Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Long Beach

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

It develops a large swollen trunk which adds to the exotic appeal of the plant. Fascinating succulent used to make arrow poison in Africa. The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis.

(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...

Traditionally used to cleanse the liverX1557 Nice contrast to white-variegated or green herbs. Attractive low growing ground cover with bronze purplish leaves. Astringent and mildly-analgesic aromatic herb used to treat wounds.

It is more of a "mounder", forming bushy mounds of tightly knit dark green leaves that are edged with creamy-white. A thyme with a beautiful silvery cast and an intense lemon scent.

This variety from the Louisiana State University breeding program is one of the best varieties available. It is a reliable producer of delicious small purple figs. Does well in containers, producing an early crop of figs as soon as growth starts in spring.

Start indoors two months before outdoor planting date. Until tender and bitter free. Mediterranean delicacy grown for its succulent leaf stalks. May be sauteed, or served heated, then chilled with oil and vinegar, or topped with a cream sauce and croutons.

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

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

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

A delicious high alpha variety with a spicy, lemon taste and slight hint of pine. The flavour is very "European", and so this variety is used in lagers, pilseners, bitters, red ales, strong bocks and strong stouts.

An award-winning variety well suited for home gardens in cool and coastal areas. It was first discovered in Olympia, in Washington State. It produces its first abundant crop at an early age.

A very attractive oregano from England with dark purple-green leaves and purple flowers in summer and fall. It has a low semi-creeping habit but the flower stalks can rise up to 60cm/2ft high.

As an aggressive climber, it is perfect for gates, trellises and other upright structures. A hybrid vine that continues to produce beautiful intricate white, pink and purple flowers all year round! Not to be confused with American Passionflower, which...

Note that much of what is sold as ‘sacred' or ‘holy' basil is actually spice basil listed separately. Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil. (Krishna tulsi) The true sacred basil grown in houses, gardens and near temples all over India.

(Windowsill chives) Swiss strain developed for greenhouse forcing. Excellent, strong flavour and thick, dark green leaves. Suitable for indoor culture; less susceptible to turn yellow or leggy.

Its trailing habit makes it ideal for hanging baskets. Large velvety leaves. Refreshing mint scent.

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

Germination takes 1-2 years. Its action differs from that of true ginseng as it does not cause insomnia in large doses. (Eleuthero ginseng; Ci wu jia) Species used by Russian cosmonauts and athletes to improve endurance.

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. American prairie native used medicinally by Indians.

Easily grown from seed, seedlings are transplanted to pots when 6-8cm (2-3") tall or to the garden when 15cm (6") high. Pruning keeps the juvenile foliage coming -- the iconic round leaves preferred by florists.

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.

It is a consistent heavy yielder, well suited for the processing industry. Named after Wyldewood Cellars Winery, a leading elderberry winery in Mulvane, Kansas. Harvests start 2-4 weeks later than the industry standard variety, ‘Adams II'.

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

(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 a healthy dose of humour.

Neat compact variety with dark mauve, mildly scented flowers on long spikes. Well suited for gardens and borders, and for cutting and drying. Developed at Folgate Nursery in England before 1924.