Seeds Herb Plug Trays For Sale In San Jose

The plant forms dense clumps in the garden with bright scarlet flowers that appear in May or June and keep coming until the killing frosts in fall. Like other sages, it helps to relieve anxiety and can be used to brew a relaxing tea.

Sweet, anise-scented leaves and stalks (fresh or dried) add delightful flavour to sweets and desserts, saving about half the sugar. Of particular interest to diabetics.

Young leaf tips and flowers improve appearance and taste of salads. PANORAMA is a showy mixture of scarlet, pink, salmon and crimson colours. Citrus-scented leaves and flowers make a pleasant, soothing tisane.

Good cut or dried flower. Increasingly popular as accent and contrast plants because the green-grayish pointed lanced-shaped leaves and velvety purple flower spikes are very showy.

Standard variety.

Flavour is similar to common marjoram. (Variegated oregano) Attractive white-yellow variegated leaves; low, prostrate habit.

Scent remini-scent of oregano, but it is not used in cooking. An attractive houseplant that releases a pleasant odour when brushed against. Fleshy small almost round leaves with small shallow rounded teeth on edges.

Ht. 30-60cm/1-2ft. Forms beautiful dense carpets covered with masses of purple flowers in late summer. Sweet, fruity scented oregano with dark green leaves and purple flowers. Flowers dry well for arrangements.

Camphor-scented form of the previous with a more compact growth habit, ideal for low hedges.

Velvety, purple streaked leaves. Strong minty scent that some noses swear has a hint of chocolate.

Spread 18-24in (45-60cm). Hill Hardy has a rounded compact growth, with fresh yellow-green leaves and familiar aromatic scent. Prefers full sun, and well-drained soil. Similar to Arp Rosemary, Hill Hardy Rosemary lives up to its name, surviving even a...

Among the many new mints the late mint breeder Jim Westerfield introduced to the world, this was the one his wife Marilyn loved the most. Richters holds exclusive propagation rights in Canada.

Leaves enhance all drinks, salads, jellies, sauces, soups, fish or meat dishes and desserts which call for lemon as an ingredient or a garnish. This plant is a “must”! Its sweet, strongly lemon-flavoured leaves blend well with most other tea herbs.

Ideal for sachets, for cut-flowers, and for craft work. Deep purple flowers with long stems and outstanding fragrance. Developed at Twickel Castle in Holland before 1922. Needs regular pruning to maintain a neat rounded shape.

Small deep green leaves. Excellent lime scent.

Richters holds exclusive propagation rights in Canada. "Its leaves are deep green with a truly delicious, fruity aroma. Among the many unique mints developed by mint breeder Jim Westerfield, this was probably his favourite.

Double form of Roman chamomile grown commercially in England for tea and medicinal use.

(Mexican coriander; Ngo gai) Native to Central America, but now cultivated throughout Southeast Asia and Latin America. Unlike cilantro, this variety dries well, retaining good colour and flavour, and it can stand some cooking -- properties that may become...

Gorgeous upright columnar form with thick stems, succulent broad leaves, and large clear-blue flowers. Ht. 125-180cm/4-6ft. Excellent variety for topiary use and for hedging in warm zones.

Lacking scent or flavour, its virtues are mainly visual and tactile. Superb contrast plant for greener herbs. Lovely low carpets of grey, woolly leaves and pale pink flowers.

Roots are used to restore blood, liver and kidneys, and is prescribed for conditions as varied as vertigo, insomnia, lumbago, and constipation. Virility- and longevity-promoting prowess aside, fo-ti is one of the most widely used tonic herbs in traditional...

Lovely accent plant. For hanging baskets and as garden edging. Same flavour and fragrance as English thyme.

Use it like you would oregano -- or use it like marjoram! White flowers appear in summer. Ht. 45-60cm/18-24in. It is actually a hybrid of sweet marjoram and oregano (O. Vulgare virens) and the mixed parentage makes it a wonderfully versatile herb in the...

Decoction is useful for bladder and kidney complaints, and has the ability to curdle milk (hence its other name, cheese rennet). (Lady's bedstraw) Tops and roots are sources of yellow and red dyes.

Most famous for sorrel soup. Blonde de Lyon is the standard variety esteemed in France. Remove flowering tops as they appear to keep leaves tender. Large, succulent, slightly acid-tasting leaves give zest to salads and any dish which is insipid in itself.

One of the definitive perfumes of the Orient and of India in particular. Leaves are excellent in potpourris and sachets. Widely used in perfumes and soaps, and even to perfume India ink.

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.