Culinary Herb Or Spice Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Boston

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

* Cumin is an aromatic, astringent herb that benefits the digestive system and acts as a stimulant to the sexual organs. The cumin plant grows to 30–50 cm (0.98–1.64 ft) tall and is harvested by hand.

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

* German camomile is a well known herbal remedy and is much used in the West. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally to treat skin problems.

* Wild thyme is native to the palearctic zone of Europe and Asia. 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.

* In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are...

* Wild thyme is native to the palearctic zone of Europe and Asia. 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.

* In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) was the world's hottest chili pepper, 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce! * Bhut Jolokia pods are unique among peppers, with their characteristic shape, and very thin skin.

* Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes only a few minutes before the cooking is complete.

The seeds are very nourishing and are given to convalescents and to encourage weight gain, especially in anorexia nervosa. * One of its constituent alkaloids, called 'trigonelline', has shown potential for use in cancer therapy.

The seeds should be planted as soon as the ground warms up in spring. Because the plants have a taproot, they do not transplant well after being established, so they should be started either in their final location or transplanted while the seedlings...

The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with five to ten petals. * Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to south and southwest Asia. There is a belief that eating the seed will make a woman's breasts plumper.

* It is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries. It is also suitable for use with poultry, fish, beef, and seafood. 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...

It is also used in the production of sambuca, pastis, and many types of absinthe. * Chinese anise is extensively cultivated in China for its fruit and medicinal essential oil. * Illicium verum is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast Vietnam...

* German camomile is a well known herbal remedy and is much used in the West. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally to treat skin problems.

The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried.

The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with five to ten petals. * Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to south and southwest Asia. There is a belief that eating the seed will make a woman's breasts plumper.

Basil can also be propagated very reliably from cuttings in exactly the same manner as Busy Lizzie (Impatiens), with the stems of short cuttings suspended for two weeks or so in water until roots develop.

* Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long. Modern cultivars include leaves with purple, rose, cream, and yellow in many variegated combinations.

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems to 3' with purple bracts and very attractive purple, pink, or...

* Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. * This is a dual purpose herb. * The fresh leaves (Cilantro) are probably the most widely used flavouring herb in the world.

The seeds should be planted as soon as the ground warms up in spring. Because the plants have a taproot, they do not transplant well after being established, so they should be started either in their final location or transplanted while the seedlings...

Today, many families still use wild bergamot during the cold and flu season. It is also used as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. The species is quite variable, and several subspecies or varieties have been recognized within it.

Male and female flowers occur on separate plants. Flowers are small, white and borne profusely in panicles at the ends of the drooping branches. The bark, leaves and berries are aromatic when crushed.

The leaves are used as a flavouring in vinegar. An essential oil from the leaves is used as a flavouring. The aromatic leaves have a very nice flavour that is somewhat liquorice-like.

* A perennial grown for its 2" bright red-orange inflated husk in fall, which encloses an edible red berry; the plant itself is rather lax and weedy, spreading by underground stems; nodding white flowers; native from southeast Europe to Japan.

A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A pleasant lemon-like aroma and flavour, they are used mainly as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm , Monarda...