Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge

The preferred type for farming use. Recommended as fodder, especially for pigs and poultry. See Russian Comfrey Bocking No. 14 also. More rust-resistant. Highest concentration of protein.

The sweetly fragrant flowers start out pure white and change to delicate pink as they mature. In the Lavender Capital of America, Sequim, Washington, there are spectacular displays of Melissa in arching rows interplanted with purple lavender.

Also known as 'Italian Honey'. Medium to large yellow-green fig with a very sweet and delicious light amber flesh. Produces crops in summer and fall.

Striking deep purple flowers. Scent is a rather pleasant complex of fruit, eucalyptus and resin.

Aromatic shrub, native to the Maritimes. Seeds germinate more readily if wax is removed and seeds are exposed to 6 weeks of moist cold treatment. Berries produce blue dye and with various mordants, leaves produce yellow, gold and greyish-green dyes.

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 like a lion's tail than an ear! It is a tall native of southern Africa where it is used for epilepsy, headache,...

Indians dyed their bodies and clothes with bloodroot. One of our most beautiful woodland wildflowers. Conspicuous white flowers, 5cm/2” across, appear in early spring. Important dyeplant: roots yield red-orange colour for dyeing wool.

One of the most widely grown aroma hops of the English Fuggle type, for flavouring use. Alpha acid 4-6% The variety has some resistance to diseases and pests. It is a seedless triploid with a vigorous growth habit.

Attractive low growing ground cover with bronze purplish leaves. Traditionally used to cleanse the liverX1557 Nice contrast to white-variegated or green herbs. Suited to partial or full sun.

Excessive doses can cause severe depression. (Indian tobacco) In small doses lobelia acts as a stimulant, especially on the respiratory system. In larger doses it acts as a nerve depressant, and is useful for asthma and whooping cough.

(Leaf ginseng; Surinam spinach) Attractive edible houseplant with glossy, dark-green whorled leaves and tiny red flowers. In Chinese medicine, the roots of a related species are used to treat general debility in the same way as ginseng.

All plant parts can be used to produce yellow, bronze and grey dyes. Striking yellow flower stalks rise from a woolly leaf base in the second year. Good remedy for coughs, hoarseness and bronchitis.

(Rhodiola; Golden root)

Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion. Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes. Repels ants from counters or around baseboard.

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.

Hardy in southwestern Ontario and B.C. coastal regions. Handsome tree bearing sweet, juicy berries that make fine conserves and wine. Rootbark decoction is a traditional remedy for tapeworms.

Excellent beeplant. Hardy U.S. native. Leaves possess a wonderful menthol fragrance; may be used just like peppermint.

Dried powdered rhizome is the major source of orris, used in perfumery and potpourris. Produces nearly white flowers with traces of blue or purple.

Does well in dry sunny places, and bees and butterflies are drawn to it. A very attractive oregano from England with dark purple-green leaves and purple flowers in summer and fall.

Produces crops in summer and fall. Named after a town in the Bordeaux region of France where this variety is said to have come from. The striking, almost black fruits have a red flesh that has intense rich flavour! A-fig-cionados say that this variety...

Edible flowers are wonderful in many dishes where colour and its clove scent and flavour add a new twist. One of the most heavily scented pinks, strikingly sweet and clove-like.

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

(Dollar leaf gum) Shaped like silver dollars, and about the same size too, the leaves and stimulating fresh scent make the species a popular item in fresh or dried floral arrangements.

A favourite among fig lovers, this variety was originally from the Spanish missions of California. Self-pollinated. The large purplish-black fruits have a strawberry-red flesh. It is a heavy yielding, long-lived variety that does well in warmer areas.

American variety from Oregon with a strong heady aroma and excellent oil quality. Blooms in June and again August or September. Large violet-mauve flowers are good for scented use in potpourris and sachets.

(Needle stonecrop; Fo jia cao) Attractive low carpeting succulent from East Asia where it grows on grassy slopes. Excellent drought tolerant groundcover for the garden. The juice of the leaves is used to stop bleeding.

(Acanth spinach)