Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Sault Ste Marie

Grow indoors in good light. The juice is also used internally for ulcers. The famous healing plant. Fresh leaves can be split and gel applied to treat minor burns, sunburn, wrinkles, insect bites, minor cuts, scratches, and skin irritations.

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

Strong scent, possibly of apricots. Lovely deep rose flowers; dark glossy leaves.

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

Good remedy for coughs, hoarseness and bronchitis. Striking yellow flower stalks rise from a woolly leaf base in the second year. All plant parts can be used to produce yellow, bronze and grey dyes.

It forms dense masses of gold-flecked leaves that tumble out beautifully over the edges of planters and hanging baskets. Apparently named after the Zambesi River of Africa, this new lemon thyme from Germany is a low spreader that looks equally good in...

In the Lavender Capital of America, Sequim, Washington, there are spectacular displays of Melissa in arching rows interplanted with purple lavender. For cooking, the flowers have a prized mild and delicate flavour.

Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea. American prairie native used medicinally by Indians. There is evidence it may have immune- enhancing properties like echinacea (to which it is a common adulterant).

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

Silver is more prominent in summer and changes to a pinkish tinge in winter. Prefers full sun and sandy, well-drained soil. The silver-edged leaves beautifully frame the large pink flowers that appear in summer.

(Brazil cress; Wolikpekpe)

The Vienna Pharmacognostic Institute found that this plant has the same medicinal action as the European variety, . Easier to grow.

(Variegated ginger; Pink porcelain lily) With its large aromatic green and gold leaves this is a popular landscaping plant in warm areas and an ornamental house plant. In the Philippines, the leaves are used for fevers, and the rhizomes are used to treat...

When they appear the beautiful porcelain-like flowers are also edible. The rhizomes and leaves are used in traditional medicine for high blood pressure, ulcers, fungal infections, flu and headache, and as a diuretic.

Pinch to keep bushy. Needs good light. The strong aroma of mixed fruits makes this plant an ideal ingredient for potpourri and other fragrant concoctions. Its large velvety leaves and shocking pink flowers make it an attractive houseplant.

Outstanding lemon-scented variety with dark green, sharply lobed leaves and showy flowers.

Quite unlike other thymes, this favourite of tropical America has large fleshy leaves. A keynote flavour in Jamaican cuisine.

Berries are eaten raw, or in preserves and pies. Edible berries are borne inside fascinating orange chinese lantern-like calyces. Recommended for fevers and gout.

Flowers and leaves in combination with mordants yield yellow, gold, tan, grey and taupe dyes. Seeds can be slow to germinate. Popular remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, bronchitis and bronchial asthma.

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.

Excellent stuffed fresh ( ), and in stews and sauces. Dried in and powdered as . Used fresh either green or ripe red, or dried ripe. About 15cm/6” long, 5cm/2” across. Heat: 500-2,500 Scoville units.

Excellent ground cover. Forms nice dense mats with slightly hairy leaves that are soft to the touch. Discernable mint scent with a citrus overtone.

Chronic complaints such as PMS disappear. Roots can be eaten as a vegetable; shoots as a salad. By supplementing the diet with GLA, one can bypass a blockage of prostaglandin E1 production caused by aging, poor diet, or alcoholism.

That research inspired us to put together this collection of our best low growing Lemon Thymes. Research at Guelph University in Ontario Canada showed that different varieties of Lemon Thymes worked quite well against mosquitoes.

It stimulates the stomach and the spleen and has been used to treat diabetes, asthma, diarrhea, and emotional instability. Reported to have survived zone 3 in Alberta. Traditionally used as a herbal tonic and as a contraceptive.

But perception can vary, perhaps dependent on your mood. The scent is a swirl of different notes but marshmallow always seems to rise to the top. But whatever your nose makes of this mint, you will likely find yourself reminiscing of the past, of happy...