Garden Supplies & Gifts - Herbs

Peppermint Herb

The Peppermint 'Mentha silvestris crispa' is a spreading plant with numerous upright shoots that may reach a height of 2 feet. Dark green leaves are produced from reddish stems. Peppermint grows best in moist soils. Peppermint makes a refreshing herbal tea. Use 2 TBSP of fresh or 1 TBSP dried for each cup of tea and steep for 5 minutes. Herbal users promote drinking peppermint tea during meals or after meals to aid digestion. Lots of fresh mint leaves chopped with some whole for garnish improves every fruit salad and most green salads....

English Lavender Munstead Herb

The English Lavender Munstead 'Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' is one of the Lavandula angustifolias or English lavenders. Munstead is a fragrant robust lavender that makes a great hedge. English Lavender Munstead flowers profusely in the spring after which a good pruning will provide an attractive gray bush with highly aromatic leaves. Waiting even a day or two to pick can affect the flavor. It is best to eat only the flower petals. Pull the flowers away from the little brown or green cap that they are attached to. Lavender flowers can be fresh-frozen or dried....

Common Chives Herb

The Common Chives 'Allium schoenoprasum' has beautiful edible flowers and delicate onion flavored foliage.The Common Chives are at home anywhere. Not many plants do as many things as this plant does and are as easy to grow maintain and they come back every year. The Chives plant is 12 inches tall and has narrow hollow leaves. It is very famous for use on baked potatoes with butter and sour cream and chopped chives on top. Plant in the early spring as soon as the soil can be worked or 2 months before first fall frost. Chives prefer rich well drained soil....

Berggarten Sage Herb

The Sage 'Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten' has broad gray leaves that grow great in herb planters and in a compact in garden. Berggarten Sage can be used in any recipe using Garden Sage. Berggarten Sage is a special selection of the common Garden Sage. Berggarten Sage rarely blooms and this helps to extend the life of this short lived perennial. Trim often by taking three or four inches of new growth. Plant in a full sun location. This plant is attractive to bees butterflies and/or birds. Berggarten has average water needs. So water regularly and do not over water....

Basil Purple Ruffles Herb

The Basil Purple Ruffles 'Ocimum basilicum' is a beautiful form of basil that grows about 1 1/2 feet high and has ruffled jagged leaves. The scent and flavor are slightly different from sweet basil with more licorice and cinnamon flavor. Purple Ruffles Basil can grow in shadier areas than sweet basil but still needs about 3 hours of sun per day. Plant 1 to 2 weeks after the last average frost date. Place the Basil seeds in well drained soil with lots of organic matter. To harvest cut about a third of the branch from the top down to where a new set of leaves is beginning to grow....