Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Huntsville

Very easy to grow. Like the green variety, the leaves are best used when young when they are sweet and slightly tangy. Sow direct in the garden in spring. They are popular in soups, salads, and in meat and fish dishes.

A truly delightful tea made from the dried leaves is our favourite anytime tea as it both stimulates the heart and calms the nerves. Proven effective against herpes. Suited for bulk herb field production.

This strain of the lowly dandelion boasts tender fleshy leaves, topping all other fruits and vegetables for iron content. Enjoy in a spring salad, or cooked like spinach. Treat as a biennial -- sow one year, pick the next.

Sweet basil, borage, roquette, bronze fennel, sugar beet, red leaf lettuce. Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens. Heat tolerant; suited for mid-summer sowings.

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

Large single yellow trumpet-like flowers are fragrant at night. Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery.

The roots were used for "menstruation sickness" which the Seminoles believed was a weakness men suffered after having intercourse with a menstruating woman. The First Nations people of America used the bark for sore eyes, dysentery, toothache, headache,...

Old garden favourite. Sweet-scented, deep violet flowers are candied as decoration for puddings, cakes and ice cream. Important source of perfume.

Native tree of southern Europe where it grows up to 20 m. Attractive potplant; grows well in pots, but will not produce pine nuts unless grown where it can reach mature size. Hardy to zone 8.

In the Middle Ages the plant was thought to evoke the presence of Christ and offer protection against evil influence. It contains tannins that give it an astringent, anti-inflammatory effect.

Improved tetraploid strain of German chamomile for commercial production. Erect, sturdy growth habit and larger flowers containing up 0.7% essential oil high in bisabolol and other medicinal compounds.

Papery daisy-like blossoms, over 100 to a plant, in shades of pink, rose, red, purple and white.

Sow direct in pots. (Chinese parsley) First true cilantro developed for potted plant production.

(Pedunculata lavender) Similar to the standard form, but has large magenta flower bracts and elongated 20-30cm/8-12in flower stalks. Height up to 75cm/30”. Stronger scent; bushier habit.

Culture like other pumpkins. Has high vitamin E content, and like evening primrose stimulates the synthesis of prostaglandins. Hull-less seeds yield a medicinally-active oil used in Central Europe for inflammations, hypertrophy of the prostate, and for...

Large ribbed leaves, strong flavour. Standard lettuce-leaf type grown in Italy.

Gac melons are also very rich in carotene, up to 10 times as much as carrots and sweet potatoes. Lycopene is an antioxidant that helps guard against cancer, and helps to delay the effects of aging.

It is also believed to protect against poisonous snakes and violence. It is used to treat fevers caused by evil spirits and is used in purification rituals performed on the 40th day after the death of a spouse.

(Meadow sage) Large, very showy, bright blue flowers. Sometimes used like clary sage.

But as much as this heirloom belongs among the vegetables, its lush dark green leaves are also terrific as a fresh herb. Named after Henri Pascal who discovered the first plants in his celery field in 1884, the variety was improved upon by Vilmorin, the...

Needs very little maintained. Its flowers are brightly colored which makes it an ideal plant for attracting milkweed butterflies like the monarch! Interestingly enough, when monarch caterpillars are raised on milkweed, they develop a bitter taste that...

Ht. 30-100 cm/1-3 ft. Grows like cumin or dill: start in peat or paper pots in April; do not disturb roots when transplanting. An important commercial spice crop in India where the pungent, aromatic seeds are in great demand in curries, pickles, confectionery...

Heat: 100,000-350,000 Scoville units. Thrives in hot sunny spots, a little on the dry side. Fiery chile from Trinidad. Wrinkled lantern-shaped pods are used fresh or dried in salsas, chutneys, marinades.

Said to be effective when applied topically for ulcers and injuries to the skin. The root decoction was thought to have blood cleansing action. Hardy through a wide range of zones and generously self-seeding, an individual plant can produce 900 seeds.