Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In San Francisco

Teff is an important food grain in Ethiopia where it is used to make injera. Teff is a very versatile. The grain is cooked and eaten like millet or quinoa but the cooking time is shorter (thus requiring less energy).

A classic seasoning for chicken, vegetables or meat. Captures the warm flavours and aromas of the sunny south of France where lavender hugs the hills and thyme is plentiful.

Source of yellow, gold and khaki dyes. Boiled root decoction was once used to bathe irritated eyes. Good hedge plant; has vigorous habit and withstands heavy clipping. Hardy in southwestern Ontario and coastal B.C.

Prefers dry, sunny areas with excellent drainage. The leaves have a mild fruity aroma but they are not used in cooking or for scent. Beautiful sage from southern Europe with giant silver-gray woolly leaves.

Noted for soothing irritations and inflammations of the skin, throat, eyes, lungs and urinary organs. ERFURTER is rich in medicinal mucilage, up to 10%.

(Pot marigold) Compact variety with bicolored flowers ranging from pale creamy orange to deep gold. The flowers are unusually long lasting, and if flowers are dead-headed, the flowers will just keep coming right up until frost.

Gumplant was a traditional Native American remedy, efficacious for colds, coughs, nasal congestion and bronchial irritations. Gumplant produces a resin that protects the flower heads while they are in bud.

Used in Chinese medicine to expel wind dampness, damp heat, jaundice, for dry constipation, and as a tonic. It is undemanding, growing in ordinary garden soil. Unlike other gentians, this one is easy to raise from seed.

Spectacular drooping pink-rose flower spikes.

Stunning red-orange heirloom variety from Turkey. The small round fruit, 7cm/3" in diameter, are eaten when green, and when they turn orange they are good for stuffing. Heavy yields and insect resistant.

Rhizomes are used to treat diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite and vomiting related to deficiencies of spleen or stomach. Chinese medicinal herb noted for strengthening the spleen and building energy.

(Money plant) Curiously, it symbolizes both honesty and money. Edible leaves can be added to salads. When dried its silver dollar-like seed pods make attractive winter decorations.

Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas. Attractive British wildflower with masses of milky white or purplish flowers. All parts are bitter. Commonly used in homeopathy.

Important beeplant in Australia. Leaves are delightfully honey-scented.

Very robust and tall, with rigid stems; Lespedeza blooms late in the growing season, forming dense clusters of white and pink clover-like flowers that attract bees. (Round-headed bush clover) Lespedeza is native to central and eastern United States as...

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

This tall perennial sunflower puts on a spectacular show in August and September with masses of large yellow-gold flowers. The tubers can be eaten like Jerusalem artichoke but are smaller, and the seeds can be eaten as a snack or sprinkled on salads.

Near relative of fenugreek. Powdered leaves and flowers used in Switzerland to flavour and colour Schabzieger or Sapsago cheese. Also to flavour bread, soups, potato dishes and to make an aromatic tea.

The stalks are very short, only 75-90cm (2.5-3ft) high, and the small 10cm (4") multicoloured cobs are strikingly beautiful. A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations.

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

It is believed to be the reason why an unusual number of people in areas where the herb is grown live to be 100 years. (Buddha fruit; Lou han guo) This is known as the "longevity herb" in China where the tea made with the dried fruits is commonly consumed.

Low mat-forming variety with woolly leaves and golden flowers.

(Yuan zhi; Siberian milkwort) Like the North American senega, roots are excellent for coughs, particularly when there is excess phlegm, and for bronchitis and asthma. In Chinese medicine, it calms the spirit and opens the flow of in the heart, which in...

(Butterfly weed) Bright orange-red flowers are worthy of attention as an ornamental. Valuable for all chest complaints, including pleurisy. Roots act specifically on the lungs as an expectorant and anti-inflammatory.

Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. High yielding variety for medicinal use. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil.