Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Vancouver

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

It is made by steeping the flowering tops of black wormwood in vodka or pure grain alcohol, producing a natural pale gold color. Used to make , a liqueur or aperitif similar to absinthe, often taken before or after meals to help to stimulate the digestion.

Thrives in dry open areas. Sulphur yellow flowers. Ideal for diarrhea and as a soothing application to burns. Rhizomes are rich in tannin.

Also in soups, salads and stews. Chopped leaves are excellent with oily fish, such as mackerel, eel and salmon, for they improve digestibility. Fennel tea is given to infants for its calming and anti-flatulent effects.

Used medicinally for sore throat, bronchitis and cough. Potent antifungal against pathogenic fungi. Grows like cumin or dill: start in peat or paper pots in April; do not disturb roots when transplanting.

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

Spectacular drooping pink-rose flower spikes.

Erupting like flames,” is how the breeder describes it. Locate in full sun to part shade. This fast growing, compact variety will bloom from June well into the Autumn months. A fine selection for flower beds, borders and containers.

Flavour and odour is pungent, not sweet like the true root-propagated strains. Variety commonly sold as peppermint or spearmint. Useful for tea, for medicinal purposes.

Formerly used as a cardiac stimulant like digitalis but is much stronger. According to Greek legends, this flower sprang from the blood of Adonis. Brilliant crimson and black flowers in June-July.

Spicy anise-licorice aroma and flavour; excellent served fresh in such dishes as Thai green curries and Vietnamese noodle soups. A very regal looking plant! Has dense deep purple inflorescences contrasting with the dark green leaves.

Best eaten raw, but is cooked also. Has low starch and calories. Produces largest tubers in tropical areas, but will produce equally tasty, smaller tubers in more temperate areas with a 4-5 month growing season.

Leaves nearly pure purple-bronze; very little green. Significant improvement over the Dark Opal variety. Fine flavour and aroma.

Grow in good soil in full sun. Easily taken for granted in North America when the countryside is awash with its yellow flowers in fall, goldenrod is better appreciated in Europe as a medicinal plant.

Most popular everlasting; long cherished for wide colour range: crimson, salmon, rose, brown, yellow, and white.

Ht. 1-1.8 m/3-6 ft. Also used to expel worms and for fevers. Usually taken in combination with with coriander to prevent cramps. Effective laxative much in use by American herbalists.

Ht. 45-90cm/18-36". It is more yin-like, and burning moxa made with this mugwort helps to soothe the nerves and induces a truly remarkable experience of "surrender" and of "tearing down the walls of the heart." Gives immediate relief for insomnia, anxiety,...

The name means "land seaweed" and indeed it has a salty flavour and crispy texture that suggests seaweed but is easily cultivated on land. It can be cut into 5-8cm/2-3" lengths and eaten raw or steamed, or it can be blanched briefly in salt water.

Traditionally used since the Middle Ages for whooping cough and as a mucus-reducing cough remedy. New research shows that it relieves the symptoms of hay fever and other seasonal allergies without the drowsiness that antihistamine drugs cause.

The plant is very easygoing in the garden, requiring only full sun and well-drained soil. Double hollyhock grows to between 1.2-2.5m (4-8ft), and features huge, full blooms that are attractive to birds, bees, butterflies – and little children! Buds,...

Ht. 25cm (10in). Will flower the first season if started early. The branching habit is very tight, close to the base and produces a rich flush of attractive flower spikes. Compact and uniform variety with deep purple-blue flowers.

An improved, more aromatic selection similar to ‘Citronella'.

Major), having the same broad leaves. Seeds are used to promote urination and to clear heat. Specially noted for correcting eye problems caused by deficient liver and kidneys (such as dry eyes or cataracts) or excess heat in the liver channel (such as...

They are not easy to grow from seeds but if everyone plants a few seeds maybe we can slow the loss of this special wild plant. In some areas such as Quebec they have been over-harvested to the point where the government had to step in to limit wild foraging.

Well known as a grain, cover crop and beeplant; not so well known is its medicinal value. The infusion made from the flowering tops is high in rutin which combats arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries and veins).

Uses: Compaction Control, Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression For maximum benefit terminate crop at first flowering, prior to developing fibrous, hard-to-manage stalks.

Wonderful for bath and shower as it invigorates the skin without harsh abrasion. (Loofah) Known as the ‘dishcloth gourd' because the dried over-ripe fruits can be used to scrub dishes.