Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Rochester

It is taller and woodier than . Has higher total saponins, including the various forms of ephedrine. Requires full sun and well drained, sandy loam. (Chinese ephedra) In Chinese medicine this species is considered equivalent to and is used for the same...

Spicy fragrance and gorgeous mix of colours. They have unusually high vitamin C content. Climber with strong vines up to 2m/6ft high; for trellises, fences or poles. Immature green seeds can substitute for capers, and in tossed salads flowers add an interesting...

Tolerates drought well and often self-seeds in optimum conditions. The Navajo and Oglala tribes made a pleasant beverage tea from the leaves and the Comanche, Lokota and Ponca chewed the sweet tasting roots like candy.

(Spilanthes) Known as in India this herb is widely used as medicine and for food. The leaves have a mild anesthetizing effect and are useful for treating toothaches and sore gums. The same studies showed that testosterone levels rise significantly with...

Or 10-20 lb./acre in the fall. Sow at 1 lb./1,000 sq.ft. When turned under just before flowering, its decomposition helps to control soil-borne pests, especially cyst and sting nematodes.

Used by South American Indians to paint their bodies red. Easy to grow shrub or small tree; nice compact bushy habit. Seeds are source of natural bright-yellow food colouring, used in butter, margarine, cheese and other foods.

Used for tea and for flavouring meat. Frequently seen along roadsides in eastern Canada and U.S. Lavender flowers; strong fragrance.

Ht. 60cm/24”. Produces masses of rosy pink flowers on mounds of aromatic grey green foliage.

Difficult to germinate; may take two years. Bears edible fruits (pears) having pleasant, sweet, somewhat acid taste. Prefers sandy soil. May be eaten raw or dried, first discarding thick skins and seeds.

The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden. Ht. 40-45cm/16-18”. Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks.

Saponin content is somewhat lower than . Prefers dry, well-drained sandy loam. Native of dry grasslands of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia. (Chinese ephedra) Properties and uses are similar to those of but contains the additional anti-inflammatory...

Mildly intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes. Note that much of what is sold as sacred or holy basil is actually spice basil, listed separately.

Ground seed is used in confectionary goods including , and . As a companion plant it does well with coriander, and is protective against aphids. Absinthe is the most famous anise-flavoured drink, and during the 19th century it was the favourite drink...

Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system. Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit.

Fresh leaves burst of lemon when squeezed. We urge everyone to try it. QUEDLINGBURGER is a taller variety, up to 50-60cm high. Suited for bulk herb field production. Good oil content at about 0.2%.

Prefers moist conditions but will tolerate a wide range of soils. (New York ironweed) Tall native flower with masses of deep purple fluffy flowers. It was used by the Cherokee for pain, toothache, ulcers, and hemorrhage.

Sow from seed, or split roots in spring. Its flowers are brightly colored which makes it an ideal plant for attracting milkweed butterflies like the monarch! Interestingly enough, when monarch caterpillars are raised on milkweed, they develop a bitter...

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

Striking in the garden too, reaching 2-3ft/60cm. (French spinach) Ancient Greek and Roman spinach-like green, and still popular in France today. The tender young shoots can be boiled and buttered, creamed, added to quiches, or rolled up in crepes.

It can be found growing in meadows, hay fields, wetlands and disturbed soils. It produces flowering shoots and bladed grass up to 1m tall. Like woodruff, it has a sweet vanilla aroma that is released when dried or wilted.

(Sticky Oak Goosefoot) Ambrosia is distinguishable by its small oakleaf-shaped, sticky and oily, light green leaves that grow along hairy stems. The essential oil taken from ambrosia is captivating and fragrant.

Pods average 6-7 ” long, and are silver colored, occasionally streaked with rose. Does well in most climates. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant.

Henbane's uses are more benign today, giving us useful drugs for ophthalmology and the prevention of motion sickness. Henbane has been used as an instrument of assassination and murder since antiquity, most famously in Shakespeare's play Hamlet: “Upon...

Also used as a healing wash for burns, rashes, blisters and poison ivy. Gumplant was a traditional Native American remedy, efficacious for colds, coughs, nasal congestion and bronchial irritations.

Heat: 10,000-23,000 Scoville units. Small: 2cm/1” long, 1cm/0.5” across. Salsas, pickled, or roasted for sauces. Thick flesh; clean biting heat. Use when green or ripened to scarlet.

Commonly used in homeopathy. Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas. Used for gout, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy and cardiac ailments. All parts are bitter.