Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Salt Lake City

Striking plant with trailing stems, grey foliage, deep burgundy-black flowers. Now umckaloabo products are sold widely in Germany. (Wild geranium) A medicinal geranium from southern Africa with potent antibacterial properties.

Young leaves and flowers are edible, and can be added to salads for colour and interest. Said to have been grown by Thomas Jefferson in his garden at Monticello. A good choice for hummingbird, bee and butterfly gardens.

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. Superior female cultivar, bushier than others.

(Red trillium; Birthroot; Wakerobin) Important native American herb. Tea made from the roots was used for menstrual problems, to induce labour, for menopause, and as an aphrodisiac.

Handsome aromatic flowers. (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.

Contains traces of ephedrine, a nerve stimulant resembling adrenaline. Makes a pleasant refreshing beverage tea, an excellent substitute for coffee or tea. Has tonic effects, improves kidney action, and relieves asthma.

Said to be a hybrid between and . Round leaves on almost trailing branches and attractive pink or purple flower bracts. Good aroma and sharp, bitter oregano flavour.

Propagated by small aerial-borne bulbils. Traditionally used as a herbal tonic and as a contraceptive. (Chinese yam; Shan yao) Tall climbing vine with white, cinnamon-scented flowers and edible tubers that weigh up to 2kg (5lb).

Deserves experimentation! Growth habit is similar to that of regular sweet basil, with a distinctive cinnamon taste and odour. Mexicans like to place a vase of fresh cut herb on the dinner table to ward off insects.

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

Very showy pink flowers. Pungent, resinous, nutty odour, possibly reminiscent of almonds.

The blue flowers are attractive to certain species of butterfly, and once it begins blooming in the summer deadheading will extend the flowering throughout the season. It is drought tolerant and prefers a well-drained situation, making it a good choice...

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.

Bold, purple-marked sticky leaves and a pungent odour distinguish this plant.

Used for stomachache and in vermouth. Attractive tufted low growing herb with small, silvery fern-like leaves.

It spreads quickly and will grow even under dense shade. In spring the heart-shaped leaves pop up like a crowd of umbrellas over the small, maroon-coloured flowers borne at the base of the plant.

Woodland native, 30-90cm/1-3ft. American Indians used the root for upset stomach, excessive menstruation, general debility, lung problems, cough, insomnia, and as a laxative. Has also been used for rheumatism, arthritis and skin irritations.

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

Neat, compact growth habit. Variegated, deeply cut leaves with a strong rose-mint scent.

(Sweet flag) Medicinally useful for flatulent colic, gastritis and dyspepsia. This is the North American variety which lacks the carcinogen, cis-isoasarone, found in European varieties.

Showy rose-lavender flowers. Faint ginger scent.

Ht. 1-1.3m/3.5-4.5ft. (Anise-scented sage; Guarani sage) This is the best of the sages for attracting hummingbirds. Praised for its brilliant deep blue and black flowers on 38cm/15” spikes appearing from early summer until frost.

For homemade prepared horseradish, peel roots into cubes and puree in a food processor, adding white vinegar and salt to taste. A source of vitamin C, it was once used to combat scurvy.

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

The scent and flavour of rau om have a beguiling floral character that is entirely unique among herbs. (Rau ngo) A refugee of war, this remarkable little herb came to North America with the thousands who fled Vietnam in the 1970s.

Juice of the leaves is claimed to be as effective as aloe vera in treating cuts and sores. A fascinating onion-like medicinal herb for sunny windows. Known as the “pregnant onion”, for bulges develop on its sides where eventually baby bulbs burst...