Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Peterborough

(Bouncing bet) Native to eastern Europe, Soapwort is often found growing in the woods, on grassy slopes, and along wild riverbanks. "Bouncing bet" is an old Elizabethan term for laundry woman.

Ht. 45-60cm/18-24in. Light pink and mauve bicolored flowers. Strong orange-lemon scent is addictive. A fun plant for containers, window boxes, and as a border plant in the scented garden.

Commercial growers need to plant about 10% of the orchard with male plants. 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.

Finely cut leaves resemble fern leaves.

Capers, a fixture of Mediterranean cuisine for 2000 years, are made from the unopened flower buds of this plant. Capers tend to reduce oiliness in foods, and possess a natural affinity for garlic and lemon.

Strongly aromatic. (Blue sage) Native of the Sierra Nevada and area north to Canada. Used by the Montana Indians as a general tonic, to restore hair, and as a dermatological aid.

(Indian ginger) Woodland plant with aromatic roots like true ginger. An antibiotic herb with bitter qualities, it was an important Amerindian remedy for indigestion, coughs, colds, fever, sore throat, flatulence and nervous conditions.

Help the bees with these nectar-producing herbs in your garden.

Excellent for sorrel soup. Profusion is a major improvement over standard varieties because it does not flower or go to seed at all. Produces bushels of tender, fleshy leaves all season, long after standard varieties turn tough and bitter.

Once roots have established, do not relocate. Blue cohosh is native to Eastern, Central and North American woodlands, where it is found growing with glossy green or purplish leaves, unremarkable flowers, and bright blue berries.

The uniquely coloured variety transitions from bright yellow in the spring and fall, into deep green during the hot summer months. Golden Rains colours are certainly not vibrant at the expense of flavour.

Slow to germinate. Fine houseplant like Ficus benjamina. (Pipal) Sacred tree of Hindus and Buddhists; Buddha meditated non-stop for 7 years under a bo-tree until he reached liberation.

A typical South Indian curry is made with mustard seeds, shallots and fresh curryleaf. It is also a feature of Cambodian, Loatian, Thai, Indonesian and Malay cuisines. Medicinally, the leaves and other parts of the plant are used for constipation, colic...

Has the largest berries and produces the most juice. Children love them straight out of the freezer! Ripens late July to early August. Rapid grower, slightly earlier than other varieties.

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

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

In the garden it is hardier and more vigorous than true zaatar. The flavour is strong and spicy, and its leaves can be used fresh or dried wherever oregano is used. This is not Origanum syriacum, the plant usually called "Syrian oregano." That other "Syrian...

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

Likes damp, acidic soil. (Bearberry; Kinnikinnik) Used for kidney and bladder infections on account of its diuretic and antiseptic properties. Attractive glossy green leaves and pink bell-shaped flowers.

Gros Bleu is quickly becoming a standard in the Pacific Northwest where it is widely grown for fresh and dried bouquets, potpourris, and for landscape use. Compared to Grosso, its flowers are deeper purple, and the aroma is sweeter.

Ht. 20-25cm/8-10in. An outstanding new variety from Europe. 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.

This Healing Arc variety is a selection from the European variety ´Juliet´. With pruning, bushes can be kept to 120cm/4ft high which makes for easier harvesting. Berries are a little redder and rounder than ´Huron Sunset´, and slightly smaller.

Alpha acid 11-14%. It is a triploid cross between ´Smoothcone´ and ´53-5-61M´ developed by the Riwaka Hop Research Centre in New Zealand and released in 1994. A delicious high alpha variety with a spicy, lemon taste and slight hint of pine.

Leaves can be used like green fennel. Highly decorative form of fennel with bronze-red, lacy foliage.

Germination takes 1-2 years. Possesses powerful tonic and restorative properties and was found to relieve the effects of mental and physical stress. Its action differs from that of true ginseng as it does not cause insomnia in large doses.

Its musk-scented leaves are excellent in potpourris, adding an exotic, mysterious note to the mix. (Nutmeg bush) Small aromatic South African bush with showy plumes of whitish flowers.

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