Herb Plants Plants For Sale In Sherbrooke

Pungent bitter leaves used sparingly in stews, salads, sandwiches and vegetable juice. In early times judges relied on fresh sprigs of rue to repel fleas brought into court by prisoners.

Yerba buena is Spanish for ‘good herb', and so it is. According to Native American lore it is also aphrodisiac, which may leave us a little less good sometimes! (Indian mint) Trailing mint-scented plant; excellent in hanging baskets, windowboxes and...

Excellent for pickling and for seasoning soups and stews. In spring harvest the little bunches of green onions and that will be one of the earliest crops from your garden." This fascinating mild-flavoured onion develops bulbs at the top of its slender...

(Wild geranium) A medicinal geranium from southern Africa with potent antibacterial properties. Research in Europe is verifying what traditional medicine men of Lesotho and South Africa have long known about this herb, and what Englishman, Charles Henry...

A good choice for northern gardens according to Steven Biggs, author of . Its dark-blue almost black fruit, with peach-coloured flesh, is very sweet. It is cold-resistant and it is an early main-crop fig.

The foliage with its wine-red veins encircled by an emerald-green border is a visual delight to the eye. Its growth habit is compact but not densely so like bush basil. Like a fine wine this is a basil with character that lingers.

Though not appropriate for internal use, the fresh leaves and oil are used in steam inhalants for asthma and colds and applied topically to burns, wounds and infections of the skin.

Medium to large yellow-green fig with a very sweet and delicious light amber flesh. Also known as 'Italian Honey'. Produces crops in summer and fall.

Mexican tarragon stands up to the heat of summer. One of the finest herbs, tarragon gives any dish a delectable French accent. An essential herb for French cuisine, tarragon adds flavor and depth to sauces, salads, eggs, soups, fish and poultry dishes—and...

Excellent contrast plant for grey santolinas; for borders, hedges, and knot gardens.

For homemade prepared horseradish, peel roots into cubes and puree in a food processor, adding white vinegar and salt to taste. For a twist, try the delicious young leaves in salads.

A cold-hardy, medium to large fruited variety, with reddish-brown skin and a reddish-pink flesh. The flavour is sweet and mild. Fruits ripen over an extended period from June to August.

(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...

Native to Peru, heliotrope prefers a rich, well-drained soil in full sun. It is attractive to butterflies and bees. No Victorian home or garden was complete without a smattering of heliotrope plants.

This shapely plant performs spectacularly both in containers and directly in the landscape. Plants are shipped Monday through Wednesday and arrive at your door Thursday or Friday of the same week.

Finely cut leaves resemble fern leaves.

The aroma is fruity, blackberry-like. Currently under evaluation in Michigan for commercial use. A late maturing triploid super alpha variety from New Zealand. It is a cross between a tetraploid smooth cone variety and an open pollinated variety.

In moist, fertile soils its obliging vigour may lead it to spread easily. (Creeping Charlie) Lovely scalloped green leaves dappled with splashes of white, a ground cover plant that gleams in shady, out of the way places.

Male pollinator variety required to get good fruit set among the elite female varieties. Home gardeners need 1-3 males for every 5 female plants. Commercial growers need to plant about 10% of the orchard with male plants.

But despite its large size outdoors, it is easy to maintain at a manageable size indoors with occasional pruning. Also called "bluegum" from the blue tone of the leaves when the tree is young.

The rotund fig and its fabled leaf go back at least 5,000 years as enduring symbols of sinful pleasure and lost innocence. Many people assume that fig trees can't grow in North America, and if this describes you, then you need to rip your figurative fig...

Its small needle-like evergreen leaves and strong pine scent is reminiscent of a miniature Christmas tree. Although this variety is unsuitable for culinary use, it is a perfect ornamental and aromatic plant.

Growth habit is similar to that of regular sweet basil, with a distinctive cinnamon taste and odour. Deserves experimentation! Mexicans like to place a vase of fresh cut herb on the dinner table to ward off insects.

(Cat's whiskers)

Cardiotonic; lowers blood pressure and blood sugar; improves circulation. (Chinese milkvetch; Huang qi) One of the most important Chinese medicinal herbs, especially for its immune enhancing properties.