Vegetables Plants For Sale In Philadelphia

This variety from the Louisiana State University breeding program is one of the best varieties available. Does well in containers, producing an early crop of figs as soon as growth starts in spring.

(Lesser calamint) A regional favourite in Tuscany where it is added to mushroom dishes and green vegetables for its distinctive minty flavour. Sauteed zucchini or mushrooms with fresh nepitella, tomatoes, and garlic is served with roast or boiled meat...

A good choice for hummingbird, bee and butterfly gardens. Like other members of the mallow family, it helps soothe irritated mucous membranes. Its silky black-purple flowers set this plant apart: Beautiful wine-stained black blooms with paler star-shaped...

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

(Spanish lavender) The standard form with narrow, grey downy leaves and dark violet flowers. Camphor-rosemary scent.

The root is used for the treatment of acute and chronic infections of the throat, nose and ear cavities, for sinusitis, acute and chronic bronchitis, and tuberculosis. Research in Europe is verifying what traditional medicine men of Lesotho and South...

Slow to germinate. Unusual vine bearing spectacular star-like lavender flowers. Edible purple fruits possess pleasant flavour. Used as table fruit and in sherbet, jam, and beverages.

Research at Guelph University in Ontario Canada showed that different varieties of Lemon Thymes worked quite well against mosquitoes. Plant them as a border along pathways or in between stepping stones, or in an open patch where you like to sit and enjoy...

Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes. Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion. Now used in cosmetic preparations.

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

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

Self-pollinated. Large fruits with a light green-yellow skin and amber flesh. Flavour is very sweet, especially when the weather is hot. Delicious fresh or dried, or for canning. This is a long-lived variety that does well in containers and tolerates...

Leaf oil is highly antiseptic due to thymol content which explains its use as a gargle, dressing for wounds and treatment for conjunctivitis. (Adefetue) Collected in Ghana where it is known as adefetue among the Ewes.

This superstar among vegetables is now receiving the recognition it deserves for its exceptional nutritional value, health benefits and delicious flavor. Stems are red and green leaves turn purple in cold weather.

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

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.

Available only within the contiguous US. Plants are shipped Monday through Wednesday and arrive at your door Thursday or Friday of the same week. They are not scheduled for transit over a weekend.

The latter is very active biologically regulating such functions as the vessel and immune systems. By supplementing the diet with GLA, one can bypass a blockage of prostaglandin E1 production caused by aging, poor diet, or alcoholism.

Pleasant scent with a hint of eucalyptus. Large showy rose-pink flowers flushed with lilac.

(Pokeweed) Pleasant early spring potherb tasting like asparagus. Powdered roots were used in a poultice by early settlers to treat cancerous ulcers. Used to treat rheumatism, arthritis and respiratory infections.

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

(Sweet garlic; Pink agapanthus) A more civil version of garlic can hardly be imagined: its lavender-pink flowers are sweet-scented like hyacinths, and are showy, and you don't get bad breath when you eat it! It tastes like garlic -- the mild garlicky...

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). Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea.

The ancients and latter day fig-cognoscenti have known the hedonistic delight of fresh sun-ripened, honey-dripping figs, and know all too well the impatient wait for fig season to arrive in late summer.