Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Seattle

Plants are stoloniferous and can invade flower beds if an edging or barrier is not used. It can be used as a xeriscape lawn grass for water conservation, and it is a common component in range mixtures.

Ht. 50-60cm/20-24". Named after Henri Pascal who discovered the first plants in his celery field in 1884, the variety was improved upon by Vilmorin, the French seed company. The variety went on to spawn many more varieties and radically changed celery...

The flap-like appearance gives the leaves the look of an ear, which is why this form is known as "ear shiso." (Ear Shiso) The Japanese grow this aromatic herb for its flower tips and buds, and for its leaves.

Juice or freshly crushed leaves are effective for the treatment of poison ivy. When applied liberally to affected skin, it works almost immediately to soothe and help to reduce the itchy rash caused by poison ivy's irritant oils.

Used in shampoos; believed to arrest hair loss and induce new growth. Oil squeezed from the nuts has proved so valuable it is called the new “liquid gold” of the West, and jojoba “prospectors” are banking on its future.

Strong powdery mildew tolerance. Improved plainleaf variety with dark green flat leaves and upright growth habit.

Ht. 30-100 cm/1-3 ft. Potent antifungal against pathogenic fungi. An important commercial spice crop in India where the pungent, aromatic seeds are in great demand in curries, pickles, confectionery and beverages.

It is believed to suppress fire which may explain why it is often planted around shrines or around homes for protection, particularly against lightning. In traditional medicine it is used for inflammation of the tongue, headache, diarrhea, veneral disease,...

Will succeed, however, in gardens or in pots, provided soil is kept moist. Best grown along streams where water is shallow and calm.

The fruits go from green to yellow, to orange and red as the fruits ripen, but they are best used when bright yellow. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' pepper (listed in the herb section).

Edible and highly ornamental. (Rubra) Red-stemmed variety.

Repeat bloomer with purple-red single flowers. Disease resistant. Excellent for group or hedge plantings. (Japanese rose; Saltspray rose) Hips are tomato-red and are large, up to an inch across.

But the traditional use of sagebrush internally must have been carefully limited because the plant oils are known to be toxic to the liver if taken inappropriately. The foliage has a strong pungent aroma and bitter taste owing to the presence of camphor...

Sow Mar/Apr for harvest in Aug/Sept. Also seeds do not shatter when mature making them much easier to harvest. Seeds used like regular caraway except this annual strain is superior for commercial production.

The roots are also a source of the insecticide rotenone. The roots are tonic, diuretic and diaphoretic. (Catgut) Showy native herb with pink and yellow pea-like flowers. Grows throughout eastern and central North America but is endangered in Ontario due...

Profusion of lavender-blue flowers with dark eyes -- 100 flowers per plant! Ancient love potion.

Contains up to 2.5% essential oil; yields up to 3 tonnes/ha (1.2 ton/acre). Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.

Now more uniform. Dwarf, bush form. New and improved. Ideal for pot culture. Standard bush variety.

Lovely in rock gardens. Improves the appetite by stimulating bile flow, gastric juices and pancreatic secretions. Petite woolly rosettes of leaves resemble a cat's foot.

High yielding variety for medicinal use. Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil.

In historic English ballads “Sweet William” is a nickname meaning a young man in love, and the dianthus is just as irresistible to anyone who encounters its unassuming charm and sweet fragrance in the summertime garden.

Height 75cm/30” Bright yellow flowers. Indonesian favourite with a strong, pungent scent and flavour. Young shoots are eaten raw, mixed with coconut, or cooked with other greens.

Sow in early spring or late summer. Spicy Mesclun contains pak-choi, chinese mustard, mustard spinach, shungiku, curled cress, roquette and mizuna. Mesclun is commonly defined as a mixture of salad greens.

In Jamaica and in Guyana the preferred leaf is from the amaranth. Very easy to grow. The young leaves are sweet and slightly tangy to the taste and are used like spinach in soups, salads and in meat and fish dishes.

Striking head of star-like pistils, suspended by delicate cup-like calyces.

The plant is tenacious, an aggressive creeper that tolerates almost any conditions, making the dark green, scalloped leaves an effective and useful groundcover even in adverse conditions.