Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In San Diego

Rich source of vitamins A, B and C. Bears sweet; juicy, highly flavoured fruits, in a fine balance between acid, sugar and pectin. Shrub or small tree. Eaten fresh, or in jellies, preserves and pastes.

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.

It is delicious like watercress in sandwiches and salads but does not require damp growing conditions as watercress does. Germination is quick in warm weather, and plants self-seed if allowed.

Dried milky juice, called lactucarium or lettuce opium, was once used to induce sleep and to treat nervous disorders.

Large tropical-looking foliage. Has large maroon leaves, red stems, and spiky red seedpods. A showy form of the venerable castor bean long used in medicine. Oil extracted from the seeds of the green form is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation...

Spicy anise-licorice aroma and flavour; excellent served fresh in such dishes as Thai green curries and Vietnamese noodle soups. All-American winner for 1997. Major improvement on the standard variety.

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.

Flowers are 7cm/3” across with a chocolate brown centre. Traditionally used like other echinaceas for its antiviral, anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting effects. Prairie native of the Missouri and Arkansas Ozark regions.

Also excellent as an autumn decoration and sells well at farmers markets. A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations. This corn can be roasted and then added to salads, and young ears can be roasted or boiled.

Excellent longlasting cutflower. Developed in the 1980s by Swedish echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson. Beautiful European variety with rose-purple petals that don't droop as much as wild echinaceas.

Coarse, broad leaved variety. Yields camphor-like oil used primarily in soaps. Highly productive oil-yielding variety.

Heirloom native from Brazil. Not commercially cultivated. Sweet tiny tomatoes.

In Chinese medicine, the seeds strengthen the spleen and counteract damp heat, and are used for edema, diarrhea, rheumatoid arthritis and difficult urination. (Hato-mugi; Yi yi; Japanese barley) A staple cereal crop in Japan and China, and an important...

The root has a clove scent, and was much prized as a flavouring for ale and stews. Native to Europe, Asia and the Mediterranean, it is a perennial with small yellow flowers borne on thin wiry stems, preferring rich moist soil in shade.

In Chinese medicine, it calms the spirit and opens the flow of in the heart, which in western terms may be related to its sedative and tranquilizing properties. Much easier to grow than the North American species.

Under proper directions it is a useful sedative for cases of nervous motor disturbances. Juice was used in early times to execute criminals. In the fresh state all parts are very poisonous.

Attractive hardy Mediterranean shrub. Yellow flowers bear bladder-like pods which when squeezed go off with a bang. Like true senna ( spp.), its leaves have purgative properties, but the effect is much less drastic.

Drinks containing oil of anise remain transparent until water is added, causing the oil to "bloom" in a milky white or pale green clouds called a louche. Best known for flavouring liqueurs such as anisette, ouzo, absinthe and sambuca.

Up to 40cm/16in with showy white flowers appearing in late spring or early summer. Recommended as a tonic in spring when the leaves are most potent. (Wild garlic; Bear garlic; Baerlauch) The fresh flowering herb is used to treat high blood pressure and...

Excellent choice for potted plant growers and for greenhouse and hydroponic basil producers. The most compact genovese variety available. The internodes -- the length of the stem between leaves -- are extremely short, which is why the plants are exceptionally...

Papery daisy-like blossoms, over 100 to a plant, in shades of pink, rose, red, purple and white.

(Hoja de colico)

Culinary Herb Seeds Collection Our Culinary Herb Seeds Collection is comprised of 10 packets of our best-selling herb seeds: Sweet Basil Seeds, Italian Parsley Seeds, Curled Parsley Seeds, Cilantro/Coriander Seeds, Arugula Seeds, Dill Bouquet Seeds, Chives...

Best sown in late summer to yield fresh seed the next season. Produces seeds the second year. COMMON biennial strain. Anti-flatulent. Spicy caraway seeds add European character to all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw and especially sauerkraut.

A most attractive form of bush basil with larger leaves (1 cm) and uniform dense globular little bushes. Plants tend to be a little stronger and more uniform than other bush varieties.

Can be cut several times before the bolt and need to be reseeded. Unlike some other fresh greens, the curled leaves don't easily fall flat in tossed salads. Excellent salad green, with ruffled leaves and a nice sweet spicy flavour.