Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Sacramento

Cooling tea made from leaves is useful for fevers, dysentery and morning sickness. Poultice of fresh leaves helps reduce swellings and boils and relieves pain. Tart fruits are commonly used in Indian curries, sauces, chutneys and beverages, and in Indian...

Has been used for rheumatic pains, diarrhea and coughs. Pretty border perennial with pale blue flowers. As with ordinary flax, seeds contain linseed oil.

They are drought tolerant and somewhat hardy, tolerating limited cold temperatures but not extended freezing. They grow to about 3 m (10 ft). They are self-fertilizing, producing small purple-red fruits after they flower.

Standard bush variety. New and improved. Ideal for pot culture. Dwarf, bush form. Now more uniform.

Animal studies suggest it strengthens endurance. Also used as a diuretic and to reduce excessive sweating. Purple flowers; grows up to 60cm/2 ft high. Chinese medicinal herb noted for strengthening the spleen and building energy.

The juice mixed with vegetable oil has been used to heal burns. A neat fleshy plant for dry areas and rock gardens; bluish-green leaves and showy crimson flowers. Also used for diarrhea, piles, hemorrhages, and has a reputation as an anti-cancer herb.

Bush type with small leaves and a highly uniform dwarf compact habit. Excellent for pots and borders.

Improved strain for commercial production. Up to 0.5% hypericin; yields 2.5 tonnes/ha (1 ton/acre).

Yields are heavy! Excellent for both home gardens and for the fresh-cut and processing markets. It also has shown to have some resistance to downy mildew. The growth is uniform, dark green in colour, and the leaves are bigger than the original.

Clinical studies show that it significantly reduces the risk of migraine attack, and relieves asthma and chronic bronchitis. Purple-rose flowers in spring. Traditionally used since the Middle Ages for whooping cough and as a mucus-reducing cough remedy.

Akarkara is also a powerful aphrodisiac traditionally recommended for men who are losing interest in sex or are suffering from poor sexual performance. The leaves have a mild anesthetizing effect and are useful for treating toothaches and sore gums.

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

(Huang shu kui; Yellow sichuan mallow)

The European species is officially recognized in the German Pharmacopoeia for the treatment of kidney and bladder disorders and for its excellent diuretic and antiphlogistic activities.

Bright yellow flowers. Height 75cm/30” Young shoots are eaten raw, mixed with coconut, or cooked with other greens. Indonesian favourite with a strong, pungent scent and flavour.

Tea made from the plants has been used in the past to relieve chronic cough, asthma and nervousness. The ox-eye daisy is perfectly suited to meadow gardening, requiring very little care and thriving in poor soil.

Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis. Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours.

It is used in the liniment Tiger Balm and in the decongestant Olbas Oil. Also used in commercial preparations for bacterial and fungal infections in fish. Seeds need light to germinate.

Very quick and easy to grow. Can be cut several times before the bolt and need to be reseeded. Sow every 10-25 days from early spring to early fall. Excellent salad green, with ruffled leaves and a nice sweet spicy flavour.

Will withstand only a few degrees of freezing, but plantations are now established in several southern U.S. states. Extracts are widely employed in medicinal lotions, shampoos, soaps, creams, hair tonics, gargles, and toothpaste.

Anti-flatulent. Fresh leaves, used as a garnish, add flavour to vegetables. COMMON biennial strain. Produces seeds the second year. Spicy caraway seeds add European character to all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw and especially sauerkraut.

Contains 0.3% parthenolide. Long stems, suitable for cutflowers. Dense double white pompon type.

(Suan zao ren; Sour date kernel) Hailed the anti-stress herb, seeds are used in Chinese medicine to calm the mind and preserve chi energy. This species is the medicinal cousin of the tropical jujube fruit.

Infusion is excellent for stopping internal and external hemorrhages. Recommended for excessive menstruation.

Good tolerance to phytophthora, tobacco mosaic virus, and bacterial wilt. The small and thin fruits, about 5cm/2" long, can be picked green or red. A very hot and prolific, early maturing bird pepper developed in Vietnam for the commercial production...

Brilliant crimson and black flowers in June-July. According to Greek legends, this flower sprang from the blood of Adonis. Formerly used as a cardiac stimulant like digitalis but is much stronger.