Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Salinas

Flowers used to flavour Chinese tea and a source of important essential oil used in perfumery. (Cape jasmine; Zhi zi) Wonderfully scented white flowers used by the floral industry in arrangements and corsages.

Also excellent as an autumn decoration and sells well at farmers markets. Old timers still call it "squaw corn" and remember making a porridge out of it during the cold winter months.

Repeat bloomer with purple-red single flowers. (Japanese rose; Saltspray rose) Hips are tomato-red and are large, up to an inch across. Excellent for group or hedge plantings. Easy to grow, tolerates part shade, and is very hardy.

Poultice of fresh leaves on wounds prevents infection. Leaf juice is reputed to have blood cleansing properties, to strengthen weak lungs, and to fight colds, diarrhea and similar digestive complaints.

Fresh herbage (strongest when in flower) is steeped in water for 12-48 hours with frequent stirring. Needs long growing season. Leaves contain indican which must be oxidized by fermentation to produce the dye.

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

Ready to use when seedlings have 3 or 4 leaves. Delightful companion to mustard cress #4150. Sow every 14 days indoors or out for a continuous supply of fresh leaves.

This popular annual bedding plant has many hidden talents. Dusty miller is planted for its elegant lacy silver foliage, often used to create contrast and pattern in formal knot gardens and container plantings.

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

(Love-in-a-mist) Finely divided leaves create a mist effect surrounding the lovely blue flowers. Seeds used in curries and bread, although its close cousin black cumin is better. Seeds stored with clothing repel insects.

Caper Seeds Commonly used for its buds and berries, which can be pickled and used as seasoning in a variety of dishes, tea made from the root of the Caper bush is known to be beneficial against rheumatism.

These red (rosso) peppers are huge, up to 20cm/8" in length. The long curved pepper looks like, as the name suggests in Italian, the "horn of the bull". (Red Bulls Horn) One of the most loved sweet peppers of Italy.

Also, an ingredient of the ‘Swedish Bitters' popularized by European herbalist Maria Treben. Adapts well to home or greenhouse environment. Contains anthraquinone glycosides, principally barbaloin, which are responsible for the purgative action.

Rich source of cardiac glycosides used for heart disease. Like other oleanders, all parts are poisonous. Patients who are intolerant of digitalis. Attractive shrub or small tree of the Caribbean with showy bell-shaped yellow flowers.

Here is a flower-herb-veggie that cuts across the genres, with its white-flecked leaves and showy edible red-burgundy flowers. The leaves and flowers have a hot watercress flavour and are great in salads; and the young seed pods are hotter and can be...

Feast for the eyes -- pleasing to the palate. Herbs with edible flowers to add to salads, omelettes, desserts, and drinks. They can even be candied. Borage, Calendula, Heartsease, Nasturtium, Citrus Marigold.

Edible and highly ornamental. (Rubra) Red-stemmed variety.

Thorn-covered berries harvested in autumn all over China. Can be toxic if improperly used. Also used for pain of the extremities, sciatic neuralgia, ezcema and itching. Pungent, bitter flavour.

Suited for indoor pot culture. Tropical shrub or small tree with pale yellow fragrant flowers. Has protective, soothing effect on inflamed mucous membranes. Source of important resin.

Has religious significance to Muslims in India ever since the great Moghul emperor Aurangzeb decreed that this basil be planted on his tomb. Also used in Unani medicine for the control of intestinal worms, acidity and coughs.

The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden. Ht. 40-45cm/16-18”. Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks.

For leafy herbs snip off flower buds as they appear. Transplant tender herbs after last frost when weather has stabilized. May be slow and erratic to germinate. Herbs feed the palate and the soul! They add color and contrast to the landscape, perfume...

Horehound Seeds

Almost every part of this tree is used for food. (Horseradish tree; Drumstick tree) Small tree native to India and Arabia and widely cultivated throughout the tropics. While it is a tropical tree, it can withstand a little frost, and does well in containers...

A very versatile and tasty herb! Not only do chives add flavor to baked potatoes, but they can also be used to flavor soups and other foods as well. Organic Chives Seeds (Common) Chives are perennial herbs that can be planted indoors or outdoors.