Culinary Herb Or Spice Perennial Plant For Sale In Jacksonville

* Works well in the rock garden or between flagstones in a walkway. * Wild thyme is native to the palearctic zone of Europe and Asia. Takes well to mowing and traffic. * The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white,...

Catnip is best grown in full sunlight and grows as a loosely branching, low perennial * With domestic cats, N. The leaf tops are gray-green and the bottoms are white with hairs. Cats relish the intoxicating leaves and the tea is a popular night cap.

* Works well in the rock garden or between flagstones in a walkway. * Wild thyme is native to the palearctic zone of Europe and Asia. Takes well to mowing and traffic. * The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white,...

Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally...

* 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...

It is especially important as source of levulose. The unblanched leaves are much less bitter in winter and make an excellent addition to salads at this time of year. Whilst this greatly reduces any bitterness, there is also a corresponding loss of vitamins...

* A popular drink in southern India such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu is calld jira water, made by boiling cumin seeds in water. * Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family.

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

The wood is also converted to charcoal for family use. * In Taiwan, its wood is used to make support beams for underground mines. * Its uses include chemical products, environmental management and food and drink.

* The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork.

Nigella is also used in Armenian string cheese, a braided string cheese called Majdouleh or Majdouli in the Middle East. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with five to ten petals.

* The fresh leaves (Cilantro) are probably the most widely used flavouring herb in the world. The leaves provide Cilantro and the seeds are Coriander. * This is a dual purpose herb.

* The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork.

* Cinnamomum camphora (commonly known as Camphor tree , Camphorwood or camphor laurel ) is a large evergreen tree that grows up to 20–30 metres tall. It has occasionally been used internally in the treatment of hysteria, but in modern day herbalism...

Common names include Bog Myrtle and Sweet Gale . * Foliage, deciduous, is fragrant when crushed, and has been used medicinally; tiny fruits; branches once used in England to flavor "gale beer"; native to wet peaty areas in cold northern regions around...

* Many cultures in India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Middle East use fennel seed in cooking. * On account of its aromatic properties, fennel fruit forms one of the ingredients of the well-known compound liquorice powder.

* Thymus vulgaris or Common Thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. It retains its flavour well in long slow cooking. * A woody-stemmed aromatic plant, long used for flavoring foods; sometimes used as a ground cover...

* Many cultures in India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Middle East use fennel seed in cooking. * On account of its aromatic properties, fennel fruit forms one of the ingredients of the well-known compound liquorice powder.

* Can reach 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, rarely 2 m (6 ft 7 in).The leaves are evergreen , 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long and 2–5 mm broad, green above, and white below with dense short woolly hair.Flowering, very common in a mature and healthy specimen, blooms...

* Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems.

* Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World and is a perennial .

The wood is also converted to charcoal for family use. * In Taiwan, its wood is used to make support beams for underground mines. * Its uses include chemical products, environmental management and food and drink.

* Cinnamomum camphora (commonly known as Camphor tree , Camphorwood or camphor laurel ) is a large evergreen tree that grows up to 20–30 metres tall. It has occasionally been used internally in the treatment of hysteria, but in modern day herbalism...

The main constituents were menthol (40.7%) and menthone (23.4%). * Peppermint generally grows best in moist, shaded locations, and expands by underground rhizomes. The plant, indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, is now widespread in cultivation in...

A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc. * They are very rich in vitamins and minerals and are similar to Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) in nutritional value.

Common names include Bog Myrtle and Sweet Gale . * Foliage, deciduous, is fragrant when crushed, and has been used medicinally; tiny fruits; branches once used in England to flavor "gale beer"; native to wet peaty areas in cold northern regions around...

* Tarragon or dragon's-wort ( Artemisia dracunculus ) is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood . The aromatic leaves have a very nice flavour that is somewhat liquorice-like.