Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In California

The famous dessert melon of the tropics. Both the fruits and leaves are high in papain, an enzyme that aids digestion and is used in meat tenderizer. Dwarf variety 75cm/30”.

Excellent salad green, with ruffled leaves and a nice sweet spicy flavour. Unlike some other fresh greens, the curled leaves don't easily fall flat in tossed salads. Sow every 10-25 days from early spring to early fall.

Said to be 5-6 times more potent medicinally than Scotch broom. Shrub of Mediterranean climatic zones; naturalized in California. Fragrant flowers yield a yellow dye.

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

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

Low mat-forming variety with woolly leaves and golden flowers.

This tall perennial sunflower puts on a spectacular show in August and September with masses of large yellow-gold flowers. Native of the Great Plains, and now naturalized throughout much of North America, it was used by the Sioux and the Lacota for food.

In the fresh state all parts are very poisonous. Juice was used in early times to execute criminals. The active principle, coniine, has provided to be an effective insecticide against aphids and blowflies.

(Paper daisy) Handsome daisies with papery petals. Rich shades of chamois, pink, rose and cream.

Yellow, droopy daisy-like flowers in summer. Height 30-100cm/12-40”. Also used as a treatment for poison ivy. Native wildflower used by the Navajo and Cheyenne Indians as an analgesic for chest pains, wounds and fevers.

Standard variety. Roots 20-25cm/8-10 long; flat leaves. Roots are excellent for flavouring soups, stews, or steamed to serve with butter or sauce. Both leaves and its slender, parsnip-like root are used.

(Buddha fruit; Lou han guo) This is known as the "longevity herb" in China where the tea made with the dried fruits is commonly consumed. It is believed to be the reason why an unusual number of people in areas where the herb is grown live to be 100 years.

Source of commercial chocolate substitute used in making health food candy bars. Handsome dark green leaves; fine specimen plant for sunny window or greenhouse. Germination is slow and sporadic.

Reputation for treating depression, melancholy, and allied mental disorders. Scarlet, white or blue flowers close when bad weather is imminent, hence the name Weatherglass.

Its slightly heavier, thicker leaves cure nicely with a high percentage of mahogany and orange leaves. The flavour is said to be somewhat stronger than other varieties. It was developed by crossing Canadian and American varieties to improve quality and...

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

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

It is also used for mastitis and for distension of the breast. Excellent cut or dried flower. The roots are anti-inflammatory and are used as a galactagogue -- an agent that increases milk flow in nursing mothers.

Helps overcome stomach weakness. New research shows it is a good skin and wound remedy. Infusion of leaves makes a pleasant cordial tea. Has a faint thyme-like aroma.

Best sown outdoors as soon as the ground can be worked in spring. It grows wild along the coast but the monks were known for growing it in their gardens. Steamed or sauteed, and dressed with lemon and oil, it is commonly served with fish.

Source of the famous dye “Turkish Red”, a characteristic colour of Persian carpets. In Egypt, the oil expressed from the seeds is said to be an aphrodisiac. Seeds possess hallucinogenic alkaloids.

The fresh leaves add a delicious bitterness to salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta. (Wild arugula) A beautiful wild arugula with deeply lobed leaves and purple-red veins.

Navajo remedy for stomachache, abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever. The leaves were used for teas. Tolerates drought and will self-seed. Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun.

Mildly narcotic colourless juice was used by Californian Indians to treat toothache. Brilliant orange flowers. Best sown direct very early in spring as it prefers cool weather.

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

(Sri tulsi; Rama tulsi) The true sacred basil grown in houses, gardens and near temples all over India. Mildly intoxicating clove-scented leaves are used in salads and other cold dishes.