Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Mesa

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

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

Small papery yellow flowers appear in the summer and make a bright addition to potpourris and dried floral arrangements. Its narrow silvery-grey leaves make a striking visual statement in the herb garden.

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

(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.

Easier to grow. The Vienna Pharmacognostic Institute found that this plant has the same medicinal action as the European variety, .

(Cat's whiskers)

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

Great chile for salads, for stuffing, pickles and salsa. (Friar's hat; Joker's hat) Originally from Barbados where they are known as "peri peri". Unique three or four-sided shape resembles a hat or a crown -- or maybe a flying spaceship.

Recommended as fodder, especially for pigs and poultry. A natural hybrid between Symphytum officinale and Symphytum asperum. The preferred type for farming use. Highest concentration of protein.

Apparently named after the Zambesi River of Africa, this new lemon thyme from Germany is a low spreader that looks equally good in gardens and in hanging baskets. It forms dense masses of gold-flecked leaves that tumble out beautifully over the edges...

This purple-leaf form is widely grown throughout India. Mildy intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes. Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil.

And its branching habit means the blooming season extends right through to fall. Not only is it beautiful, easy to grow, very hardy, and can be used to make home remedies, this echinacea cultivar is scented too.

Outstanding variety developed from a single remarkable plant discovered in Europe in the garden of the son of echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson. Has huge fragrant flowers, up to 18cm/7” across, with striking upcurved clear pink petals.

Historically used as a dye plant, fresh red blooms can be used to create red or pink dyes, with good fastness. Its height makes it an effective screen plant to hide compost heaps or fences.

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

The scent and flavour is unmistakably lemon. An outstanding new variety from Europe. Ht. 20-25cm/8-10in. Like green eyes lined with gold eyeliner, the gold-variegated elliptical leaves of this bushy lemon thyme add an elegant but watchful effect to the...

Its large velvety leaves and shocking pink flowers make it an attractive houseplant. Needs good light. Pinch to keep bushy. The strong aroma of mixed fruits makes this plant an ideal ingredient for potpourri and other fragrant concoctions.

Lovely peach and yellow bicolor flowers appear from late spring till frost. Hybrid between and . Ht. 60-90 cm (2-3 ft).

For best results, freeze seeds in moist sand for 2 weeks, then sow and keep moist and dark. A straggly, slow growing shrub of dry, rocky areas of the Mediterranean and North Africa.

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

This is an improvement over a well-known but mostly unreliable 'Brown Turkey' variety grown in North America. 'Vern's' is a reliable producer of large tasty sweet figs with a dark brown skin and a light amber flesh.

May be sauteed, or served heated, then chilled with oil and vinegar, or topped with a cream sauce and croutons. Blanched hearts are cut into sections and parboiled for 90 min. Until tender and bitter free.

The oil yield lower than other lavandins but the quality is much higher. This is the main commercial lavender grown in France. Has the best perfume of all the hybrid lavenders. Widely used in soaps and in aromatherapy.

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

Berry seeds may be roasted and used as a coffee substitute. The root portion also has potential as a contraceptive on account of its estrogenic properties. Blue Cohosh is a leafy shrub that was highly esteemed by the Amerindians, used traditionally to...