Plants Herb Basics For Sale In International

Fruits are brown-purple with luscious strawberry-coloured flesh. The rotund fig and its fabled leaf go back at least 5,000 years as enduring symbols of sinful pleasure and lost innocence.

Easy houseplant. An apt name, as the odour of the fleshy leaves closely resembles that of the chest cold remedy, and can be used for that purpose.

Properly pruned, it will grow into a miniature tree in a bright window or solarium. Often sold as true oregano in Mexico and southern U.S. where its fine oregano flavour is used to great advantage in chilis and other Mexican dishes.

American Indians used the root for upset stomach, excessive menstruation, general debility, lung problems, cough, insomnia, and as a laxative. Woodland native, 30-90cm/1-3ft. Has also been used for rheumatism, arthritis and skin irritations.

Used for stomachache and in vermouth. Attractive tufted low growing herb with small, silvery fern-like leaves.

Needs occasional pruning. A red dye is produced from fruit skins and flowers. Considered an excellent remedy for tapeworms since the time of the Greeks. Showy orange-red fuchsia-like flowers; miniature fruits.

Prostrate habit; fine for hanging baskets. Oak leaf-shaped leaves., purple veins.

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

Similar to East Indian basil (#1282), but scent and flavour is closer to thyme. Used throughout Africa for fevers including malaria. (Adefetue) Collected in Ghana where it is known as adefetue among the Ewes.

Berry seeds may be roasted and used as a coffee substitute. Blue cohosh is native to Eastern, Central and North American woodlands, where it is found growing with glossy green or purplish leaves, unremarkable flowers, and bright blue berries.

(Blue sage) Native of the Sierra Nevada and area north to Canada. Used by the Montana Indians as a general tonic, to restore hair, and as a dermatological aid. Strongly aromatic.

Attractive creeper. Pleasant scent, though not convincingly of coconut.

Easier to grow. The Vienna Pharmacognostic Institute found that this plant has the same medicinal action as the European variety, .

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

(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.

A good choice for northern gardens according to Steven Biggs, author of . Its dark-blue almost black fruit, with peach-coloured flesh, is very sweet. It is cold-resistant and it is an early main-crop fig.

American prairie native used medicinally by Indians. There is evidence it may have immune- enhancing properties like echinacea (to which it is a common adulterant). Diuretic for kidney and bladder complaints, and for gonorrhea.

The aroma is familiar and woodsy with a cool citrus mint undertone. Ht 36-48in (90-120cm). Golden Rains colours are certainly not vibrant at the expense of flavour. Golden rain will flower when it has matured and has reached over 5 feet in height.

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

Great chile for salads, for stuffing, pickles and salsa. Unique three or four-sided shape resembles a hat or a crown -- or maybe a flying spaceship. (Friar's hat; Joker's hat) Originally from Barbados where they are known as "peri peri".

The aroma is floral and citrusy. Many craft brewers like it because of its balance of aroma and bitterness, and because of its high oil and lupulin contents. Sometimes called “super Cascade” because it has nearly double the alpha acids of Cascade.

Blanched hearts are cut into sections and parboiled for 90 min. Until tender and bitter free. Mediterranean delicacy grown for its succulent leaf stalks. Start indoors two months before outdoor planting date.

The silver-edged leaves beautifully frame the large pink flowers that appear in summer. Silver is more prominent in summer and changes to a pinkish tinge in winter. (Sweet garlic; Pink agapanthus) A lovely variegated version of society garlic.

Contains traces of ephedrine, a nerve stimulant resembling adrenaline. Foliage resembles that of the horsetail plant. (Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Unusual native of the southwestern U.S. desert regions.

Ht. 90-180cm/3-6ft. ‘Dagga' is a local name for marijuana in southern Africa, hence the name ‘wild dagga' . It is used like marijuana by Hottentot tribesmen as the resinous tops and leaves have an euphoriant effect.

The scent is a swirl of different notes but marshmallow always seems to rise to the top. But whatever your nose makes of this mint, you will likely find yourself reminiscing of the past, of happy summers, and of roasting marshmallows around the campfire!