Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Oshawa

Roots act specifically on the lungs as an expectorant and anti-inflammatory. (Butterfly weed) Bright orange-red flowers are worthy of attention as an ornamental. Valuable for all chest complaints, including pleurisy.

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

Fascinating as a specimen plant or where grown for therapeutic use. Henbane's uses are more benign today, giving us useful drugs for ophthalmology and the prevention of motion sickness.

The roots were regarded by the Navajo and Pawnee Indians as a ‘life medicine' and a panacea. The leaves were used for teas. Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates drought and will self-seed.

Rich shades of chamois, pink, rose and cream. (Paper daisy) Handsome daisies with papery petals.

Blooms all summer. Lovely ornamental lavender grown as an annual in flowerbeds, planters, and baskets. Set against its soft aromatic fern-like green leaves are masses of bright blue lavender flowers.

Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own. Broccoli-like vegetable from China. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost.

Ripens to a brilliant red colour and packs serious concentrated heat. It is still a popular tradition in Mexico to gather them in the sierras. (Chiltepin; Bird pepper) Small pea-sized red pepper thought to be the ancestor of the cultivated peppers.

Neat compact bush habit, only 10-15cm (4-6") high, with medium sized dark green leaves. Excellent for pot culture.

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

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

Tolerates partial shade well. Try it in low borders or flower beds next to green or grey plants. Used like lyreleaf sage for cancer and other conditions. Ht. 20-25cm/8-10”. (Cancerweed) Medicinal herb with impressive horticultural potential! Its rich...

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 the same name.

Found throughout the American West, from Washington to California and Colorado, growing on rocky or thin soil, or in very dry sites. (Low sagebrush) A low gray-green sagebrush, no higher than 40cm/16".

Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Needs very little maintained. Beautiful ornamental plant with small ornate fiery yellow, orange, and crimson flowers. Its flowers are brightly colored which makes it an ideal plant for attracting milkweed butterflies...

Excellent stir fried. Beans will grow from 60cm/2ft-90cm/3ft long but pick them when they're tender (40cm/16in long). Best started early indoors. Needs plant support. (Yard long bean; Dow gauk) Stringless bean with a mildly sweet flavour.

Most popular everlasting; long cherished for wide colour range: crimson, salmon, rose, brown, yellow, and white.

Like other Daturas the tubular flowers are spectacular in purple and white. The fresh leaves are pounded to a paste and applied as a compress to the affected part. (Ghost eggplant; Norligbuitsa) The Ewe herbalists of West Africa say that if you want to...

When covered in orange and red fruits, the plants can be very pretty for the patio. Brazilians pickle them in vinegar and love to toss them in salads, on pizzas, or any spicy dish in need of a kick.

All parts are bitter. Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas. Used for gout, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy and cardiac ailments. Commonly used in homeopathy.

The name Bellis is Greek for “pretty,” and these charming flowers live up to their name. According to Gerard, the daisy was once known as bruisewort, for its ability to soothe bruises when the leaves were applied externally.

The result is a beautiful new ornamental herb for sunny borders or mass plantings. (Baikal scullcap; Huang qin) One of Chinese medicine's most important herbs is now all dressed up for the flower garden! English breeders managed to coax the hardy perennial...

Leaves are used in salads, sandwiches and any dish where a garlic flavour is desirable. Recommended as a tonic in spring when the leaves are most potent. Up to 40cm/16in with showy white flowers appearing in late spring or early summer.

Angels trumpets are popular in containers for the patio, balcony or deck. 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,...

It is also a popular antidiabetic used throughout Spain. (Lavender sage) In Spain this is the only sage used in cooking. Studies confirm that it is effective for blood sugar, lowering without affecting insulin levels.

Contains gossypol, which research has revealed has important anti-parasitic and antiviral effects, and has shown promise as a male anti-fertility drug in studies conducted in China by the World Health Organization.