Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Michigan

Used in Japan for moxibustion. Bitter flower buds improve digestibility of rich meat, poultry or fish dishes.

Do not use without medical supervision. Externa applications lessen local inflammation and pain. Source of atropine, valuable in treating eye diseases and spasms. Stratification at 5°C/40°F for 4-12 weeks or gibberrelic acid pre-treatment is reported...

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

In the Lavender Capital of America, Sequim, Washington, there are spectacular displays of Melissa in arching rows interplanted with purple lavender. Flowers are earlier and last longer than other pink varieties.

Formerly used for treating running sores and urinary and liver ailments. Long-time garden favourite with exotic drooping flowers in various shades of red, blue, yellow and white. Has narcotic properties; not to be used without medical supervision.

10,000-23,000 Scoville units. This unusual chile is actually quite edible and hot. (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 considered suitable for commercial oil production. (Dutch lavender; Lavandin) Vigorous, long-stemmed variety in cultivation since the 1950s and still widely grown for fresh bouquets, lavender wands, and potpourri.

Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil. 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 creeper. Pleasant scent, though not convincingly of coconut.

Slow to germinate. Fine houseplant like Ficus benjamina. (Pipal) Sacred tree of Hindus and Buddhists; Buddha meditated non-stop for 7 years under a bo-tree until he reached liberation.

A keynote flavour in Jamaican cuisine. Quite unlike other thymes, this favourite of tropical America has large fleshy leaves.

Used as table fruit and in sherbet, jam, and beverages. Edible purple fruits possess pleasant flavour. Unusual vine bearing spectacular star-like lavender flowers. Slow to germinate.

Showy hop-like pink flowers similar to Kent Beauty but longer and more impressive. Striking ornamental variety with a mild oregano flavour and aroma. Forms almost perfect globe-like balls when grown in baskets.

Applied externally in the form of salves or rubs, it is considered one of the best remedies for wounds available to modern herbalists; however internal use is no longer recommended on account of a cardiac action.

Cold tolerant, early ripening variety. It is a compact plant that does well in containers and where space is limited. Known as the "sugar fig", this is one of the best varieties for drying and for preserves.

Ht. 75cm/30”. Violet flowers, strong scent. Commercially important strain from the Vaucluse district of France. Discovered in 1972 when the standard commercial strain was nearly destroyed by disease.

Large showy rose-pink flowers flushed with lilac. Pleasant scent with a hint of eucalyptus.

(Rhodiola; Golden root)

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. Like other members of the mallow family, it helps soothe irritated mucous membranes.

The striking, almost black fruits have a red flesh that has intense rich flavour! A-fig-cionados say that this variety is one of the very best. Named after a town in the Bordeaux region of France where this variety is said to have come from.

Has huge fragrant flowers, up to 18cm/7” across, with striking upcurved clear pink petals. Outstanding variety developed from a single remarkable plant discovered in Europe in the garden of the son of echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson.

Large scarlet flowers. Pungent, woolly, grayish leaves.

Compared to Grosso, its flowers are deeper purple, and the aroma is sweeter. Gros Bleu is quickly becoming a standard in the Pacific Northwest where it is widely grown for fresh and dried bouquets, potpourris, and for landscape use.

After the initial hot and spicy kick, the flavour lingers well after the heat subsides. Although the heat is definitely there, the taste is not edgy or bitter like some other hot peppers.

Berries are eaten raw, or in preserves and pies. Edible berries are borne inside fascinating orange chinese lantern-like calyces. Recommended for fevers and gout.

Pinch to keep bushy. Needs good light. The strong aroma of mixed fruits makes this plant an ideal ingredient for potpourri and other fragrant concoctions. Its large velvety leaves and shocking pink flowers make it an attractive houseplant.