Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Tucson

Home gardeners need 1-3 males for every 5 female plants. 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.

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

It is a heavy yielding, long-lived variety that does well in warmer areas. The large purplish-black fruits have a strawberry-red flesh. Delicious fresh, dried or canned. Self-pollinated.

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.

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. Young leaves and tender stems have a slightly sour taste.

Because true zaatar is now a protected plant in Israel, commercial zaatar blends often incorporate closely related plants such as this one instead. The flavour is strong and spicy, and its leaves can be used fresh or dried wherever oregano is used.

(Ji xiang cao; Lucky grass)

Like ´Citrus Gold´, the orange berries are large, weighing a gram when fresh, with a nice tinge of red at the tops. Excellent for juice, and for salsa, salads and as a garnish on hospitality plates.

Since this is a hybrid, it will not produce fruit or seeds. As an aggressive climber, it is perfect for gates, trellises and other upright structures. It prefers full sunlight but can tolerate a little shade per day.

By one account this fig was brought to the U.S. by an Italian sailor who named it after his wife. Another story has it that this is really the same as another well-known variety called 'Adriatic'.

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

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

Tea made from the roots was used for menstrual problems, to induce labour, for menopause, and as an aphrodisiac. Also for coughs, bowel complaints, hemorrhages, asthma, lung disorders and for skin irritations.

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

It is a Saazer type, but with stronger aroma, alpha oils and bitterness. It is a diploid hybrid (USDA 21522 X USDA21361M) with Cascade parentage that gives it better winter hardiness than Saazer.

Rust resistant. Has highest allantoin content. Preferred russian type for home, garden and medicinal use.

Flowerbuds made up of thick fleshy scales and solid hearts are cooked and served drenched with melted butter. Artichokes are usually grown as annuals. Start early indoors Feb/March and transplant out in April/May when frosts are past.

Delicate rose scent. Excellent pot plant with a robust, dense uniform habit. Very attractive! Leaves are two-toned with variegations of green and lime-green.

Large violet-mauve flowers are good for scented use in potpourris and sachets. Blooms in June and again August or September. Nice variety for culinary use. American variety from Oregon with a strong heady aroma and excellent oil quality.

Finely cut leaves resemble fern leaves.

In traditional Chinese medicine the whole plant is used to clear heat and to detoxify, and is widely used for pancreatic cancer. The juice of the leaves is used to stop bleeding. The Tujia people of central China use the herb for hepatitis, dysentery,...

For homemade prepared horseradish, peel roots into cubes and puree in a food processor, adding white vinegar and salt to taste. Its mild antibiotic and diuretic effect made it one of the first, best treatments for urinary tract infections.

Also known as 'Italian Honey'. Produces crops in summer and fall. Medium to large yellow-green fig with a very sweet and delicious light amber flesh.

Remedy for nervous complaints, headaches and palpitations of the heart. Showy bright blue flowers. Leaflets are assembled in ladder form.

Attractive dark green leaves and brilliant cerise flowers. Slight pungent scent.

It can usually be counted on producing crops in summer and in fall. 'Vern's' is a reliable producer of large tasty sweet figs with a dark brown skin and a light amber flesh. This is an improvement over a well-known but mostly unreliable 'Brown Turkey'...

It grows well in pots and will bloom for months with showy bright pink or red flowers. The latex is applied to decaying teeth and infected wounds. The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis.