Culinary Herb Or Spice Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Austin

* Sweet marjoram is mainly used as a culinary herb, but is also medicinally valuable due to its stimulant and antispasmodic properties. It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems.

A gently warming and tonic herb, it is especially effective in treating coughs, consumption, bronchitis and many other complaints of the chest as well as disorders of the digestive system.

The flowers can also be sprinkled on salads to add colour and fragrance. * A very common herb, the strongly aromatic leaves are used as a flavouring in cooked foods. Leaves are grey-green, rugose on the upper side, and nearly white underneath due to the...

The oval evergreen leaves are 3–8 mm long. * Creeping and mounding variants of T. It is a plant of thin soils and can be found growing on sandy-soiled heaths, rocky outcrops, hills, banks, roadsides and riverside sand banks.

* The roasted root is used as a caffeine-free coffee adulterant or substitute. * The leaves are edible but rather bitter, especially when the plants are flowering. Young roots have a slightly bitter caramel flavour when roasted, roots over 2 years old...

It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium...

Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion. Synonyms are: Chamomilla chamomilla , Chamomilla recutita (correct name according to the Flora Europaea ), Matricaria chamomilla , and Matricaria...

* A perennial mint with a strong mint scent; small lilac, pink, or white flowers in whorls on 4" spikes; much used as an herb and a source of essential oil; likes moist soils, in which it can spread rapidly on creeping stems; native to Europe, widely...

The tree has become very common in many tropical Pacific areas, including Hawaii, where the species is considered invasive. The plant is used in traditional medicine and is available from herbal medicine shops (草藥店) in Taiwan, but there has been...

* It has a mild aromatic flavour that is suggestive of aniseed. * The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting.

The fruit is a large and inflated capsule composed of three to seven united follicles, each containing numerous seeds. Melanthin is toxic in large doses and nigelline is paralytic, so this spice must be used in moderation.

* Fenugreek is used as an herb (dried or fresh leaves), spice (seeds), and vegetable (fresh leaves, sprouts, and microgreens). It is cultivated worldwide as a semi-arid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in dishes from the Indian Subcontinent.

Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion. Synonyms are: Chamomilla chamomilla , Chamomilla recutita (correct name according to the Flora Europaea ), Matricaria chamomilla , and Matricaria...

* In milder climates, borage will bloom continuously for most of the year. * They can be used as a pot-herb or be added to salads. * Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean...

* Essential oil yielded by distillation is generally around 2-3% and anethole makes up 80-90% of this. * The plant is an ingredient of pot-pourri. Because the plants have a taproot, they do not transplant well after being established, so they should be...

* The bush is native to the Mediterranean region, growing wild on walls or in rocky coastal areas throughout. * White flowers to 3" across. * The flower buds are pickled and used as a flavouring in sauces, salads etc.

The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right. The plants prime use is as a diuretic where it is effective in ridding the body of stones and in treating jaundice, dropsy, cystitis...

It is often used as a tea in African countries such as Togo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Latin American countries such as Mexico. It has a subtle citrus flavor and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh.

* Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with parsley and chives, is used for various purposes.

It is also used as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * Wild bergamot or bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) is a wildflower in the mint family (Lamiaceae) widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North America.

The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them. Young leaves - raw, have a mint-like flavour, they make an aromatic flavouring in salads.

They can be used fresh or dried.The leaves have a tough texture and so should either be used very finely chopped, or in sprigs that can be removed after cooking. They are used in small quantities as a flavouring in soups and stews, with vegetables such...

* A member of the mint family; many small flowers on short spikes, usually blue but rarely pink, purple, or white; forms a dense mounded plant; used in cooking; aromatic; full sun, dry soil; native to southern Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Turkey.

* The plant is the source of several popular herbs and one spice used in a wide variety of recipes, particularly among Mediterranean cuisines. * Dried laurel berries and pressed leaf oil can both be used as robust spices, and even the wood can be burnt...

* High in vitamins A and C. * A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter. * When eaten they first of all impart a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste of a saline nature.

It is also used as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * Wild bergamot or bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) is a wildflower in the mint family (Lamiaceae) widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North America.

The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them. Young leaves - raw, have a mint-like flavour, they make an aromatic flavouring in salads.