Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Quebec City

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

A most attractive English wildflower with bright yellow sweet-smelling, drooping blossoms in early spring. Tea made from any part of the plant was once a common remedy for pain and insomnia.

Used in cases of yin deficiency, especially in cases involving chronic low grade fever. Root is used in Chinese medicine for jaundice, lung disease, rheumatism and typhoid fever. (Yin-chai-hu) Attractive light pink sprays of flowers.

Leaf oil is highly antiseptic due to thymol content which explains its use as a gargle, dressing for wounds and treatment for conjunctivitis. Similar to East Indian basil (#1282), but scent and flavour is closer to thyme.

To preserve the flowers, cut them before they are fully open and hang them upside down in a cool, shaded location until they are dry. Its narrow silvery-grey leaves make a striking visual statement in the herb garden.

Lemon yellow single flowers: free-blooming. Fine lacy foliage.

Climbing vine with white flowers. Once thought to be exterminated by the Spaniards in their zeal to exorcise “demonic” practices, the plant and the rituals were found preserved in the mountains among the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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.

Foliage is aromatic. Now a protected herb in Germany due to overcollection of plants in the wild. The starry golden yellow flowers that bloom throughout the summer are very attractive to bees.

Produces crops in summer and fall. It likes it a little hotter than other varieties, so grow this in a warm spot protected from the cold wind. Originally from Sicily, this super delicious lemon yellow fig with sweet, tender, dark amber flesh, is truly...

Glossy dark green evergreen leaves with pale yellow edges; violet blue flowers. One of the few herbs that adds colour to shady areas.

Capers tend to reduce oiliness in foods, and possess a natural affinity for garlic and lemon. The buds are pickled in strongly salted wine vinegar to develop their characteristic aromatic pungent flavour used to such advantage in French mayonnaise-based...

An older 1934 aromatic variety with a crisp, neutral aroma and high bittering qualities. Good versatile all-purpose hop with high oils. Popular with eastern USA craft brewers for full-bodied ales.

A delightful bushy plant with small bright green leaves having a strong peppermint aroma. A favourite in Jamaica for teas and to relieve indigestion.

Grows 20-30cm/8-12”; grass-like foliage. Used in Thai cooking, and deserving of experimentation wherever a new flavour twist is desired. Prefers full or partial sun in wet soil or in water garden.

The roots or bark are used to treat venereal disease, skin diseases, and to kill lice and other skin parasites. The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis. It develops a large swollen trunk which adds to the exotic appeal of the plant.

Similar to other citrus marigolds; bright orange flowers.

Excellent beeplant. Leaves possess a wonderful menthol fragrance; may be used just like peppermint. Hardy U.S. native.

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.

But whatever your nose makes of this mint, you will likely find yourself reminiscing of the past, of happy summers, and of roasting marshmallows around the campfire! But perception can vary, perhaps dependent on your mood.

(Ji xiang cao; Lucky grass)

Self-pollinated. It is a heavy yielding, long-lived variety that does well in warmer areas. Delicious fresh, dried or canned. A favourite among fig lovers, this variety was originally from the Spanish missions of California.

Ht. 75cm/30”. Has huge fragrant flowers, up to 18cm/7” across, with striking upcurved clear pink petals. Outstanding variety developed from a single remarkable plant discovered in Europe in the garden of the son of echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson.

A very attractive oregano from England with dark purple-green leaves and purple flowers in summer and fall. The mildly spicy scent is almost costmary-like, and the leaves can be used in potpourris and in cooking.

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

The leaves can also be used fresh chopped in, for example, Vietnamese beef omelette, and on roast beef. Ht. 45-60 cm (18-24 in). Alternatively, beef rolls made with ground beef and pork are wrapped in la lot leaves, then fried and served with rice.

Prefers well-drained, compost lightened clay. Altogether the plant looks like a grove of white pine. The aroma is familiar and woodsy with a cool citrus mint undertone. Spread 18-24in (45-60cm).