Herb Plug Trays Herbs For Sale In Indianapolis

Similar to Arp Rosemary, Hill Hardy Rosemary lives up to its name, surviving even a Zone 6 winter with proper care. Hill Hardy has a rounded compact growth, with fresh yellow-green leaves and familiar aromatic scent.

Delightful apple and cinnamon fragrance. Charming Victorian favourite.

Widely used to allay pain, nervous unrest, migraine, and insomnia. Excellent sedative action.

A favourite among West Indians. Deserving of experimentation in tea, cooking, and as a garnish. Sensational orange scent and flavour.

The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck. Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. Aromatic foliage with white and pink streaks.

One of the oldest known remedies for worms. Has great reputation for stimulating the appetite and improving digestion. Bitter leaves were important in absinthe, vermouth, and other liqueurs.

Young leaves and shoots are popular as cooked greens in Canton. Sweet berries are eaten raw as a snack or added to soups and stews. Increases white blood cell counts, and stimulates tissue development.

Excellent as pot plants. Very uniform growth habit. Attractive compact variety of English thyme.

The hint of camphor is a little off-putting t first, but the unusual flavour and odour definitely grows on you. Leaf veins, flower spikes and stems are purple while the rest is green.

Fast growing, low creeper, with small white flowers; excellent in hanging baskets. Leaves contain the intensely sweet compound hernandulcin (1000 times sweeter than sugar) but high camphor content makes them unsuitable for use as a sugar substitute.

Some believe fo-ti was used by a certain Professor Li Chung Yun who lived to the ripe old age of 256! So the story goes, early in life Li developed the penchant for taking a daily concoction containing the elixir of life.

Smaller leaves are more concentrated in flavour and a little will go a long way. True French sorrel, although garden sorrel is much more commonly used for sorrel soup.

Research shows that it is an efficient regulator of blood sugar. (Leaves of the Gods; Mollucan spinach; Sambung nyawa; Daun dewa) Gynura is a traditional Asian herb used for diabetes.

Dark green foliage never exceeds 5cm/2” in height. Terrific low mat-forming lemon thyme, similar to ‘Magic Carpet', except the flowers are bright mauve-purple.

An infusion of the herb is good for weak stomach, lack of appetite and persistent bronchitis. Horehound candies were once the standard remedy for coughs in Europe and North America.

This is the first true wintergreen mint ever to be developed. Breeder Jim Westerfield crossed hundreds of mints to produce this one with its remarkable aroma. What's exciting is that the aroma of this new mint is exactly that of the wintergreen mint candy.

Scattered yellow edges on some leaves create an attractive foliage contrast.

(Tibetan gojiberry; Hei guo gou qi)

A few years ago lawyers representing the company demanded that we change the name of the mint, so now we just call it ‘Swiss mint'. It originally came to us bearing the name of a very well known Swiss brand of herbal candies, as the story went, this...

Perfect complement to woolly thyme. Low mat-forming thyme splashed with either white or rose flowers in July.

Prefers filtered light but can tolerate full sun. There is nothing else like it in the world of herbs! Red flowers are edible, and they are favourite haunts of hummingbirds. Reaches 1-1.3m/40-50”, but can be grown in hanging baskets.

Does not attract cats despite its stronger, more pleasant scent. Excellent for massing, as ground cover or in rockeries. (Catmint) Smaller ornamental form of catnip with lavender-blue flowers and grey-white foliage.

Showy dark blue flowers; upright to trailing growing habit.

Can reach 2.5m/8ft in height if not pruned back. The fragrance has been described variously as “resembling orange blossoms” and “sweet musk mingled with heliotrope.” Will bloom repeatedly through the year if well-fed and watered.

It possesses a superb sweet lime aroma with all sorts of possibilities for the kitchen. It's hard to play favourites with your babies, but for mint breeder Jim Westerfield, this one always held a special place in his heart.