Herb Plants Plants For Sale In St Petersburg

Foliage is aromatic. A hardy alpine perennial, it enjoys a cool climate and good drainage in acid soil, making it well suited to rock gardens and raised beds. Now a protected herb in Germany due to overcollection of plants in the wild.

(Plectranthus; Spurflower)

Yields excellent yellow or gold dyes for fabrics. (Dyer's chamomile) Fine border plant; profusion of yellow daisies in August.

Repels cockroaches as well. Now used in cosmetic preparations. Repels ants from counters or around baseboard. Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes.

Famous for its gorgeous flavour: sweet and tangy, and fruity, with the heat building slowly and never getting unpleasant. Unique three or four-sided shape resembles a hat or a crown -- or maybe a flying spaceship.

Fresh leaves, picked before flowering, used in salads, sauces, soups and in cold drinks where a little goes a long way. (Bible leaf) The sweet-scented leaves may be used for tea or in herb pillows.

Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea. There is evidence it may have immune- enhancing properties like echinacea (to which it is a common adulterant). American prairie native used medicinally by Indians.

This is a long-lived variety that does well in containers and tolerates heavy pruning. Flavour is very sweet, especially when the weather is hot. Delicious fresh or dried, or for canning.

Prefers full or partial sun in wet soil or in water garden. Used in Thai cooking, and deserving of experimentation wherever a new flavour twist is desired. Important Chinese medicinal herb used to treat lack of appetite, gastritis, and depression.

Prefers moist, partly shady locations but will grow in full sun. The leaves look a lot like Italian flat-leaf parsley. Used to season soups, poultry, meats, noodles, salads, and dumplings.

Capers tend to reduce oiliness in foods, and possess a natural affinity for garlic and lemon. The buds are pickled in strongly salted wine vinegar to develop their characteristic aromatic pungent flavour used to such advantage in French mayonnaise-based...

Also makes a nice easy-to-grow indoor foliage plant. However the strongly scented glossy leaves are edible and can be used like a wrap to flavour food. (False cardamom; Dwarf cardamom; Shellflower) Often sold as true cardamom but it is actually a type...

(Red trillium; Birthroot; Wakerobin) Important native American herb. Also for coughs, bowel complaints, hemorrhages, asthma, lung disorders and for skin irritations. Woodland perennial, 15-40cm/6-16” high, with deep red flowers in spring.

Attractive variety with roundish, crinkled leaves. 'Gold Crisp' has a more delicate, ascendant habit; very nice in windowboxes, hanging baskets and strawberry jars. Needs winter mulching to survive zone 5, or more suited as a potplant.

Excellent pot plant with a robust, dense uniform habit. Delicate rose scent. Very attractive! Leaves are two-toned with variegations of green and lime-green.

Leaves silver-white, flowers soft lemon-yellow, large. Up to 60cm/24in high. Choice variety for everlastings.

Tea made from any part of the plant was once a common remedy for pain and insomnia. A most attractive English wildflower with bright yellow sweet-smelling, drooping blossoms in early spring.

Has also been used for rheumatism, arthritis and skin irritations. Woodland native, 30-90cm/1-3ft. American Indians used the root for upset stomach, excessive menstruation, general debility, lung problems, cough, insomnia, and as a laxative.

The aroma is spicy, pine-resiny, with grapefruit notes. It is a dual purpose variety with good bittering and flavoring qualities and heavy aroma. Cross between Peltham Golding and 63012M.

A dual purpose hop with a floral, citrusy aroma and high alpha bitterness. It is a diploid hybrid (USDA 21522 X USDA21361M) with Cascade parentage that gives it better winter hardiness than Saazer.

Suited for any sunny garden, and makes a great hanging basket plant as it trails over and downward. The scent is not quite lemon, not quite orange -- or of any other citrus for that matter -- but it is definitely a wonderful melange of citrus.

Astringent and mildly-analgesic aromatic herb used to treat wounds. Suited to partial or full sun. Nice contrast to white-variegated or green herbs. Traditionally used to cleanse the liverX1557

Good aroma and sharp, bitter oregano flavour. Said to be a hybrid between and . Round leaves on almost trailing branches and attractive pink or purple flower bracts.

One of our most beautiful woodland wildflowers. Important dyeplant: roots yield red-orange colour for dyeing wool. Indians dyed their bodies and clothes with bloodroot. Conspicuous white flowers, 5cm/2” across, appear in early spring.

Reported to have survived zone 3 in Alberta. Traditionally used as a herbal tonic and as a contraceptive. It stimulates the stomach and the spleen and has been used to treat diabetes, asthma, diarrhea, and emotional instability.

Oil added to a spray bottle of water or to a humidifier can be used to disinfect the air. Peppermint eucalyptus is a tree growing to 30m (100ft) or more in height with small creamy white flowers in spring.