Plants Growing Vegetables For Sale In International

The rotund fig and its fabled leaf go back at least 5,000 years as enduring symbols of sinful pleasure and lost innocence. One of the very best varieties for taste and cold hardiness is Hardy Chicago.

An apt name, as the odour of the fleshy leaves closely resembles that of the chest cold remedy, and can be used for that purpose. Easy houseplant.

Often sold as true oregano in Mexico and southern U.S. where its fine oregano flavour is used to great advantage in chilis and other Mexican dishes. Properly pruned, it will grow into a miniature tree in a bright window or solarium.

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

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

Considered an excellent remedy for tapeworms since the time of the Greeks. Showy orange-red fuchsia-like flowers; miniature fruits. A red dye is produced from fruit skins and flowers.

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

Note that much of what is sold as ‘sacred' or ‘holy' basil is actually spice basil listed separately. Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil. This purple-leaf form is widely grown throughout India.

Leaf oil is highly antiseptic due to thymol content which explains its use as a gargle, dressing for wounds and treatment for conjunctivitis. Used throughout Africa for fevers including malaria.

The root portion also has potential as a contraceptive on account of its estrogenic properties. Blue cohosh is native to Eastern, Central and North American woodlands, where it is found growing with glossy green or purplish leaves, unremarkable flowers,...

(Blue sage) Native of the Sierra Nevada and area north to Canada. Used by the Montana Indians as a general tonic, to restore hair, and as a dermatological aid. Strongly aromatic.

Pleasant scent, though not convincingly of coconut. Attractive creeper.

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

Slow to germinate. Used as table fruit and in sherbet, jam, and beverages. Grow in sunniest window or greenhouse and provide support of trellis. Edible purple fruits possess pleasant flavour.

(Nutmeg bush) Small aromatic South African bush with showy plumes of whitish flowers. Easy to grow in any pot or decorative container. Its musk-scented leaves are excellent in potpourris, adding an exotic, mysterious note to the mix.

A good choice for northern gardens according to Steven Biggs, author of . Its dark-blue almost black fruit, with peach-coloured flesh, is very sweet. It is cold-resistant and it is an early main-crop fig.

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). Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea.

Leaves are long and thin; growth is hardy, bushy and upright. The uniquely coloured variety transitions from bright yellow in the spring and fall, into deep green during the hot summer months.

Highly decorative form of fennel with bronze-red, lacy foliage. Leaves can be used like green fennel.

Great chile for salads, for stuffing, pickles and salsa. Unique three or four-sided shape resembles a hat or a crown -- or maybe a flying spaceship. Famous for its gorgeous flavour: sweet and tangy, and fruity, with the heat building slowly and never...

The aroma is floral and citrusy. Many craft brewers like it because of its balance of aroma and bitterness, and because of its high oil and lupulin contents. The high lupulin gives it a nice dark yellow color.

Start indoors two months before outdoor planting date. Until tender and bitter free. May be sauteed, or served heated, then chilled with oil and vinegar, or topped with a cream sauce and croutons.

Ht. 30-40cm/12-16”. 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.

Contains traces of ephedrine, a nerve stimulant resembling adrenaline. Foliage resembles that of the horsetail plant. Makes a pleasant refreshing beverage tea, an excellent substitute for coffee or tea.

It is used like marijuana by Hottentot tribesmen as the resinous tops and leaves have an euphoriant effect. (Lion's ear; Wild dagga) The botanical species name means ‘lion's ear' but the impressive orange flower spikes look more like a lion's tail than...

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 summers, and of roasting marshmallows around the campfire!