Herb Plug Trays Herbs For Sale In Winnipeg

Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. Leaves a lovely charteuse-yellow enhanced by dark green areas around the veins. The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.

Has characteristic dark red or reddish purple stems and dark green leaves. Excellent sweet scent and flavour. Ht. 30-45cm/12-18”. It is the source of spearmint oil used mainly to flavour chewing gum.

The unexpected fruitiness inspires a creative gastronomic tangent. Dazzle friends and family with banana mint tea, julep, or ice cream; or how about banana mint cookies and muffins?

Camphor-scented form of the previous with a more compact growth habit, ideal for low hedges.

Its hint of citrus is tantalizing in fruit punches, teas and potpourris. The oil is an ingredient in chartreuse and perfumes. (Eau de cologne mint; Bergamot mint) Treasured for its very special fragrance.

Strong lemon scent. Similar to wild thyme -- aggressive creeper, up to 20cm/8in thick.

Helpful for migraine, nervous conditions, stomach pain. Vanilla-scented leaves are essential in Maybowl, a traditional German punch.

Upright growth habit; prolific bloomer. Lovely pink-flowered version of ‘Majorca'.

Dark green foliage never exceeds 5cm/2” in height. Terrific low mat-forming lemon thyme, similar to ‘Magic Carpet', except the flowers are bright mauve-purple.

Has a tranquilizing effect; useful for insomnia and other nervous conditions. Needs cold period (5°C/40°F; 4-8 weeks) followed by warm (20°C/70°F) and exposure to light (do not bury seeds) for successful germination.

Roots were used for afterbirth to heal and to clean the womb. Leaves were smoked, taken as a tea, or used in sweatlodges to cure colds. Important ceremonial herb among the California Indians, used for purification much like wormwood ( ).

Enormous violet-purple flowers; keeps blooming until frost. Citrus-scented leaves and flowers make a pleasant, soothing tisane. Young leaf tips and flowers improve appearance and taste of salads.

Clove-pink syrup, made by infusing the petals in a hot sugar syrup, is delectable on fruit salads or stewed fruits. ‘Grenadin' is a mixture of pink, red and white double flowers.

Leaves contain the intensely sweet compound hernandulcin (1000 times sweeter than sugar) but high camphor content makes them unsuitable for use as a sugar substitute. Fast growing, low creeper, with small white flowers; excellent in hanging baskets.

Like most mints, applemint can threaten the garden with too much of a good thing, and in its optimum growing conditions of part shade and moist soil will quickly introduce itself to neighbouring beds and lawns.

Rich reddish-purple daisies appear from July to September. Showy white variety. Medicinal activity has not been tested but is likely to be similar to the purple variety. Said to increase bodily resistance to infection by strengthening the immune system.

It turned out to be one of his best releases, dishing out an abundance of raspberry-purple colour spring, summer and fall. Ht. 30-45 cm (12-18 in). Salvia collector Richard Dufresne discovered this growing in his sage garden.

Velvety, purple streaked leaves. Strong minty scent that some noses swear has a hint of chocolate.

Ht. 30cm/12”. (Jean Davis lavender) Very nice compact variety for borders and knot gardens.

0.4% parthenolide. A medical survey in England indicates that 1 to 4 leaves of feverfew infused in a tea or eaten in a sandwich daily reduce the number and severity of migraine attacks in some sufferers.

As we suspected, most are pretty much the same as true peppermint, but one strain surprised us. Hard to pin down as truly 'chocolate', but its clean fragrance of peppermint is overlaid by something else that adds up to a striking 'peppermint patty' scent.

Increases white blood cell counts, and stimulates tissue development. Young leaves and shoots are popular as cooked greens in Canton. Sweet berries are eaten raw as a snack or added to soups and stews.

Taller and more feathery than the standard southernwood. Ht. 1.2-1.8m/4-6ft. Some people say the scent of the delicate foliage is tangerine and others say it's more like lemon. We can't decide which but it does have a lovely fresh citrusy scent with a...

Good sedative for insomnia, restlessness, hysteria and convulsions. Effective, reliable remedy for headache and neuralgia.

Blue boy is drought tolerant, and should be located in full sun. Ht 4-6ft (120-180cm). Spread 4-6ft (120-180cm). This container favourite could be woven into a kitchen centerpiece, supplying an ongoing yield of highly aromatic and flavourful needles,...