Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Dallas

Try throwing them in salads just for fun. Like spinach, the leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked. Best sown directly in the garden in spring. But the novel thing about this plant is that late in the season red, juicy strawberry or raspberry-like "berries"...

The completely white beets won't ever stain your clothes or your tablecloth! This heirloom beet from Holland has a delicious, sweet flavour. Hill up the soil around the beets as they grow to keep them from turning green.

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

Fern-like leaves; height up to 1.5m/5ft. Large yellow flowers.

Flower clusters can be steamed like broccoli or fried in egg batter with mozzarella cheese. Young leaves are mild spinach substitute: beneficial for those who must avoid the calcium-sequestering oxalic acid in spinach.

Butterflies are attracted to them. In historic English ballads “Sweet William” is a nickname meaning a young man in love, and the dianthus is just as irresistible to anyone who encounters its unassuming charm and sweet fragrance in the summertime...

Sow direct in the garden in spring. The brilliant red leaves are cooked like spinach to make Jamaican and Guyanese-style callaloo, a traditional dish that originally came from West Africa.

A study has shown that the vapours given off by the foliage can protect stored grain from insect damage. Highly aromatic, with a pleasant mint-like scent. Has a history of medicinal and food use by Native Americans, especially for cough, colds, and pneumonia.

Used in China for stopping hemorrhages and diarrhea. Also helps to clear vision. Fine garden annual, easily grown. Brilliant orange or red crested flowers resemble a rooster's comb.

They are a challenge to grow from seeds, and take a few years to get established, but they are well worth the effort. But there is renewed interest in this, North Americas largest native fruit.

It is a cool season crop that does best in the early spring or in autumn, and can be sown successively for multiple crops. We now know that the leaves are very rich in vitamin C. The succulent heart-shaped leaves have a fresh water chestnut-like taste...

It is hardier than its American cousin, surviving in the far north, and throughout Europe and even parts of north Africa. Gaining a well-deserved reputation as a highly effective remedy for colds and flus.

Easy to grow indoors or out, upland cress thrives in most zones, in sun or shade, moist or dry. (Winter cress; Land cress) Upland cress is a fast-growing alternative to watercress.

(Huang shu kui; Yellow sichuan mallow)

Excellent for potplant production, reaching only 30-35cm (12-14”) high. ‘Medinette' is slow to bolt, especially in hot conditions, and because of this trait it is often preferred over Genovese varieties where the summers are hot or in hot greenhouses.

Fruits are used in Chinese medicine for fever, high blood pressure, insomnia, hepatitis and for sprains, swellings and bruises. (Cape jasmine; Zhi zi) Wonderfully scented white flowers used by the floral industry in arrangements and corsages.

In China and India the plant is commonly used to treat a wide range of infections such as gastrointestinal complaints, hepatitis, herpes, and throat infections. (Kalmegh) In Scandinavia this is the main herb used to fight the common cold, flu, and upper...

As with ordinary flax, seeds contain linseed oil. Has been used for rheumatic pains, diarrhea and coughs. Pretty border perennial with pale blue flowers.

The root decoction was thought to have blood cleansing action. (Bugloss) A biennial, bringing beautiful clear purple-blue flowers to the garden in June and July. The plant is a biennial, preferring dry, sandy soil and full sun.

Water and watch your herbs grow. Each 10 cm disk is sized just right to conveniently plant in a 4 inch pot. For windowsill, patio and even herb garden planting, lay the disk on the surface of the moistened planting medium and cover lightly.

Butterhead type with loosely folded, succulent, dark green leaves. Our favourite because it is slow to bolt in summer.

Not well known to gardeners because traditional varieties fail to produce before the frosts arrive in autumn; but our variety is a much earlier (day-length neutral) and starts to produce in 75 days.

Aromatic leaves are used to season soups and stews, and like parsley they can be used as a garnish. No blanching required. Outstanding curled leaf variety from Holland that is both ornamental and delicious to use in the kitchen like parsley.

Tart fruits are commonly used in Indian curries, sauces, chutneys and beverages, and in Indian medicine for their carminative and laxative properties. Cooling tea made from leaves is useful for fevers, dysentery and morning sickness.

Caraway is a versatile culinary herb that is commonly used in breads – particularly rye bread, and also occasionally to flavor cheeses such as havarti. Caraway is also used to spice certain sweet-tasting liqueurs.