Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Bridgeport

It is delicious like watercress in sandwiches and salads but does not require damp growing conditions as watercress does. Harvest when plants are 10 cm (4") tall or more. Easy to grow indoors or out, upland cress thrives in most zones, in sun or shade,...

Stems can be cooked like asparagus. (Chinese spinach; Hinn choy) Young leaves are eaten either cooked or raw like spinach, but contain more calcium and iron. Very tender with distinctive bittersweet flavour.

In Chinese medicine, it calms the spirit and opens the flow of in the heart, which in western terms may be related to its sedative and tranquilizing properties. Needs full or partial sun in a well-drained location.

Some studies have indicated it may promote clotting. The seed can be tricky to germinate, but once established the plant is tenacious. Internally, the tea is thought to be useful for liver, kidney and bladder problems.

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

Also to flavour bread, soups, potato dishes and to make an aromatic tea. Near relative of fenugreek. Young seedlings as fresh greens with oil and salt.X6554 Powdered leaves and flowers used in Switzerland to flavour and colour Schabzieger or Sapsago cheese.

(Paperbark) Source of cajeput oil, a pungent oil distilled from the leaves of this aromatic tree from Australia. The oil is antiseptic, decongestant, analgesic, promotes circulation, reduces fevers and relieves cramps.

Ht. 50cm/20”. Variety typical of the Provence region of France. Despite the popularity of hybrid lavender among French growers, this original Provencal lavender, with its deep blue shades and its more refined fragrance, is still commonly grown.

The red colour, crisp, crunchy texture, and slightly bitter taste add distinction to any green salad. (Red endive) Grows like Belgian endive. Rootstocks produce compact rounded heads of purplish red foliage when being forced after fall harvest of roots.

Native tree of southern Europe where it grows up to 20 m. Source of the richly delicious pine nuts used in pestos and other Mediterranean dishes. Hardy to zone 8. Attractive potplant; grows well in pots, but will not produce pine nuts unless grown where...

Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' pepper (listed in the herb section). The shape, size, glossy skin and color are similar without the heat.

Flowers are large and dry yields can be as high as 800 kg/ha (700 lbs/acre). Improved tetraploid strain of German chamomile for commercial production. Erect, sturdy growth habit and larger flowers containing up 0.7% essential oil high in bisabolol and...

An American folk remedy for cancer, hence its alias "cancerweed." Indians used the roots for sores, and the tea has been used for colds, coughs, nervous conditions. (Cancerweed) Attractive purple-blue flowers and cleft, dandelion-like leaves.

Succulent leaves are delicious boiled with salt and pickled in vinegar and spices. Herbalists have long extolled the beneficial effects of pickled samphire on the digestive system.

Creamy white flowers set against a backdrop of green foliage makes this a very attractive ornamental herb for the garden. But it is also a Chinese medicinal herb valued for its bitter aromatic tonic properties and is used to treat menstrual and liver...

An excellent source of protein and Omega 3s (and simply delightful when grown as a pet) there's not many who can't appreciate some aspect of this versatile seed! Chia Seeds A popular component of the health food game, Chia seeds are consumed raw, made...

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

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

Highly productive oil-yielding variety. Coarse, broad leaved variety. Yields camphor-like oil used primarily in soaps.

According to Gerard, the powder snuffed up the nose was prescribed to ‘cleanse the head of tough slimy humours.' White or pinkish flower clusters inspire its other name, the Pearl.

Twining annual found throughout India. Ayurvedic medicinal herb used traditionally as a nerve tonic. D4115 Infosheet: free on request with order. In a recent clinical trial Parkinson's sufferers treated with crushed seeds regained some mobility with fewer...

Easy from seeds; for gardens or in containers. Here is a flower-herb-veggie that cuts across the genres, with its white-flecked leaves and showy edible red-burgundy flowers. The leaves and flowers have a hot watercress flavour and are great in salads;...

Ht. 40cm/15”. (Baikal scullcap; Huang qin) One of Chinese medicine's most important herbs is now all dressed up for the flower garden! English breeders managed to coax the hardy perennial to throw up bigger purple-blue flowers and more of them.

Excellent for pot culture. Neat compact bush habit, only 10-15cm (4-6") high, with medium sized dark green leaves.

(Da huang; Chinese rhubarb; Turkey rhubarb)

The average weight is 4 lbs. Approximately 100 seeds per packet. And won't split. It has a tightly packed head and with a short core. Stonehead Hybrid Cabbage award winning heirloom with great reliable flavor.