Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Missouri

Raising caper bush from seed is not for the novice; germination is slow and typically less than 30%. Capers tend to reduce oiliness in foods, and possess a natural affinity for garlic and lemon.

Popular general tonic and remedy for diarrhea, and used to repel insects. Leaf oil is highly antiseptic due to thymol content which explains its use as a gargle, dressing for wounds and treatment for conjunctivitis.

(Spanish lavender) The standard form with narrow, grey downy leaves and dark violet flowers. Camphor-rosemary scent.

Flowers are long lasting. Ht. 25-30cm/10-12". Flowers the first season from seeds if started early. Outstanding compact lavender for edging, mass plantings, rock gardens and patio planters.

Introduced in 1980, it is a cross involving Galena. A German hybrid grown for extract or bittering use. It is considered a very clean hop because it adds no dominating aroma during brewing, while its bittering is not harsh even though the high alpha acids...

(Dyer's chamomile) Fine border plant; profusion of yellow daisies in August. Yields excellent yellow or gold dyes for fabrics.

And its branching habit means the blooming season extends right through to fall. This is the perfect herb, cutflower and garden plant all in one! Ht. 75cm/30”. Its majestic white flowers are large, with layered, overlapping, nearly horizontal petals...

Rhizomes are best harvested in the fall; and to keep plants coming back year after year, leave some roots behind when digging. Deer and other animals leave it alone. The plant prefers a well-drained location with rich, moist soil and shade similar to...

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

Attractive variegated version of nutmeg geranium with the same strong nutmeg scent.

Used for headaches and other aches and pains, inflammations and acute rheumatism. Wintergreen-scented woodland shrub, only 15 cm/6 high. Common flavouring for chewing gum, toothpaste, mouthwash.

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

Male pollinator variety required to get good fruit set among the elite female varieties. Home gardeners need 1-3 males for every 5 female plants. Commercial growers need to plant about 10% of the orchard with male plants.

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

When plants are grown indoors oil vapours released by the leaves help to deodorize the air. In Australia, the flowers provide the main source of nectar and pollen for the honey bee industry, and the leaves are one of the preferred foods of the koala bear.

The glossy, heart-shaped leaves are blanched briefly in boiling water and then used as a flavouring wrap for beef. Alternatively, beef rolls made with ground beef and pork are wrapped in la lot leaves, then fried and served with rice.

The scent and flavour is unmistakably lemon. 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 garden.

Oil in seeds contains gammalinolenic acid (GLA), a precursor of prostaglandin E1. Chronic complaints such as PMS disappear. Roots can be eaten as a vegetable; shoots as a salad. The latter is very active biologically regulating such functions as the vessel...

Anyone who has had the good fortune to savour -- thin pancakes with a spicy curryleaf-drenched filling -- will know how wonderful this herb is. Best used fresh, the leaves of this shrub or small tree have a strong curry aroma when bruised.

Easily grown from seed, with germination in 10-20 days. Oil added to a spray bottle of water or to a humidifier can be used to disinfect the air. A popular over-the-counter mentholated rub for cold and flu is made with the oil.

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

Good resistance to diseases and pests. Developed at the Hop Research Center in Bavaria and grown in America since the 1980s. It is a cross between Northern Brewer and a German male hop.

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

Pleasant scent, though not convincingly of coconut. Attractive creeper.

(Ji xiang cao; Lucky grass)

Soft downy woolly-grey leaves are soon overwhelmed by a shroud of white flowers -- so much so that you almost cannot see the leaves. (Jackpot tansy) Sensational variety from England.