Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In El Monte

This Healing Arc variety is a selection from the European variety ´Juliet´. Superior female cultivar, bushier than others. Excellent for freezing berry-laden branches to store for winter usage.

It can usually be counted on producing crops in summer and in fall. 'Vern's' is a reliable producer of large tasty sweet figs with a dark brown skin and a light amber flesh. This is an improvement over a well-known but mostly unreliable 'Brown Turkey'...

Its silky black-purple flowers set this plant apart: Beautiful wine-stained black blooms with paler star-shaped centers appear on towering spikes that can become 2.5m (8ft) tall. Lends a high-drama effect to any mixed sunny border.

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

Variegated, deeply cut leaves with a strong rose-mint scent. Neat, compact growth habit.

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

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.

Cough drops and sore throat lozenges made with eucalyptus oil are popular and very effective. But despite its large size outdoors, it is easy to maintain at a manageable size indoors with occasional pruning.

This variety came to us from Sweden where chile enthusiasts apparently like their heat to come in fun shapes and flavours! Hot chile pepper with a fruity, almost mango-like flavour.

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.

The first harvest (the "breba" crop) in summer is heavy, followed by a lighter second crop in fall. Large figs have a deep green skin with minute white spots and luscious strawberry-red flesh.

(Rau ngo) A refugee of war, this remarkable little herb came to North America with the thousands who fled Vietnam in the 1970s. Bound to become a new culinary favourite among gourmands suffering from a tired palate, for it invites experimentation in unexpected...

Self-pollinated. A favourite among fig lovers, this variety was originally from the Spanish missions of California. Delicious fresh, dried or canned. The large purplish-black fruits have a strawberry-red flesh.

(Acanth spinach)

Once used medicinally to treat congestive heart failure, known by the now-forgotten name of “dropsy,” the plant is no longer used by herbalists because of its extreme toxicity.

Excellent for sorrel soup. Profusion is a registered trademark of Richters; all rights reserved. RICHTERS INTRODUCTION. Profusion is a major improvement over standard varieties because it does not flower or go to seed at all.

Ht. 75cm/30”. Has huge fragrant flowers, up to 18cm/7” across, with striking upcurved clear pink petals. Outstanding variety developed from a single remarkable plant discovered in Europe in the garden of the son of echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson.

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

Highly decorative form of fennel with bronze-red, lacy foliage. Leaves can be used like green fennel.

Popular remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Seeds can be slow to germinate. Also useful in herbal smoking mixtures designed for the relief of asthma and bronchitis.

Herb of the Year for 2011! Before it became a popular condiment, horseradish was a medicinal herb valued for its antibiotic and stimulant properties. Its mild antibiotic and diuretic effect made it one of the first, best treatments for urinary tract infections.

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

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

Ht. 20-25cm/8-10in. Its strong flavour and aroma make it an excellent seasoning for meat dishes, stuffings and salad dressings. A cute little English thyme that grows into beautiful dense mounds.

A well rounded dual purpose hop, popular with craft and microbrewers. Alpha acid 7-9.5%. Good resistance to diseases and pests. Developed at the Hop Research Center in Bavaria and grown in America since the 1980s.

Produces crops in summer and fall. Large green-yellow figs with beautiful sweet purplish-red flesh. Either way, this is one wonderful fig. Another story has it that this is really the same as another well-known variety called 'Adriatic'.