Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Plano

An outstanding genovese basil for pots. The short internodes -- the length of the stem between leaves -- are why this variety is one of the most compact and bushy genovese basils available.

Lovely fast growing vine with dark sky-blue flowers. Ideal for walls, trellises or tall fences. Used by the Aztecs as a hallucinogen in religious ceremonies.

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.

(Loofah) Known as the ‘dishcloth gourd' because the dried over-ripe fruits can be used to scrub dishes. Wonderful for bath and shower as it invigorates the skin without harsh abrasion.

(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 to throw up bigger purple-blue flowers and more of them.

Pungent, bitter flavour. Also used for pain of the extremities, sciatic neuralgia, ezcema and itching. Thorn-covered berries harvested in autumn all over China. Chinese herb used traditionally to treat headache and to nasal congestion.

Bees love this plant. (Emperor´s candle; Ringworm tree; Candletree; Kagayima) A beautiful South American shrub or small tree that thrives in the southern U.S. where it is cultivated as an ornamental.

Studies show that the seeds have a tranquilizing and hypnotic effect, and are analgesic and anticonvulsive. This species is the medicinal cousin of the tropical jujube fruit. Used to treat irritability, insomnia and anxiety.

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

Showy U.S. native with large blue or white flower spikes. Employed by Indians along with mayapple ( ) to treat venereal disease.

Internally, the tea is thought to be useful for liver, kidney and bladder problems. The tea has a great reputation as a wash for healing wounds and skin eruptions. Appropriate for mid or back of the border plantings, the slender arching green stems producing...

Traditionally used for fevers, inflammation, diarrhea, excessive menstruation and cancer. One of the four ingredients of the Essiac anti-cancer remedy. Although leaves are small and time-consuming to gather, they are delicious to eat.

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.

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.

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

Grow Heirloom Herbs - Plant Valerian Seeds With its attractive fern-like foliage and sweetly scented pink summertime blooms, Valerian has been cultivated and used for generations for a variety of purposes.

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

(Mousemelon; Sandita; Mexican sour gherkin)

Native of cool hardwood forests throughout eastern and central North America. Seeds are planted in hardwood forests or in specially prepared beds anytime from Sept. The following spring, the seedlings appear, and in 3 to 6 years they mature.

Grows like cucumbers. (Foo gwa; Bitter gourd) Squash-like fruit with an agreeably bitter, tangy flavour and edible peel. For stir fried dishes, parboil for 3 minutes to reduce bitterness.

Double hollyhock grows to between 1.2-2.5m (4-8ft), and features huge, full blooms that are attractive to birds, bees, butterflies – and little children! Buds, flowers and young leaves are edible and can be added to salads for interest and colour.

(Balmony; Bitter herb) Used for poor appetite, indigestion, general debility, constipation, piles, worms. Good tonic during convalescence. White-pink flowers resemble turtle heads.

For years we have carried ‘Lemon Catnip' and while it had a perceptable hint of lemon, it never quite lived up to its name. Finally, here is a lemon catnip that truly smells of lemons.

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.

Sow in rich, moist, well-draining soil in full sun to part shade. Its long spikes of helmet-like, cerulean blue flowers are eye-catching. (Monkshood; Wolfsbane) Majestic perennial for tall borders and as a background for other garden flowers.

Used like lyreleaf sage for cancer and other conditions. Try it in low borders or flower beds next to green or grey plants. Tolerates partial shade well. (Cancerweed) Medicinal herb with impressive horticultural potential! Its rich bronze-purple foliage...