for upset stomach, excessive menstruation, general debility, lung problems, cough, insomnia, and as a laxative.

It is used like marijuana by Hottentot tribesmen as the resinous tops and leaves have an euphoriant effect. Ht. 90-180cm/3-6ft. (Lion's ear; Wild dagga) The botanical species name means ‘lion's ear' but the impressive orange flower spikes look more...

Trim the bush after flowering to maintain shape. Appropriate for xeriscaping, curryplant grows best in full sun and sandy or loamy soil in a well-drained location. It does not impart as much flavour to food as its scent would imply, but a few sprigs can...

Prefers full or part shade, and with care you will have flowers within 4 years. Once roots have established, do not relocate. Rhizomes spread to foster new growth. Height 12-24in (30-60cm); Spread 6-12in (15-30cm).

Also in soups, casseroles, herb vinegars and cream cheeses. Improves skin in facial treatments. Nut-cucumber flavour of leaves is welcome in all salads with French dressing or mayonnaise.

(American mandrake) A derivative of this herb is medically proven against certain cancers. Used by the Amerindians to treat hepatitis, syphilis, fevers, constipation, etc.

May be sauteed, or served heated, then chilled with oil and vinegar, or topped with a cream sauce and croutons. Until tender and bitter free. Mediterranean delicacy grown for its succulent leaf stalks.