Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Cambridge

Used in China for stopping hemorrhages and diarrhea. Fine garden annual, easily grown. Brilliant orange or red crested flowers resemble a rooster's comb. Also helps to clear vision.

Rich source of vitamins A and C. Young tender plants are a pleasant spinach substitute when boiled and served with butter. Common weed, popular as a pot-herb.

As the story goes, Napoleon brought seeds back from Egypt for his wife Josephine and she so loved the plant that she called it "mignonette" or "little darling." It later became a favourite in Victorian England especially in the cities where it helped...

(American licorice) The sweet-tasting roots of wild licorice were once important medicine to the Great Plains Indians. The roots were used for many conditions including diarrhea, stomach ache, toothache, coughs, sore throat, fever, and the flu.

Also used to make Chartreuse, the famous liqueur made by the Carthusian monks in the mountains of France, Low mat-forming plant with grey felt-like leaves; excellent for rock gardens.

Keep plants pinched back for a continuous harvest of young shoots and leaves. Its use dates to ancient Egypt where it was called "food of the kings." The plant has anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties, and is highly nutritious, even more so than...

Prefers sandy or gravelly soil on a slope. Brilliant red tubular flowers. Considered a ‘life medicine' by the Navajo people who have used it for menstrual pain, stomach ache, wounds, swellings and coughs.

It is said to neutralize toxins and help regulate blood sugar levels. (Gan-cao) One of the most commonly prescribed Chinese medicinal herbs. It is a tonic sweetener that is considered anti-inflammatory and expectorant while able to soothe irritated mucus...

The Inca consumed it prior to going into war to increase their strength. The ground-hugging plant develops fleshy roots that are eaten as a vegetable or are dried and ground to a powder for medicinal use.

A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations. This corn can be roasted and then added to salads, and young ears can be roasted or boiled. Old timers still call it "squaw corn" and remember making a porridge out of it during...

Not only is it versatile in the kitchen, but its purple-veined leaves add ornamental interest in the garden. Tall twining vine matures in about 75 days. (Lablab) Most of this legume vine from India is edible: the pods, leaves, flowers, dried seeds, sprouted...

Pharmaceutical source of aloe used as a purgative. Contains anthraquinone glycosides, principally barbaloin, which are responsible for the purgative action. Also, an ingredient of the ‘Swedish Bitters' popularized by European herbalist Maria Treben.

Butterhead type with loosely folded, succulent, dark green leaves. Our favourite because it is slow to bolt in summer.

Shrub or small tree. Bears sweet; juicy, highly flavoured fruits, in a fine balance between acid, sugar and pectin. Eaten fresh, or in jellies, preserves and pastes. Rich source of vitamins A, B and C.

Similar to the narrowleaf species in both appearance and medicinal action. Like , germination rates are often less than 40% and may benefit from pretreatments suggested for . The taller (1m/40”) and the paler of the two, and may, in fact, be the more...

Set against its soft aromatic fern-like green leaves are masses of bright blue lavender flowers. Ht. 50-60cm/20-24. Lovely ornamental lavender grown as an annual in flowerbeds, planters, and baskets.

It was once used for fever and malaria. Ht. 90-120cm/3-4ft. (Pitcher sage; Blue sage; Kansas sage) Tall azure-blue sage of the American prairies with aromatic, astringent, and tonic properties.

Extracts used to treat herpes and skin rashes. Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish Bitters.

Seeds used in curries and bread, although its close cousin black cumin is better. Valued in perfumery trade. (Love-in-a-mist) Finely divided leaves create a mist effect surrounding the lovely blue flowers.

Thrives in cool conditions. Mustard residues which contain glucosinolates are known to suppress soil-borne fungi and nematodes. Performs best as a fall planted crop. 66,200 seeds/lb.This item's size, weight, or shape may require an additional shipping...

Excellent lemon scent with larger leaves and more robust growth habit than the standard lemon basil variety. Up to 90cm/3ft with pink flowers.

These teardrop-shaped peppers from Brazil are the cutest little things, less than an inch in size. The flavour is fruity and smokey, and while they have some heat, the pickled fruits are perfect for those who do not like their chiles to start a fire.

Tall cylindrical heads are pure white inside. Best sown out at mid-summer as heads bolt during hot weather. A unique addition to cole slaw. Tender, crisp leaves are sweet and spicy.

The roots are anti-inflammatory and are used as a galactagogue -- an agent that increases milk flow in nursing mothers. Excellent cut or dried flower. Native of Tibet with showy masses of violet-blue globe-like flowers from July to August.

Purple, pink and white, clover-like flowers. Neat bush habit.

Dusty miller is planted for its elegant lacy silver foliage, often used to create contrast and pattern in formal knot gardens and container plantings. Thin out seedlings as they appear and pinch young plants back to encourage fullness.