Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Medicine Hat

(Mexican morning glory) Sacred hallucinogenic herb used by the Aztecs in divinatory rituals. Climbing vine with white flowers. Once thought to be exterminated by the Spaniards in their zeal to exorcise “demonic” practices, the plant and the rituals...

(Plectranthus; Spurflower)

Large violet-pink flowers, nearly 3.5 cm (1.5 in) across, are set on dark maroon calices. Shiny foliage and neat upright habit. Flowers appear May-July and later from September until frost.

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.

The mildly spicy scent is almost costmary-like, and the leaves can be used in potpourris and in cooking. Does well in dry sunny places, and bees and butterflies are drawn to it. A very attractive oregano from England with dark purple-green leaves and...

Leaflets are assembled in ladder form. Remedy for nervous complaints, headaches and palpitations of the heart. Showy bright blue flowers.

Strong flavour. Important medicinal uses, both internally and externally. Source of Japanese menthol, used to flavour candies, drinks, etc.

Berry seeds may be roasted and used as a coffee substitute. The root portion also has potential as a contraceptive on account of its estrogenic properties. Once roots have established, do not relocate.

Camphor-rosemary scent. (Spanish lavender) The standard form with narrow, grey downy leaves and dark violet flowers.

Like other citrus marigolds, with bright red flowers.

A low-care plant, it is hardy across a wide range of zones, and self-seeds to come back year after year. The blooms give a lovely, deep rose-purple colour to herbal teas. Its silky black-purple flowers set this plant apart: Beautiful wine-stained black...

Attractive dark green leaves and brilliant cerise flowers. Slight pungent scent.

This unusual chile is actually quite edible and hot. 10,000-23,000 Scoville units. (Penis pepper) An heirloom pepper that undeniably looks like an uncircumcised penis. It is perhaps not for everybody, but if you are growing this in your garden for all...

Not only is it beautiful, easy to grow, very hardy, and can be used to make home remedies, this echinacea cultivar is scented too. Hard as it is to imagine improving upon the wonder herb echinacea, here is a plant that does just that.

A favourite in Jamaica for teas and to relieve indigestion. A delightful bushy plant with small bright green leaves having a strong peppermint aroma.

For best results, freeze seeds in moist sand for 2 weeks, then sow and keep moist and dark. Capers, a fixture of Mediterranean cuisine for 2000 years, are made from the unopened flower buds of this plant.

Striking small tree with soft, feathery grey-white leaves. Mediterranean favourite for its bitter stomachic properties.

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.

(Nutmeg bush) Small aromatic South African bush with showy plumes of whitish flowers. Easy to grow in any pot or decorative container. Its musk-scented leaves are excellent in potpourris, adding an exotic, mysterious note to the mix.

Good versatile all-purpose hop with high oils. Popular with eastern USA craft brewers for full-bodied ales. An older 1934 aromatic variety with a crisp, neutral aroma and high bittering qualities.

Now used in cosmetic preparations. Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by the Indians to induce abortion. Repels ants from counters or around baseboard. Blooming flower heads and leafy shoots produce yellow and green fabric dyes.

With pruning, bushes can be kept to 120cm/4ft high which makes for easier harvesting. Superior female cultivar, bushier than others. Berries are a little redder and rounder than ´Huron Sunset´, and slightly smaller.

(Seaberry) Female cultivar from The Healing Arc. Children love them straight out of the freezer! Ripens late July to early August. Can be kept pruned to 150cm/5ft high for easier harvesting.

Mildy intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes. (Krishna tulsi) The true sacred basil grown in houses, gardens and near temples all over India. Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil.

Seeds germinate more readily if wax is removed and seeds are exposed to 6 weeks of moist cold treatment. Aromatic shrub, native to the Maritimes. Berries are boiled in water, liberating the wax which floats on top.