Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Brownsville

Non-invasive, unlike the European mugwort. Creamy white flowers set against a backdrop of green foliage makes this a very attractive ornamental herb for the garden. Indeed, the Royal Horticultural Society has honoured it with an Award of Garden Merit,...

Fresh leaves used as a poultice for inflammations, ulcers, abscesses. Can be invasive. A decoction is used to treat constipation. Fresh leaves are eaten as a delicacy in salads or cooked like spinach.

The roots are anti-inflammatory and are used as a galactagogue -- an agent that increases milk flow in nursing mothers. Excellent cut or dried flower. Native of Tibet with showy masses of violet-blue globe-like flowers from July to August.

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

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...

Ht. 100-125cm (40-50in). Flowers look like white umbrellas mounted on strong, straight stems. (Honeyplant) Commercial variety for the cutflower market. It is earlier to flower and more uniform than the standard form.

Unique dwarf plants (45cm/18in); dark green leaves. Excellent for dillweed production and potted plants. For fresh use as dillweed, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Finely cut foliage.

They keep up to six months! Start seeds in March. (Horned melon) Quite unlike other cucumbers, this one has small orange spiny fruits, 8-13cm/3-5” long, possessing a subtle banana-lime flavour.

Said to improve circulation and blood, thereby strengthening the brain and memory. Main value is a tonic, particularly for the digestive system.

The flowers are unusually long lasting, and if flowers are dead-headed, the flowers will just keep coming right up until frost. Ht. 20-30cm/8-12in. (Pot marigold) Compact variety with bicolored flowers ranging from pale creamy orange to deep gold.

Leaves picked before the flowers appear are nutritious salad greens. This is the flower of deceit, giving off its lovely perfume only in the evening. When in flower, it is used as a gland stimulant and an aphrodisiac.

Poultice of fresh leaves on wounds prevents infection. Leaf juice is reputed to have blood cleansing properties, to strengthen weak lungs, and to fight colds, diarrhea and similar digestive complaints.

These red (rosso) peppers are huge, up to 20cm/8" in length. (Red Bulls Horn) One of the most loved sweet peppers of Italy. The long curved pepper looks like, as the name suggests in Italian, the "horn of the bull".

They are self-fertilizing, producing small purple-red fruits after they flower. Treasured for its unique and nutritious fruits, strawberry guava is a small shrubby tree that yields sweet, tart strawberry-flavoured fruits high in vitamin C that can be...

Difficult to germinate; may take two years. May be eaten raw or dried, first discarding thick skins and seeds. Interesting cactus, winter hardy in Ontario. Bears edible fruits (pears) having pleasant, sweet, somewhat acid taste.

Excellent for salads, as a garnish, and even cooked like Asian radishes. (Roseheart radish; Red meat radish) It is totally the opposite of a typical radish: the outside is white and the inside is red! The outside colour starts out green but turns a bright...

Large tropical-looking foliage. Caution: although the oil is safe, raw seeds are poisonous. Oil extracted from seeds is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea.

Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn. Start early indoors, plant out with support. Long, slender fruit with an edible peel.

Tolerates drought and will self-seed. The roots were regarded by the Navajo and Pawnee Indians as a ‘life medicine' and a panacea. Navajo remedy for stomachache, abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever.

Also used for diarrhea, piles, hemorrhages, and has a reputation as an anti-cancer herb. A neat fleshy plant for dry areas and rock gardens; bluish-green leaves and showy crimson flowers.

Native to India and cultivated extensively in southeast Asia as well, the seeds are similar to caraway. Thought to have a carminative and anti-spasmodic effect, ajmud is traditionally used against intestinal upset, asthma and bronchitis.

When dried its silver dollar-like seed pods make attractive winter decorations. Edible leaves can be added to salads. (Money plant) Curiously, it symbolizes both honesty and money.

Absinthe is the most famous anise-flavoured drink, and during the 19th century it was the favourite drink of Degas, Picasso, Van Gogh, and Wilde. The plant grows to almost a meter (3ft) in rich, well-drained soil, bearing white flowers in umbels that...

Recent animal studies have confirmed that improves penile erection and sexual desire, and that the improvement persists for weeks after treatment. (Spilanthes) Known as in India this herb is widely used as medicine and for food.