Vegetable Plants Plants For Sale In Connecticut

For cooking, the flowers have a prized mild and delicate flavour. In the Lavender Capital of America, Sequim, Washington, there are spectacular displays of Melissa in arching rows interplanted with purple lavender.

Tea used as a wash for sore nipples. (Squaw vine; Checkerberry) Attractive low growing evergreen herb common in forests throughout eastern North America. Tea taken in the last few weeks of pregnancy promotes easier childbirth, according to native American...

Outstanding lemon-scented variety with dark green, sharply lobed leaves and showy flowers.

Excellent contrast plant for grey santolinas; for borders, hedges, and knot gardens.

Its trailing habit makes it ideal for hanging baskets. Refreshing mint scent. Large velvety leaves.

Thick, fleshy, grey-green leaves are sliced lengthwise and placed cut side on the wart for 8-12 hours daily. Very easy to grow. Works on pets too. (Plakkies) Excellent wart remedy, widely recommended even by medical doctors, in South Africa.

Boosts and tonifies qi (chi). See also Sha Yuan (#5395) Tonifies the spleen, especially in cases of fatigue. (Chinese milkvetch; Huang qi) One of the most important Chinese medicinal herbs, especially for its immune enhancing properties.

(Ironwort) Traditional tea consumed throughout Greece to treat the common cold. Sideritis species have proven anti-inflammatory properties; research into anti-arthritic and antimicrobial uses is ongoing.

(American mandrake) A derivative of this herb is medically proven against certain cancers. Used by the Amerindians to treat hepatitis, syphilis, fevers, constipation, etc.

Lemon yellow single flowers: free-blooming. Fine lacy foliage.

A superior selection for commercial field production. If you have turned your nose up to sage in the past, this cultivar may change your mind. Has a very desirable clean aroma and flavour, with little of the bitterness found in other sage varieties.

Strong peppermint scent; robust upright habit.

Often confused with O'Rourke, another variation on Celeste that was officially released by LSU. Excellent for eating fresh off the tree as well. One of the best varieties for drying and for preserves.

(Waterclover; Fern Clover; Sak)

The leaves can also be used fresh chopped in, for example, Vietnamese beef omelette, and on roast beef. Ht. 45-60 cm (18-24 in). The glossy, heart-shaped leaves are blanched briefly in boiling water and then used as a flavouring wrap for beef.

Outstanding prolific, heavy bearing variety that often will produce two crops a season. The fruits are small to medium in size and the flesh is a luscious red colour and very sweet.

Important medicinal uses, both internally and externally. Strong flavour. Source of Japanese menthol, used to flavour candies, drinks, etc.

Slow growing shrub whose leaves possess a remarkable sweet anise scent.

(Penis pepper) An heirloom pepper that undeniably looks like an uncircumcised penis. This unusual chile is actually quite edible and hot. It is perhaps not for everybody, but if you are growing this in your garden for all to see, it does help to have...

And its branching habit means the blooming season extends right through to fall. Its majestic white flowers are large, with layered, overlapping, nearly horizontal petals and huge yellow cones.

From one of our customers, here is an excellent tip: "One of the best uses for this onion is to take the bulblet clusters on top of the stems and plant them intact about two inches deep in the fall.

Makes a pleasant refreshing beverage tea, an excellent substitute for coffee or tea. Prefers dry, alkaline soil. Foliage resembles that of the horsetail plant. (Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Unusual native of the southwestern U.S. desert regions.

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

Ht. 20-25cm/8-10in. A cute little English thyme that grows into beautiful dense mounds. Its strong flavour and aroma make it an excellent seasoning for meat dishes, stuffings and salad dressings.

The leaves are best added to curries at the last stage of cooking. Curryleaf requires a minimum temperature of 15-18C, sun or partial shade, and moist, rich soil. Anyone who has had the good fortune to savour -- thin pancakes with a spicy curryleaf-drenched...

Foliage is aromatic. Now a protected herb in Germany due to overcollection of plants in the wild. A hardy alpine perennial, it enjoys a cool climate and good drainage in acid soil, making it well suited to rock gardens and raised beds.

Peppermint eucalyptus is a tree growing to 30m (100ft) or more in height with small creamy white flowers in spring. Though not appropriate for internal use, the fresh leaves and oil are used in steam inhalants for asthma and colds and applied topically...