Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Fontana

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

(Acanth spinach)

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

This unusual chile is actually quite edible and hot. (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...

The leaves can also be used fresh chopped in, for example, Vietnamese beef omelette, and on roast beef. The glossy, heart-shaped leaves are blanched briefly in boiling water and then used as a flavouring wrap for beef.

Soapwort is easy to establish in the garden. The substance that collects on the top lathers like soap when agitated. 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,...

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

Showy bright blue flowers. Remedy for nervous complaints, headaches and palpitations of the heart. Leaflets are assembled in ladder form.

A good choice for hummingbird, bee and butterfly gardens. Said to have been grown by Thomas Jefferson in his garden at Monticello. An excellent choice for xeriscaping, it prefers full sun and well-drained soil.

Ht. 40-80cm/16-32in It is used for cooking and for its aromatic oil which has antimicrobial properties against a broad spectrum of bacteria. The attractive dark look of the plant is due to reddish glands in the leaves.

Fragrant white flowers and leaves are used in potpourri. Attractive evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean with a spicy aroma. The small dark green foliage can be pruned and shaped into living statues.

Has the same insect-repelling properties as other tansies. (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 velvety leaves. Its trailing habit makes it ideal for hanging baskets. Refreshing mint scent.

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

Flowers appear May-July and later from September until frost. Shiny foliage and neat upright habit. Large violet-pink flowers, nearly 3.5 cm (1.5 in) across, are set on dark maroon calices.

Its small needle-like evergreen leaves and strong pine scent is reminiscent of a miniature Christmas tree. Makes a great winter holiday living centerpiece. Although this variety is unsuitable for culinary use, it is a perfect ornamental and aromatic plant.

Once thought to be exterminated by the Spaniards in their zeal to exorcise “demonic” practices, the plant and the rituals were found preserved in the mountains among the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico.

A popular over-the-counter mentholated rub for cold and flu is made with the oil. Peppermint eucalyptus is a tree growing to 30m (100ft) or more in height with small creamy white flowers in spring.

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.

For food and medicinal use. (Elderberry) Source of fruit for elderberry wine, pie and jelly, possesses extraordinary powers as a virus and bacteria fighter. Gaining a well-deserved reputation as a highly effective remedy for colds and flus.

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

It requires a sunny location. (Lemon gum) The lemon gum is a tall tree native to Australia with smooth pink, gray or green bark that sheds in spring. Its leaves when crushed emit a delightful lemon scent, popular in potpourris and perfumes, and to freshen...

Research in Europe is verifying what traditional medicine men of Lesotho and South Africa have long known about this herb, and what Englishman, Charles Henry Stevens claimed cured his tuberculosis back in 1897.

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.

Sideritis species have proven anti-inflammatory properties; research into anti-arthritic and antimicrobial uses is ongoing. (Ironwort) Traditional tea consumed throughout Greece to treat the common cold.

An elegant addition to silver gardens. A truly eye-catching plant, one of the few types of speedwell grown for its leaves as well as its flowers. Silver speedwell has silver white foliage and bears deep blue flowers on dramatic, stiffly upright spikes.