Seeds Herb Plug Trays For Sale In Vancouver

It has attractive silvery toothed leaves and long spikes of deep purple-blue flowers reaching up to 70cm/28”. Withstands heat and humidity better than most varieties, flowering throughout the summer.

Produces showy sweet-scented flowers and edible fruits. Now incorporated in many commercial products, this herb has become a significant American herbal crop in the Southern U.S. and Central America.

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. Native North American wildflower growing in damp areas.

Small dainty plant with a spicy nutmeg scent.

Its fruity taste carries a hint of ginger. Infusions made by steeping fresh or dried leaves of ginger mint can be used to calm a nervous stomach or ease a headache. The plant is happy in moist soil with sun or part shade and will expand into the garden...

Excellent as pot plants. Attractive compact variety of English thyme. Very uniform growth habit.

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

Contains salicylic acid, chemically similar to ASA. Once added to herbal beers and wine. Attractive European wildflower with sweet almond-scented, yellow-white or reddish flowers. Useful for flu, gout, rheumatism, arthritis, fever, etc.

Widely used to allay pain, nervous unrest, migraine, and insomnia. Excellent sedative action.

Fast growing, low creeper, with small white flowers; excellent in hanging baskets. Mexican herb used since at least the time of the Aztecs for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, and colic.

Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck. Aromatic foliage with white and pink streaks.

Leaves enhance all drinks, salads, jellies, sauces, soups, fish or meat dishes and desserts which call for lemon as an ingredient or a garnish. This plant is a “must”! Its sweet, strongly lemon-flavoured leaves blend well with most other tea herbs.

Does not attract cats despite its stronger, more pleasant scent. (Catmint) Smaller ornamental form of catnip with lavender-blue flowers and grey-white foliage. Excellent for massing, as ground cover or in rockeries.

This hybrid is a beauty, with lots of physical definition as breeder Jim Westerfield put it. Does not spread by underground rhizomes like most mints, but it still gets around by aboveground runners.

Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck. Dwarf version of the standard ariety.

Makes a refreshing sweet minty tea. (Little mint; Tea hyssop) One of the most popular tea and spice herbs of Israel and the Middle East. In Turkey, the tea is used to treat stomach ulcers.

For hanging baskets and as garden edging. Same flavour and fragrance as English thyme. Lovely accent plant.

Mild oregano flavour. Golden foliage is a nice colour contrast for rock gardens and edges of flower beds.

Unusual, but interesting fish-like flavour. Vietnamese herb used fresh on meat dishes and in soups. Depending on local conditions this plant can be persistent and hard to remove later, so make sure to plant where you really want it.

A few years ago lawyers representing the company demanded that we change the name of the mint, so now we just call it ‘Swiss mint'. Compared to other peppermint varieties, this has a lighter, more refreshing scent and flavour.

Sweet lemon-rose scent; vigorous growth habit. Deeply scalloped leaves resemble tomato leaves.

For delicious alcoholic and non-alcoholic recipes see This mint was impossible to get in North America but thanks to Toronto enthusiast Catherine Nasmith who visited Cuba in 2006 we now have the authentic plant from Cuba.

But even if it has no effect, its refreshing citronella scent and ease of culture make it worthwhile. Claimed to keep mosquitoes, black flies and other biting insects at bay. Studies suggest that it is not effective.

Ht. 30-45cm/12-18”. Flowers lavender-blue, bluer and earlier than most. Compact narrow green foliage.

Was developed at the Seal Herb Farm before 1935 in England, where it was considered to be the best variety for commercial production, both for drying and for oil. Old favourite for lavender bags.