Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Charleston

Poultice of fresh leaves helps reduce swellings and boils and relieves pain. Tart fruits are commonly used in Indian curries, sauces, chutneys and beverages, and in Indian medicine for their carminative and laxative properties.

Cool weather crop; roots attain maximum sugar content in the fall. Although the process is lengthy it is possible to extract molasses, and even sugar, at home from sugar beets grown in your garden.

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

Ht. 1-1.5m/3-5ft. (Kapoor tulsi) Native of East Africa with a strong camphor odour. Commercial source of camphor. This is the true that is cultivated and used in India, and is completely different from what is commonly sold in America incorrectly under...

Seeds are source of natural bright-yellow food colouring, used in butter, margarine, cheese and other foods. Used by South American Indians to paint their bodies red. Easy to grow shrub or small tree; nice compact bushy habit.

Suited also for potplant production. Leaves are dark green, medium fine curled. Medium late maturity. Very uniform mosscurled type suited for fresh-cut and processing use.

While it is a tropical tree, it can withstand a little frost, and does well in containers if the tap root is pruned. (Horseradish tree; Drumstick tree) Small tree native to India and Arabia and widely cultivated throughout the tropics.

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. Also to flavour bread, soups, potato dishes and to make an aromatic tea.

Bush type with small leaves and a highly uniform dwarf compact habit. Excellent for pots and borders.

(Red root) Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution. Indians made a wash for skin problems including skin cancer and venereal sores. A good gargle for mouth and throat sores.

(Bead tree) Beautiful tree, native of China and India; much cultivated in southern U.S. Bark used as an emetic and to expel worms. Hard nuts are used for making rosaries. Hardy along southern B.C. coast.

Dried milky juice, called lactucarium or lettuce opium, was once used to induce sleep and to treat nervous disorders.

(Japanese parsley) Unique flavour of leaves and leafstalks, either fresh or blanched, is pleasing in soups, salads, and fried foods. Of easiest culture; prefers moist, partly shady locations.

For ages the main source of blue dye in Europe, until the introduction of indigo in the 17th century. Contains the same dyestuff as indigo, though in lower concentration. Because it is hardy (unlike indigo) woad is still grown for natural dyeing.

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

Like echinacea, it works by boosting the immune system, helping the body to battle infections and to prevent them from reoccurring in the future. In short this is one amazing medicinal herb! Easy to grow annual and easy to use.

Also, an ingredient of the ‘Swedish Bitters' popularized by European herbalist Maria Treben. Attractive succulent from South Africa. Contains anthraquinone glycosides, principally barbaloin, which are responsible for the purgative action.

With its purple flowers, attractive foliage and bright berries, Goji berry plants make a wonderful addition to your perennial garden. Much lauded as a "superfruit" in recent years, Goji has been used medicinally in China for centuries.

The fruits contain mogrosides, intensely sweet compounds that are as many as 300 times as sweet as sugar. Often touted as an aid for diabetes, obesity, heat stroke, cough and sore throat.

Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit. Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system.

Ht. 45-90cm/18-36". Grows in coastal areas from northern California to southern B.C. Excellent for moxa, and as such it is decidedly less harsh than the common mugwort, . It is more yin-like, and burning moxa made with this mugwort helps to soothe the...

We do not honestly know, but we love the name anyway. (Buckhorn plantain; Barbatella; Erba stella) In southern Italy this wild green with jagged lance-like leaves is added to tasty mixed salads called .

Angels trumpets are popular in containers for the patio, balcony or deck. Large double white trumpet-like flowers are fragrant at night. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis,...

Like regular lemon balm, the fresh leaves give a burst of lemon when they are squeezed. Used the same ways: for tea, salads, soups, etc. A much-loved lemon-scented herb gets a makeover with beautiful gold-infused leaves! The gold is most pronounced in...

Still a reliable producer today. Fruits are dark green maturing to red. It quickly became popular among growers because of its improved resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and because its extra bushy foliage helps protect fruits from scalding caused by...

Recent research has shown that the seeds possess powerful anti-inflammatory properties. Ht. 70-90cm/28-36in. Seed extracts were shown to inhibit both forms of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme involved in inflammation.

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