Vegetable Plants Plants For Sale In Peterborough

One of our most beautiful woodland wildflowers. Important dyeplant: roots yield red-orange colour for dyeing wool. Indians dyed their bodies and clothes with bloodroot. Conspicuous white flowers, 5cm/2” across, appear in early spring.

Figs have a light green skin and sweet pink flesh. Reliable fast growing variety. Also known as 'Atreano Gold'.

A delicious high alpha variety with a spicy, lemon taste and slight hint of pine. It is a triploid cross between ´Smoothcone´ and ´53-5-61M´ developed by the Riwaka Hop Research Centre in New Zealand and released in 1994.

(Red trillium; Birthroot; Wakerobin) Important native American herb. Also for coughs, bowel complaints, hemorrhages, asthma, lung disorders and for skin irritations. Woodland perennial, 15-40cm/6-16” high, with deep red flowers in spring.

Where this mint is hardy, it is an inimitable ground cover, offering up a deliciously fresh scent with every step. A multi-purpose plant, it was the origin of the minty-coloured drink creme de menthe.

One of the most heavily scented pinks, strikingly sweet and clove-like. Edible flowers are wonderful in many dishes where colour and its clove scent and flavour add a new twist.

A very attractive oregano from England with dark purple-green leaves and purple flowers in summer and fall. The mildly spicy scent is almost costmary-like, and the leaves can be used in potpourris and in cooking.

A most attractive English wildflower with bright yellow sweet-smelling, drooping blossoms in early spring. Tea made from any part of the plant was once a common remedy for pain and insomnia.

Strong scent, possibly of apricots. Lovely deep rose flowers; dark glossy leaves.

The aroma is fruity, blackberry-like. Currently under evaluation in Michigan for commercial use. Yields are high, more than 2 tonnes per hectare; but yields can be hurt by mildew if not controlled.

Also in soups, casseroles, herb vinegars and cream cheeses. Nut-cucumber flavour of leaves is welcome in all salads with French dressing or mayonnaise. Improves skin in facial treatments.

(Dr. Livingston geranium) Lemon-rose scent. Finely cut leaves.

Alpha acid 3-8%. Mount Hood is a popular seedless triploid hop bred to resemble the true German Hallertauer. The cone structure is a fairly compact with a moderate content of yellow lupulin.

Although the heat is definitely there, the taste is not edgy or bitter like some other hot peppers. This variety came to us from Sweden where chile enthusiasts apparently like their heat to come in fun shapes and flavours!

An elegant addition to silver gardens. A truly eye-catching plant, one of the few types of speedwell grown for its leaves as well as its flowers. It is drought tolerant and prefers a well-drained situation, making it a good choice for xeriscaping or rock...

Research indicates that elecampane is effective against methicillin-resistant stapylococcus aureus (MRSA). Flowers yield yellow and orange dyes. In the Middle Ages, apothecaries sold the candied root as a soothing lozenge for asthma and indigestion.

The lupulin is high and of a good yellow-orange colour. Alpha acid 12-14%. It is an important high alpha bittering and flavoring variety in the US and in Germany. Strong bitter hop for stouts and ales.

For best results, freeze seeds in moist sand for 2 weeks, then sow and keep moist and dark. Capers, a fixture of Mediterranean cuisine for 2000 years, are made from the unopened flower buds of this plant.

Has showy light pink flowers fading to white. Ht. 15-50cm/6-20”. In animal studies the extract of the herb was shown to reduce stomach acidity and increase the protective mucus lining of the stomach.

Decoction is useful for stomach pains and inflammation of the bilary duct. Latex juice mixed with vinegar is said to remove warts and corns. New research indicates it has potent anticancer properties.

Pine-scented with a hint of rose. Leaves are very finely divided.

Many people assume that fig trees can't grow in North America, and if this describes you, then you need to rip your figurative fig leaf off and order this plant! With protection and the right care fig trees grow successfully in zones as low as 4.

But an old French technique of applying vegetable oil (usually olive oil) with a toothpick to the small openings at the end of the immature fruits often spurs fruits to ripen without pollination.

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

Small dark leaves; compact somewhat trailing habit. Ideal for hanging baskets. Self-sows readily.

Blanched hearts are cut into sections and parboiled for 90 min. Start indoors two months before outdoor planting date. May be sauteed, or served heated, then chilled with oil and vinegar, or topped with a cream sauce and croutons.

This is not Origanum syriacum, the plant usually called "Syrian oregano." That other "Syrian oregano" is better known as "true zaatar." We think this version is one of several wild Middle Eastern plants used to make the traditional zaatar spice blends...