Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Fort Worth

Attractive narrow-leaf form with light purple flowers. Choice addition to any rosemary collection. Graceful branching habit densely covered with strongly scented leaves.

Striking small tree with soft, feathery grey-white leaves. Mediterranean favourite for its bitter stomachic properties.

(Acanth spinach)

Since before Roman times elecampane has been used for medicine, mainly for its expectorant and carminative qualities. Soaring like a skyscraper to heights of 2-3m (7-10ft), this hardy perennial makes an impressive statement in the garden.

Classic evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean. Essential oil is used for fragrance. Lovely house plant. Spicy leaves can be used in cooking like bay leaf. Fragrant white flowers and leaves are used in potpourri.

Very nice low growing hardy oregano for rockeries and pathways, and for low edging around other plants. Ht. 25cm/10”. The flavour and aroma is mild and pleasant, more like wild oregano.

(Clary sage) Seeds soaked in water produce mucilaginous eye bath which safely removes particles, hence its name ‘clear eye' or ‘clary'. Handsome aromatic flowers. Used as a fixative in potpourris.

Beneficial for menstrual disorders, lack of appetite, rheumatism, stomach ailments, disorders of the muscles. Slow to germinate.

Ht. 75cm/30”. Violet flowers, strong scent. Commercially important strain from the Vaucluse district of France. Discovered in 1972 when the standard commercial strain was nearly destroyed by disease.

Producing stands of long satiny green ribbons that should be cut to prevent the plant from dying back, sweetgrass can be used to scent linens and clothing when dried, or tightly braided and burned as incense.

(Lesser calamint) A regional favourite in Tuscany where it is added to mushroom dishes and green vegetables for its distinctive minty flavour. Sauteed zucchini or mushrooms with fresh nepitella, tomatoes, and garlic is served with roast or boiled meat...

Slow growing shrub whose leaves possess a remarkable sweet anise scent.

Pungent bitter leaves used sparingly in stews, salads, sandwiches and vegetable juice. In early times judges relied on fresh sprigs of rue to repel fleas brought into court by prisoners.

Choice variety for everlastings. Up to 60cm/24in high. Leaves silver-white, flowers soft lemon-yellow, large.

Strong flavour. Important medicinal uses, both internally and externally. Source of Japanese menthol, used to flavour candies, drinks, etc.

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

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

For a twist, try the delicious young leaves in salads. Originating in Germany or Northeastern Europe, the plant is perennial over a wide range of zones and grows well in most conditions, preferring a well-drained, light soil with full sun.

Edible berries are borne inside fascinating orange chinese lantern-like calyces. Recommended for fevers and gout. Berries are eaten raw, or in preserves and pies.

Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbird moths. "Bouncing bet" is an old Elizabethan term for laundry woman. Attractive pale pink flowers appear in dense clusters. (Bouncing bet) Native to eastern Europe, Soapwort is often found growing in the woods,...

Seeds require a warm period (20°C/70°F), followed by cold (5°C/40°F) for successful germination. Prefers full to part shade, out of direct sunlight. Another warm period is required for proper development.

Popular with eastern USA craft brewers for full-bodied ales. Good versatile all-purpose hop with high oils. An older 1934 aromatic variety with a crisp, neutral aroma and high bittering qualities.

Needs winter mulching to survive zone 5, or more suited as a potplant. 'Gold Crisp' has a more delicate, ascendant habit; very nice in windowboxes, hanging baskets and strawberry jars.

Purple fruits are large, the size of tangerines, and the flesh is dark and very sweet. It produces its first abundant crop at an early age. An award-winning variety well suited for home gardens in cool and coastal areas.

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.

American prairie native used medicinally by Indians. There is evidence it may have immune- enhancing properties like echinacea (to which it is a common adulterant). Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea.