Vegetable and Herbs

6” height • perennial • full sun/partial sun • The truest form of oregano • Strongest of the oregano varieties, spicy flavour • Commonly used in Italian cuisine • Oil extracted from oregano helps relieve tooth and ear aches • Best used in egg dishes, salads, meats and stews

24-36” height • perennial • full sun • Long thin green foliage • Has a mint anise flavour much like licorice • An essential her in béarnaise and hollandaise sauces • Best used in seafood, egg dishes, mushrooms, chicken stuffing, marinated meats

Nepeta cataria, commonly known as catnip, catswort, catwort, and catmint, is a species of the genus Nepeta in the family Lamiaceae, native to southern and eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of China. It is widely naturalized in northern Europe, New Zealand, and North America.

18” height • perennial • full sun/partial shade zone 5-9 LEMON BALM • A lemon scented herb is excellent for making teas and ice drinks • A jelly made from the leaves are superb with fish and poultry • Rub leaves on wood furniture for a delightful fragrance • Best used in fish, poultry dishes, potpourris, salads and stuffing

24” height • annual • full sun • Also known as Chinese parsley • Slow to bolt with an excellent flavour • High content of essential oils • Aromatic seeds have a orange flavour that is used for seasoning meats, pickles, curry dishes, breads and cakes • Plant with potatoes to discourage insects

Golden California Wonder is a a favorite home garden pepper variety. This delightful pepper adds a sweet taste and a bright golden color to dishes. * after transplanting to garden

24” height • annual • full sun LEMON GRASS zone 9-13 • Oils are used to flavour teas, ice cream, candy and desserts • Also important in cosmetics and perfumery • Easy to grow and will produce a good crop of leaves to add to pot-pourri • Best used in Asian cooking, stir fry, teas, ice cream, candy, desserts, cosmetics and potpourris

For years gardeners wanted a large, beefsteak-type tomato that was delicious, early to bear, and highly disease resistant. Finally in 1994 those wishes came true with Big Beef. The large fruit has old-time tomato flavor and the vines are resistant to many of the problems that can discourage gardeners. The fruit is borne on vigorous, indeterminate vines from summer until frost. Compared to other beefsteak types, Big Beef is early and will set fruit reliably even in cool, wet weather. We harvest dozens of tomatoes from each plant in our Alabama test garden, where the harvest season lasts two full months and the growing conditions are very good. It grows well throughout the country, earning it an All America Selections designation in 1994; it has since grown to be a national favorite. Vines grow long, so give the plant the support of a tall cage or stake. Resistant to verticillium wilt (V), fusarium wilt (F) races 1 and 2, nematodes (N), and alternaria stem canker (ASC), gray leaf spot (St), and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). For gardeners who enjoy plant history and interesting facts, Colen Wyatt, the breeder of this variety, was one of the most successful home garden vegetable plant breeders in the last half of the 20th century. He also bred Celebrity and Husky Gold tomatoes, which are both also AAS Winners. Light Full sun Fruit size 12 to 16 oz. Matures 73 days after planting Spacing 36 inches apart Plant type Indeterminate

24” height • perennial • full sun • Most common culinary variety of sage • A staple ingredient for poultry stuffing • A potent condiment for meat • Used dried to make wreath bases • Best used for stews, soups, stuffings and in any pork or poultry dish

The Celebrity tomato cultivar is a hybrid that produces long fruit-bearing stems holding 20 or more very plump, robust tomatoes. Fruits weigh approximately 8 oz., and are 4 inches across. Plants need caging or staking, and produce fruit throughout the growing season.

12-18” height • 12” spacing annual • full sun • Many exotic leaf shapes and colours in this gourmet salad blend, full of flavour • Best used in salads and garnishes

12-18” height • 18” spacing annual • full sun Finely curled, blue-green ruffled leaves • Rapid regrowth • Compact, uniform plant growth • Great flavour for salads • Matures in 55 days

24” height • perennial • full sun/partial shade • Grows small, pretty, lilac coloured blooms • Smells like sweet strawberries • Best used in teas, summer cocktails, smoothies and desserts

The Great White tomato is typically considered the best and the biggest of the white tomato varieties, producing globe-shaped fruit that can weigh up to two pounds. When ripe, these cream-colored tomatoes generally have a yellowish hue on the blossom end, and pale yellow, meaty flesh inside. Test the ripeness of these tomatoes by pressing them gently, as the flesh should yield slightly under pressure when they are ripe. Great White tomatoes have very few seeds and are low in acid, and they are known for being one of the tastiest varieties because of their delightfully sweet melon-like flavor with notes of guava. The indeterminate plants of Great White tomatoes are extremely productive, and also extremely hardy as they have a great amount of foliage that protects against sunscald. Great White is an excellent tomato variety for growing in hot climates because it is both drought and crack resistant.

The French approach to salad greens--"mesclun" means "mixture." Early sweet lettuces and tangy, tender greens are pre-mixed to grow together for easy cutting.

Deep oblate bright red, thick-walled, crack-resist fruits to 150gm (6oz). Good taste. Does well in hot, dry areas, released in 1957. Indeterminate. 72-82 days.

65 days. Fantastic yields and taste. Dark green, 3 3/4 in./9.5 cm fruit ripen loads of thick wall, 3-4 lobed red bells by Sept.

Golden California Wonder is a a favorite home garden pepper variety. This delightful pepper adds a sweet taste and a bright golden color to dishes. * after transplanting to garden

BASIL GENOVESE 24” height • annual • full sun • The most familiar variety of basil, has a spicy cinnamon clove scent • Tall with dark green leaves, slow to bolt • Best used in pesto sauce, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, spinach and zucchini, vinegars and salads • Used in lots of Mediterranean cooking, • Plant next to tomatoes - it will make them taste better!

18” height • perennial • full sun zone 4-9 • Aromatic grey green leaves • Tall spikes of purple flowers with a sweet fragrance • Best used for perfumes, potpourris, fragrant soaps