Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In San Francisco

Lemon yellow single flowers: free-blooming. Fine lacy foliage.

Ht. 45-60cm/18-24in. A fun plant for containers, window boxes, and as a border plant in the scented garden. Strong orange-lemon scent is addictive. Light pink and mauve bicolored flowers.

Pine-scented with a hint of rose. Leaves are very finely divided.

Two chewed will quickly relieve nervous headache. 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.

Curiously, they do not seem to use it much in cuisine, despite its superb flavour. Mexicans like to place a vase of fresh cut herb on the dinner table to ward off insects. Growth habit is similar to that of regular sweet basil, with a distinctive cinnamon...

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.

Likes damp, acidic soil. (Bearberry; Kinnikinnik) Used for kidney and bladder infections on account of its diuretic and antiseptic properties. Attractive glossy green leaves and pink bell-shaped flowers.

Used in many beers and pairs well with low bittering aroma hops. Introduced in 1980, it is a cross involving Galena. A German hybrid grown for extract or bittering use. It is considered a very clean hop because it adds no dominating aroma during brewing,...

Stunning effect of masses of mauve flowers set against gray-green leaves edged with creamy yellow margins. It casts quite a spell! Perfect for containers, as edging, and in rock gardens.

Strong peppermint scent; robust upright habit.

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.

Used to treat rheumatism, arthritis and respiratory infections. Young unfolded leaves (older leaves are poisonous) are boiled. (Pokeweed) Pleasant early spring potherb tasting like asparagus.

Highly decorative form of fennel with bronze-red, lacy foliage. Leaves can be used like green fennel.

Commercial growers need to plant about 10% of the orchard with male plants. 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.

It is a cross between Northern Brewer and a German male hop. Good resistance to diseases and pests. A well rounded dual purpose hop, popular with craft and microbrewers. Alpha acid 7-9.5%.

Excellent ground cover. Forms nice dense mats with slightly hairy leaves that are soft to the touch. Discernable mint scent with a citrus overtone.

Probable hybrid between and . Outstanding ornamental artemisia in dense mounds of lacy silver foliage. Ht. up to 90cm/36”

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

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

The Tujia people of central China use the herb for hepatitis, dysentery, herpes zoster, and swelling. The juice of the leaves is used to stop bleeding. (Needle stonecrop; Fo jia cao) Attractive low carpeting succulent from East Asia where it grows on...

Contains traces of ephedrine, a nerve stimulant resembling adrenaline. Has tonic effects, improves kidney action, and relieves asthma. (Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Unusual native of the southwestern U.S. desert regions.

Scent is a rather pleasant complex of fruit, eucalyptus and resin. Striking deep purple flowers.

Eventually warts soften and drop or rub off. Succulent shrub with showy coral flowers on a stem up to 60 cm/2 ft. (Plakkies) Excellent wart remedy, widely recommended even by medical doctors, in South Africa.

Attractive variegated version of nutmeg geranium with the same strong nutmeg scent.

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

Ideal for hanging baskets. Self-sows readily. Small dark leaves; compact somewhat trailing habit.