Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Fayetteville

15-50cm/6-20” (Lesser burnet) A tea made from the root and sweetened with honey was recommended for the bubonic plague! Used for stomach and intestinal inflammations, catarrh, cough and asthma.

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

Repeat sowings till mid-August for continuous supply. (Mache; Feldsalat) Frequently found in summer salads in France and Germany. Pleasant alternative to lettuce or endive, possessing its own special piquant flavour.

(Yellow sweet clover) Important forage crop. Salve or poultice is useful for swellings, boils, arthritis and rheumatism. Medicinally, it prevents blood clotting.

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

It attracts hummingbirds and butterflies, blooming from early to mid-summer, and if faded blooms are cut down, it will rebloom. This pretty plant is a shorter variety of the purple foxglove, with soft creamy yellow blooms netted with brown.

Excellent lemon scent with larger leaves and more robust growth habit than the standard lemon basil variety. Up to 90cm/3ft with pink flowers.

(Cardinal flower) One of our favourite wildflowers which provides a briliant splash of red color in damp, partially shaded locations. Said to be anthelminthic, nervine and antispasmodic.

Perhaps the Israelites encountered it during their captivity in Egypt, for the cultivation of flax is written of in the Talmud and Bible. When pressed, linseeds release thirty-five per cent of their weight in oil; the leftover “cake” is a useful animal...

A neat fleshy plant for dry areas and rock gardens; bluish-green leaves and showy crimson flowers. (Orpine stonecrop) Fleshy leaves boiled in milk are used to stimulate the kidneys.

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

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

Likes to be pruned; perfect plant to shape into your own masterpiece! Aromatic sprigs are placed among clothing to repel moths. Rare species with green foliage reminiscent of rosemary in appearance.

Excellent for colds and coughs. Charming European yellow wildflower similar to cowslip but larger. Root tea stops catarrh and acts to expel phlegm. Attracts butterflies.

Thorn-covered berries harvested in autumn all over China. Pungent, bitter flavour. Can be toxic if improperly used. Chinese herb used traditionally to treat headache and to nasal congestion.

Coffee substitute costing pennies a pound. Roasting directions included with each order. Large roots, roasted and ground, can be adulterated with your favourite brand or enjoyed alone as a nourishing caffeine-free drink.

Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. High yielding variety for medicinal use. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil.

(Cancerweed) Attractive purple-blue flowers and cleft, dandelion-like leaves. 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.

(Spilanthes; Australian cress) Leaves have a mild numbing effect and are useful for toothaches. The fresh leaves are edible and are eaten like cress. Also used as an antibiotic against candida.

Attractive lacy foliage topped by clusters of small purple flowers. A tea made from the herb is recommended as part of the fresh vegetable juice diet devised to combat cancer by Rudolf Breuss.

With its purple flowers, attractive foliage and bright berries, Goji berry plants make a wonderful addition to your perennial garden. Grow Heirloom Goji - Plant Goji Berry Seeds Known to some as Chinese Wolfberry, Goji is a woody, perennial shrub that...

A very hot and prolific, early maturing bird pepper developed in Vietnam for the commercial production of fresh and dried chillis. The small and thin fruits, about 5cm/2" long, can be picked green or red.

Cultivated in India and China since remote times for the oil used in cooking, medicine and as fuel for lamps. Needs long growing season; sow early in peat pots. Do not disturb roots when transplanting.

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

In the food industry it is used as a stabilizer, emulsifier and flavour fixative, and it is common in chewing gum and candy. Source of important resin. Has protective, soothing effect on inflamed mucous membranes.