Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Lafayette

Heat: 500-2,500 Scoville units. Excellent stuffed fresh ( ), and in stews and sauces. About 15cm/6” long, 5cm/2” across. Dried in and powdered as . Used fresh either green or ripe red, or dried ripe.

It is very hardy and often produces two crops in a season. The jet-black fruits are small but they are considered by many to be the best tasting fig available. This is a super dwarf variety from Spain.

Recommended as fodder, especially for pigs and poultry. A natural hybrid between Symphytum officinale and Symphytum asperum. The preferred type for farming use. More rust-resistant.

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.

Used to season soups, poultry, meats, noodles, salads, and dumplings. (Japanese parsley; Honewort) A Japanese parsley grown as much for its attractive bronze-red colour as for its unique flavour.

New research indicates it has potent anticancer properties. Latex juice mixed with vinegar is said to remove warts and corns. Decoction is useful for stomach pains and inflammation of the bilary duct.

Low mat-forming lemon-scented variety with delicate dark green leaves edged with cream. Excellent between paving stones in pathways, along borders and in rock gardens.

If you have turned your nose up to sage in the past, this cultivar may change your mind. Has a very desirable clean aroma and flavour, with little of the bitterness found in other sage varieties.

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

Often confused with O'Rourke, another variation on Celeste that was officially released by LSU. Fruits are bigger and more numerous than those of Celeste. One of the best varieties for drying and for preserves.

Its growth habit is compact but not densely so like bush 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.

Like other citrus marigolds, with bright red flowers.

Strong peppermint scent; robust upright habit.

Alpha acid 4-5.5%. It will grow in hot areas with alkaline soils, and it has good resistance to mildew and pests. Our variety is the American version known as Fuggle H, and it has higher oils and is more potent than the original.

The mildly spicy scent is almost costmary-like, and the leaves can be used in potpourris and in cooking. It has a low semi-creeping habit but the flower stalks can rise up to 60cm/2ft high.

This Healing Arc variety is a selection from the European variety ´Juliet´. Berries are a little redder and rounder than ´Huron Sunset´, and slightly smaller. Superior female cultivar, bushier than others.

Grows well in hot, dry climates, but is susceptible to mildew in humid areas. Tight clustered, compact cones require careful oasting (kiln drying) and conditioning. The aroma is strong and sharp, with a citrusy, herbal and resinous elements.

It is a tough garden plant and easily withstands adverse conditions, though it prefers sunny, moist spots out of the wind. Today dried root preparations are used to quiet coughing, stimulate digestion, and soothe the stomach.

(Brazil cress; Wolikpekpe)

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

It is a compact plant that does well in containers and where space is limited. The fruits are medium-sized with a light brown or violet skin and a strawberry pink flesh. Known as the "sugar fig", this is one of the best varieties for drying and for preserves.

Pleasant scent with a hint of eucalyptus. Large showy rose-pink flowers flushed with lilac.

One of the best figs for hardiness and drought tolerance. This is a very nice small dark purple fig from Italy. The figs are only about an inch in diameter but they are sweet and tasty, and they ripen in droves in autumn.

In zones colder than zone 8, it is possible to overwinter plants by heavy mulching or by moving them indoors over winter. Traditionally grown in beds of sand or gravel near cool mountain streams, we now know that wasabi will grow quite happily in any...

Seeds are less prone to shatter before harvest. - EP10 Has high GLA content. By supplementing the diet with GLA, one can bypass a blockage of prostaglandin E1 production caused by aging, poor diet, or alcoholism.

This is the first eucalyptus species to be exploited commercially for its oil, which has a strong peppermint odour and flavour. A popular over-the-counter mentholated rub for cold and flu is made with the oil.

See also Sha Yuan (#5395) Cardiotonic; lowers blood pressure and blood sugar; improves circulation. (Chinese milkvetch; Huang qi) One of the most important Chinese medicinal herbs, especially for its immune enhancing properties.