Biennial Plant Seeds For Sale In Canada

This is a nice compact Genovese basil well suited for pot production and for fresh cut use in the field. High yields and slow to bolt. Large, dark green glossy leaves on thick sturdy stems.

Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed. Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest.

Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty taste of the red hued leaves is irresistible. The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope, to some special fondness deer may...

The flavour is pleasantly sharp and nutty and the texture is quite good for fresh salad use. Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves.

Deep-red “baby” pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8” length, and retain their red colour when cooked. The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty!...

Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less licorice-like. Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup.

Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour. Grows 25cm/10” in 45 days. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup.

Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves. Highly resistant to common fungal diseases.

Excellent for seasoning, and for basil vinegar which turns a beautiful red colour. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

(Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat, and headaches. It also has an antibacterial action. Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating.

Impressive in borders, cottage gardens, containers, and in vegetable gardens. With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental.

The deep magenta colour persists with cooking. The sweet and mild flavour is reminiscent of asparagus, mushrooms, and beans. Tolerates hot weather well. Grow like pole beans or on a trellis and sow in June when the ground is warm.

With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners. Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs.

Regular onion chives. Besides using the leaves, try the pretty purple flowers, separated into florets, in salads for colour and flavour.

A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour. The fruits are 45-60cm/18-24 in. Some disease and drought tolerance. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern...

Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour. Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed.

Attractive, bright golden-orange roots, are best eaten when small, but retain their sweet flavour and do not become fibrous when larger. Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled.

Harvest when young and tender. Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked. Repeat sowings for a continuous crop.

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

(Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer. They are most tender when just 5-8cm (2-3") across. The flavour is pleasantly nutty.

(Strawberry popcorn) This little mahogany-red corn is so cute! Just 5-7cm/2-3" long, the ears actually look like strawberries. The stalks get only 120-150cm/4-5ft tall, so the plants blend in well with ornamental grasses or at the back of the garden.

Leaves are medium large to large with dark green colour. Uniform, erect habit. Fast growing Genovese type suited for year round pot production.

A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. For flavour and for colour. And it may be resistant to downy mildew according to one report. The leaves can be used like any other sweet basil, but you can also pick the red flower bracts and sprinkle...

Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance. It makes delicious tortillas, sweet and nutty, as well as cornbread, corn chips and pancake mixes.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.