Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Springfield

A popular landscaping plant in Australia where it forms dense masses of lush fragrant foliage. When they appear the beautiful porcelain-like flowers are also edible. Ht. 60-150cm (2-5ft).

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.

The Grecian foxglove is a plant to admire and respect for its powerful capacities. Grecian foxglove prefers a well-drained location in sun or part shade, and will rot if planted in a wet area.

Compact, showy plant. Orange-scented.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

It grows well in pots and will bloom for months with showy bright pink or red flowers. The latex is applied to decaying teeth and infected wounds. The root sap has cardiac glycosides that work like digitalis.

In larger doses it acts as a nerve depressant, and is useful for asthma and whooping cough. (Indian tobacco) In small doses lobelia acts as a stimulant, especially on the respiratory system.

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

Attractive purple leaf form of sacred basil. Mildy intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes. This purple-leaf form is widely grown throughout India.

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

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.

Attractive pale pink flowers appear in dense clusters. Soapwort is well known to the Mahuna and Cherokee, who used it to make poultices and rinses for a variety of skin ailments, pain relief, and as a soap.

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.

(Dutch lavender; Lavandin) Vigorous, long-stemmed variety in cultivation since the 1950s and still widely grown for fresh bouquets, lavender wands, and potpourri. Not considered suitable for commercial oil production.

Many classic beer recipes call for Fuggle. The original variety was introduced by Richard Fuggle in 1875 in England. It will grow in hot areas with alkaline soils, and it has good resistance to mildew and pests.

The fruits are small to medium in size and the flesh is a luscious red colour and very sweet. Outstanding prolific, heavy bearing variety that often will produce two crops a season.

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

Artichokes are usually grown as annuals. Flowerbuds made up of thick fleshy scales and solid hearts are cooked and served drenched with melted butter. Start early indoors Feb/March and transplant out in April/May when frosts are past.

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

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.