Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Michigan

Major improvement on the standard variety. A very regal looking plant! Has dense deep purple inflorescences contrasting with the dark green leaves. All-American winner for 1997. Spicy anise-licorice aroma and flavour; excellent served fresh in such dishes...

Dried roots are very popular as a coffee substitute. Universally despised as a pesky weed, the lowly dandelion is actually one of the more useful herbs around. Promotes bile secretion.

The leaves can be quite a chore to chew! But Favorit is different -- it is a curled parsley with a softer texture and a much nicer mouth-feel. Sometimes the texture of modern curled parsleys can be tough, a feature added by design to withstand long shipping...

Said to remove freckles. (Cleavers) Fresh juice or infusion is applied to skin diseases and eruptions with good success. Roots produce a red dye.

Also great in salads. Medicinally similar to marshmallow. (Tree mallow) Purple flowers yield an excellent natural colouring for drinks and herbal teas.

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

Plants tend to be a little stronger and more uniform than other bush varieties. A most attractive form of bush basil with larger leaves (1 cm) and uniform dense globular little bushes.

It gets quite tall, up to 2m/6ft high, but then it produces long green tassels that swoop down for a striking tropical effect in the garden. The tassels produce buckets of seeds that can popped like popcorn or ground into flour.

Needs long growing season; sow early in peat pots. Excellent addition to green salads, and very palatable with butter. Important in commercial baking as roasted seeds add nutty flavour to breads and buns.

Proven effective against herpes. Suited for bulk herb field production. Good oil content at about 0.2%. We urge everyone to try it. Fresh chopped leaves are also interesting in salads, soups and stews.

Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens. -- Richters special mesclun contains Kagraner lettuce, red leaf lettuce, roquette, radicchio, cornsalad, borage, mizuna, mustard spinach, chervil and curled cress.

It was once used for fever and malaria. Herbalists today use it as a detoxifier, especially in support of Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses. (Pitcher sage; Blue sage; Kansas sage) Tall azure-blue sage of the American prairies with aromatic, astringent,...

Seeds can be ground and used with near abandon like black pepper. (Fennel flower; Russian caraway; Black caraway) Commonly featured in Indian dhals and equally at home in Russian rye bread! Aromatic black seeds resemble fennel in aroma and taste something...

Tea made from the roots is said to improve male potency and promote muscular development. Grows throughout eastern and central North America but is endangered in Ontario due to habitat loss.

Beautiful double upright trumpet-like flowers are purple and white. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis, and rheumatism, All parts of the plant are poisonous if used improperly,...

Used in folk medicine to treat disorders of the prostate. Mounds of lacy leaves topped all summer long by a profusion of pink or white flowers. Ground cover for any unsightly barren patches, south-facing slopes, etc.

Hardy to zone 6. Recent German studies indicate that seed extracts regulate menstrual bleeding or too frequent menstruation, and may do this by stimulating progesterone and regulating estrogen.

Young foliage is strongly lemon-scented and excellent in tea. Attractive native of the American southwest with pink-purple flowers. Leaves used by Hopi Indians to flavour wild game.

Ready for harvest in 28 to 80 days depending on the season. Tolerates summer heat well and is bolt-resistant. (Chinese parsley) High yielding commercial variety with attractive glossy green leaves, uniform growth habit, and consistent quality.

Flavour resembles caraway but is hotter. Used in soups, cake, bread, cheese, and is a standard ingredient of commercial curry powders. Seeds are important in many international cuisines, including those of India and Mexico.

Fragrance similar to that of ripe apples.

Their addictive strong garlic-like odour and onion flavour are driving a wave of popularity among top chefs. In some areas such as Quebec they have been over-harvested to the point where the government had to step in to limit wild foraging.

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

More uniform than other varieties. Excellent for pots and for borders. Superb dwarf basil with large leaves.

The tender young shoots can be boiled and buttered, creamed, added to quiches, or rolled up in crepes. Adds gorgeous colour to tossed salads. (French spinach) Ancient Greek and Roman spinach-like green, and still popular in France today.

Gumplant produces a resin that protects the flower heads while they are in bud. Harvest plants while they are in full bloom and dry to use in tinctures and infusions, or use fresh in poultices.