Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Gresham

(New York ironweed) Tall native flower with masses of deep purple fluffy flowers. It is a bitter tonic and alterative useful for menstrual disorders and fevers. Prefers moist conditions but will tolerate a wide range of soils.

Captures the warm flavours and aromas of the sunny south of France where lavender hugs the hills and thyme is plentiful. A classic seasoning for chicken, vegetables or meat.

(Honeyplant) Florets, once gone to seed, supply an impressive yield of grain. Active compounds, called and can be found. Flowers are arranged in large umbel inflorescence—domes of umbrella forming florets.

A food and medicine plant going back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans who used the roots and the young shoots in spring like dandelion. Lovely clear blue daisy flowers. A wild flower in much of North America.

(Low sagebrush) A low gray-green sagebrush, no higher than 40cm/16". Found throughout the American West, from Washington to California and Colorado, growing on rocky or thin soil, or in very dry sites.

Salve or poultice is useful for swellings, boils, arthritis and rheumatism. Medicinally, it prevents blood clotting. (Yellow sweet clover) Important forage crop.

Fragrance similar to that of ripe apples.

Spectacular food plant often grown just for its ornamental value. The tassels produce buckets of seeds that can popped like popcorn or ground into flour. The young leaves can be cooked like spinach.

Switchgrass is a rhizomatous, warm-season bunchgrass that is native throughout most of the U.S. It is a major component of the Tallgrass Prairie ecosystem. It is late maturing and was developed as a renewable biofuel resource for the southern U.S. Recommended...

Vines are typically grown on trellises so the smooth round fruits hang down for easy harvest. Often touted as an aid for diabetes, obesity, heat stroke, cough and sore throat. It is believed to be the reason why an unusual number of people in areas where...

(Aoshiso) Decorative green foliage reminiscent of coleus. Before sowing, chill sees at 5°C (40°F) for 3 days in moist sand. Cinnamon-scented leaves are popular in Japan for flavouring raw fish, bean curd, pickles and tempura.

The roots are also a source of the insecticide rotenone. Tea made from the roots is said to improve male potency and promote muscular development. Grows throughout eastern and central North America but is endangered in Ontario due to habitat loss.

Looks like a cayenne pepper with long glossy scarlet pods 15-17cm/6-7" but the flavour is sweet and tart with undertones of strawberry and apples and no bitterness. Excellent in soups, chilli, and stews.

(Eglantine rose) Spicy, sweet fragrant leaves fill the air, especially after a shower. Pink scentless flowers appear in June.

Seed extracts were shown to inhibit both forms of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme involved in inflammation. Ht. 70-90cm/28-36in. Prefers sunny locations with well-drained soil. (Spanish fennel flower) Hardy annual flower, native of southern Spain, the...

Dried milky juice, called lactucarium or lettuce opium, was once used to induce sleep and to treat nervous disorders.

Tropical fruit and timber tree used widely in the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Cooling tea made from leaves is useful for fevers, dysentery and morning sickness. Poultice of fresh leaves helps reduce swellings and boils and relieves...

(Wild arugula) A beautiful wild arugula with deeply lobed leaves and purple-red veins. The fresh leaves add a delicious bitterness to salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta.

Provides cover and food for wildlife. Excellent for prairie and conservation mixtures. It can reach up to seven feet tall and is a common species of the Tallgrass Prairie. Indiangrass is a warm-season bunchgrass that is native to central and eastern North...

Beautiful double upright trumpet-like flowers are purple and white. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis, and rheumatism, All parts of the plant are poisonous if used improperly,...

We do not honestly know, but we love the name anyway. Even the older less tender leaves can be blanched a few seconds and added to salads. Though the greens are usually collected from the wild they are easy to grow.

The thin skins combined with the thick, sweet flesh, makes this variety an extra special treat. These red (rosso) peppers are huge, up to 20cm/8" in length. (Red Bulls Horn) One of the most loved sweet peppers of Italy.

Showy Australian native with flowers of pure white like the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast. Usually grown as an annual.

Uses: Chicken forage, deer attractant, forage, green manure, nitrogen fixation, no till, organic matter (biomass), weed suppression The foliage is pale green, and the flowers are colored, usually purple, pink or reddish.

Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis. Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours.

Medicinally it is thought to be beneficial against stomach upset, and as an external application to wounds. In the Middle Ages the plant was thought to evoke the presence of Christ and offer protection against evil influence.

For maximum benefit terminate crop at first flowering, prior to developing fibrous, hard-to-manage stalks. Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing legume that produces significant quantities of biomass and fixes nitrogen into the soil witha short rotation of 60 days...