Vegetable Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Chicago

* The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin.

Plants are shipped Monday through Wednesday and arrive at your door Thursday or Friday of the same week. Plants are shipped Monday through Wednesday and arrive at your door Thursday, Friday, or Saturday of the same week.

Grow them year round in your kitchen! Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves. The foliage is upright growing or horizontally orientated, with leaves having narrowly winged petioles or being unwinged.

* They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit. Mature in 45 to 65 days.

* These are the sweet white onions famous raw on hamburgers and salads. * Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating. Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a...

* It is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. Seeds directly sown are placed one inch deep, 5-6 to a hill; hills are 6 feet in all direction from other hills.

The plant grows to 1 m tall. The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

A tea can be made from the leaves, seed or roots. They are also used to sweeten tart fruits. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. They are often crystallised in sugar and used as sweets and cake decorations.

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

(Ironwort) Traditional tea consumed throughout Greece to treat the common cold. In the wild, plants thrive on sunny, rocky, dry hillsides growing to 50cm/20” with attractive grey-woolly leaves.

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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).

Though it is tolerant of most soil conditions, it thrives best in moist, fertile soil with good drainage. Oil added to a spray bottle of water or to a humidifier can be used to disinfect the air.

(Mount Lemmon marigold) Mexican native with a spectacular lemon-mint scent and flavour. Effective when used in mass plantings because it blooms freely throughout the summer. Produces lots of edible foliage and edible yellow flowers.

The large purplish-black fruits have a strawberry-red flesh. It is a heavy yielding, long-lived variety that does well in warmer areas. Delicious fresh, dried or canned. A favourite among fig lovers, this variety was originally from the Spanish missions...

Stem runners reach 45-60cm (18-24”), outpouring light blue flowers, that outnumber their foliage. An outstanding trailing variety ideal for hanging baskets and pots. They are notable for their bloom time, which tends to be longer than other varieties.

Used as table fruit and in sherbet, jam, and beverages. Edible purple fruits possess pleasant flavour. Grow in sunniest window or greenhouse and provide support of trellis. Unusual vine bearing spectacular star-like lavender flowers.

Rhizomes spread to foster new growth. Blue Cohosh is a leafy shrub that was highly esteemed by the Amerindians, used traditionally to aid in labour, correct heavy menstruation, and treat abdominal as well as urinary conditions.

* These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.

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

* These are the sweet white onions famous raw on hamburgers and salads. * Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating. Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a...

Compared to Grosso, its flowers are deeper purple, and the aroma is sweeter. Gros Bleu is quickly becoming a standard in the Pacific Northwest where it is widely grown for fresh and dried bouquets, potpourris, and for landscape use.

An older 1934 aromatic variety with a crisp, neutral aroma and high bittering qualities. Popular with eastern USA craft brewers for full-bodied ales. Good versatile all-purpose hop with high oils.

The attractive dark look of the plant is due to reddish glands in the leaves. It is used for cooking and for its aromatic oil which has antimicrobial properties against a broad spectrum of bacteria.

One of the best varieties for drying and for preserves. From the fig breeding program at Louisiana State University but never released officially. Excellent for eating fresh off the tree as well.

Plant with strong menthol scent. Fine houseplant with attractive, almost circular, wavy-edged, fleshy leaves.

Used throughout Africa for fevers including malaria. Similar to East Indian basil (#1282), but scent and flavour is closer to thyme. Popular general tonic and remedy for diarrhea, and used to repel insects.