Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Roseville

Maintain at 10-15°C/50-60°F until germination is complete. Difficult to germinate: viability is usually quite low, never exceeding 40%. Famous European alpine herb unrivalled as a bitter tonic.

Seeds possess hallucinogenic alkaloids. Source of the famous dye “Turkish Red”, a characteristic colour of Persian carpets. In Egypt, the oil expressed from the seeds is said to be an aphrodisiac.

Fennel tea is given to infants for its calming and anti-flatulent effects. Chopped leaves are excellent with oily fish, such as mackerel, eel and salmon, for they improve digestibility.

(Da huang; Chinese rhubarb; Turkey rhubarb)

Ht. 40-50cm/16-20". (Strawberry sticks; Leafy goosefoot) Not a true spinach but a distant cousin. Like spinach, the leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked. Best sown directly in the garden in spring.

Ht 2-3ft (60-90cm). Sow into moist, moderately rich, well-draining soil after last frost. Blossoms appear June through September, attracting butterflies and other pollinators. Situate in full sun, and divide roots every 3 years.

Heat tolerant; suited for mid-summer sowings. 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.

Use it wherever parsley is used -- you can't go wrong with it. Like parsley, the fresh leaves are chopped and added at the last minute to traditional spring soups. The flavour hints of anise but is never overbearing and it can liven up many dishes including...

The Shoshoni Indians of Nevada used the leaves for coughs and colds. The low grey-green shrub is found from California to New Mexico north to Montana. The black sagebrush is one of the most common shrubs of the United States.

Azadirachtin, a constituent of the plant, is an insect anti-feedant, repellent, and insecticide. Extracts are widely employed in medicinal lotions, shampoos, soaps, creams, hair tonics, gargles, and toothpaste.

But in the future it is expected that the cosmetic industry will employ edelweiss to neutralize free radicals and prevent the formation of superoxides -- compounds associated with the signs of aging such as wrinkles.

Plant cumin seeds in a sunny spot with good drainage. Cumin Seeds Cumin is a pungent herb that is most commonly used to spice Asian, Indian, and Middle Eastern foods. Though the spice is widely available in the west, the seeds are not, and we're pleased...

Pink scentless flowers appear in June. (Eglantine rose) Spicy, sweet fragrant leaves fill the air, especially after a shower.

But it is also a Chinese medicinal herb valued for its bitter aromatic tonic properties and is used to treat menstrual and liver disorders. Ht. 90-150cm/3-5ft. Easy to grow in moist soil in full sun.

Needs long growing season. Fresh herbage (strongest when in flower) is steeped in water for 12-48 hours with frequent stirring. Ancient dyeplant known for the clarity and fastness of the blue produced.

Stronger scent; bushier habit. (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”.

They are popular in soups, salads, and in meat and fish dishes. Very easy to grow. The brilliant red leaves are cooked like spinach to make Jamaican and Guyanese-style callaloo, a traditional dish that originally came from West Africa.

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

We are pleased to now be able to offer a selection of the lovely and useful Spearmint to our gardeners! Highly aromatic, Spearmint is a common flavoring agent in everything from teas to toothpaste, but it also offers lush, low growing foliage with lilac...

Sow in early spring or late summer. -- Richters special mesclun contains Kagraner lettuce, red leaf lettuce, roquette, radicchio, cornsalad, borage, mizuna, mustard spinach, chervil and curled cress.

Ht. 30-35cm/12-14”. Excellent uniformity, aroma and flavour. The breeder's choice of variety name 'Gecofure' is an unimaginative contraction of 'GEnovese COmpatto FUsarium REsistant'.

Fragrant golden yellow flowers are delightful in potpourris and as cutflowers. Old English favourite for cottage gardens.

Tender green leaves. Much improved over its wild relative. Good summer green performing best in hot weather. Succulent leaves are popular in France for salads, cooked greens or in soups.

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

Obviously ornamental, extracts from the bloom were once used as perfume and oil derived from the root has long been used as a medicinal treatment of insomnia, migraine and anxiety.

Ht. 25cm (10in). Will flower the first season if started early. The branching habit is very tight, close to the base and produces a rich flush of attractive flower spikes. Compact and uniform variety with deep purple-blue flowers.