Vegetables Herbs For Sale In Canada

Recommended for excessive menstruation. Infusion is excellent for stopping internal and external hemorrhages.

Can improve every dish in which parsley is used. Curled leaves make a handsome garnish. Luscious green leaves have special subtle flavour. Traditionally used in all spring soups and salads.

The rotund fig and its fabled leaf go back at least 5,000 years as enduring symbols of sinful pleasure and lost innocence. Years ago this variety was brought to Chicago by Sicilians from Mount Etna and ever since it has been grown the Chicago area by...

Easy houseplant. 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.

(Mousemelon; Sandita; Mexican sour gherkin)

Ht. 35-40cm/14-16. Lovely variety with large purple wing-like bracts resting upon a sea of dark purple flowerheads. Stunning in flower beds! Flowers the first season if started early (Jan-Feb).

Properly pruned, it will grow into a miniature tree in a bright window or solarium. 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.

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

Sow in open ground in May; pull roots in October. Cool weather crop; roots attain maximum sugar content in the fall. A traditional source of molasses and sugar. Although the process is lengthy it is possible to extract molasses, and even sugar, at home...

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

The whole plant has potent but underappreciated astringent, expectorant and diuretic properties. Flowers reach 30cm/12in. While leaves form ground-hugging mats. European native with neat rosettes of hairy leaves and lemon-yellow flowers.

This is the flower of deceit, giving off its lovely perfume only in the evening. When in flower, it is used as a gland stimulant and an aphrodisiac. Leaves picked before the flowers appear are nutritious salad greens.

They can even be candied. Borage, Calendula, Heartsease, Nasturtium, Citrus Marigold. Feast for the eyes -- pleasing to the palate. Herbs with edible flowers to add to salads, omelettes, desserts, and drinks.

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

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

(Krishna tulsi) The true sacred basil grown in houses, gardens and near temples all over India. Mildy intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes. Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil.

A fixture in Mexican salsa verde, the mildly hot green sauce served with tacos and chile rellenos. Resembles green tomatoes and ground cherries, but neither is a substitute for the tomatillo.

(Honeyplant) Commercial variety for the cutflower market. It is earlier to flower and more uniform than the standard form. Flowers look like white umbrellas mounted on strong, straight stems.

(Adefetue) Collected in Ghana where it is known as adefetue among the Ewes. Similar to East Indian basil (#1282), but scent and flavour is closer to thyme. Used throughout Africa for fevers including malaria.

Berry seeds may be roasted and used as a coffee substitute. Height 12-24in (30-60cm); Spread 6-12in (15-30cm). Blue cohosh is native to Eastern, Central and North American woodlands, where it is found growing with glossy green or purplish leaves, unremarkable...

(Chinese ephedra) Properties and uses are similar to those of but contains the additional anti-inflammatory compound, ephedroxane. Saponin content is somewhat lower than . Native of dry grasslands of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia.

Chinese medicinal herb noted for strengthening the spleen and building energy. Rhizomes are used to treat diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite and vomiting related to deficiencies of spleen or stomach.

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

Important beeplant in Australia. Leaves are delightfully honey-scented.

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