Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Santa Clarita

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

Ht. 25cm/10”. The flavour and aroma is mild and pleasant, more like wild oregano. Very nice low growing hardy oregano for rockeries and pathways, and for low edging around other plants.

The rotund fig and its fabled leaf go back at least 5,000 years as enduring symbols of sinful pleasure and lost innocence. Fruits are brown-purple with luscious strawberry-coloured flesh.

Steven Biggs, author of , rates it "very delicious." It a mid-season "main crop" variety, as most of its fruits develop on the current year's shoots, not on the previous year's growth.

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.

Leaves smell strongly of ginger, and European settlers used it as a substitute for tropical ginger when they first arrived in North America. Rhizomes are best harvested in the fall; and to keep plants coming back year after year, leave some roots behind...

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.

Like a fine wine this is a basil with character that lingers. The leaves and overall size are smaller than standard sweet basil. The foliage with its wine-red veins encircled by an emerald-green border is a visual delight to the eye.

A thyme with a beautiful silvery cast and an intense lemon scent. Pale lilac flowers give a lovely show in mid and late summer, and attract butterflies. It is a low creeper, but we hesitate to call it that because it is not aggressive like other creeping...

Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion. Repels cockroaches as well. Now used in cosmetic preparations. Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes.

Young leaves and tender stems have a slightly sour taste. In Indonesia, this herb is as highly regarded as ginseng, giving the whole body a strengthening boost. Should not be overcooked or it gets too soft and mucilaginous.

Finely cut leaves. (Dr. Livingston geranium) Lemon-rose scent.

(Bluegum) Famous "gum" tree of Australia, and source of eucalyptus oil used in medicine and perfumery. According to the tale as told by the unfortunate victims, man-eating koalas leap out of the trees and drop onto people's heads.

Tall stalks bearing white flowers with bold brown veining make the Grecian foxglove unmistakable in the garden. The Grecian foxglove is a plant to admire and respect for its powerful capacities.

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

Flowers bright red; very showy; pungent, crinkled leaves.

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

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

Even when grown in pots, it is very productive. This is a super dwarf variety from Spain. It is very hardy and often produces two crops in a season. The jet-black fruits are small but they are considered by many to be the best tasting fig available.

It attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies, is hardy almost everywhere and self-seeds, tenaciously returning year after year. An absolute must-have plant for traditional, historic or cottage garden themes.

Oil in seeds contains gammalinolenic acid (GLA), a precursor of prostaglandin E1. - EP10 Has high GLA content. Chronic complaints such as PMS disappear. By supplementing the diet with GLA, one can bypass a blockage of prostaglandin E1 production caused...

Up to 60cm/24in high. Leaves silver-white, flowers soft lemon-yellow, large. Choice variety for everlastings.

Best kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting. (Seaberry) A superior female cultivar from The Healing Arc. Excellent for juice, and for salsa, salads and as a garnish on hospitality plates.

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

The flavour is sweet and mild. A cold-hardy, medium to large fruited variety, with reddish-brown skin and a reddish-pink flesh. Fruits ripen over an extended period from June to August.

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

Ht. 60cm/24”. Neat compact variety with dark mauve, mildly scented flowers on long spikes. Developed at Folgate Nursery in England before 1924. Well suited for gardens and borders, and for cutting and drying.