Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Sunnyvale

Needs very little maintained. Its flowers are brightly colored which makes it an ideal plant for attracting milkweed butterflies like the monarch! Interestingly enough, when monarch caterpillars are raised on milkweed, they develop a bitter taste that...

The tassels produce buckets of seeds that can popped like popcorn or ground into flour. Spectacular food plant often grown just for its ornamental value. It gets quite tall, up to 2m/6ft high, but then it produces long green tassels that swoop down for...

Indians made a wash for skin problems including skin cancer and venereal sores. A good gargle for mouth and throat sores. (Red root) Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution.

Traditionally used in ryebread, buns and cakes, as well as in soups and stews. Anti-flatulent. COMMON biennial strain. Spicy caraway seeds add European character to all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw and especially sauerkraut.

Sometimes used like clary sage. (Meadow sage) Large, very showy, bright blue flowers.

Needs long growing season. A blue sediment will form which is the dye. Ancient dyeplant known for the clarity and fastness of the blue produced. Leaves contain indican which must be oxidized by fermentation to produce the dye.

(Wild arugula) A beautiful wild arugula with deeply lobed leaves and purple-red veins. The fresh leaves add a delicious bitterness to salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta.

Served on sashimi (sliced raw fish), tempura, and sushi. (Azabu-tade; Cultivated smartweed) Popular Japanese herb used for sushi. Peppery flavour is hot, but does not linger. This herb has lots of potential for experimentation!

Spicy Mesclun contains pak-choi, chinese mustard, mustard spinach, shungiku, curled cress, roquette and mizuna. Mesclun is commonly defined as a mixture of salad greens. Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens.

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

A nice addition to bee and butterfly gardens, the plant will bloom most of the summer. (Moldavian Balm) A tall plant with handsome dark green lemon-scented leaves, its appearance is reminiscent of hyssop or lavender, with showy lavender-blue flowers reaching...

(Licorice basil) Originally from Persia, this gem has an endearing sweet anise fragrance and flavour. Purplish foliage.

Ht. 30-100 cm/1-3 ft. Grows like cumin or dill: start in peat or paper pots in April; do not disturb roots when transplanting. An important commercial spice crop in India where the pungent, aromatic seeds are in great demand in curries, pickles, confectionery...

The protein is exceptionally well balanced among all the essential amino acids required by humans. The grain is cooked and eaten like millet or quinoa but the cooking time is shorter (thus requiring less energy).

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

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

Enjoy in a spring salad, or cooked like spinach. Treat as a biennial -- sow one year, pick the next. This strain of the lowly dandelion boasts tender fleshy leaves, topping all other fruits and vegetables for iron content.

Used by South American Indians to paint their bodies red. 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.

Spectacular drooping pink-rose flower spikes.

Seeds can be ground and used with near abandon like black pepper. Its legendary healing powers are summed up in the Arab proverb, “In the black seed is the medicine for every disease except death.”

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

Grow in good soil in full sun. 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.

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.

Use fenugreek to spice up just about any meal – particularly Mediterranean dishes. Among Fenugreek's many ascribed medicinal attributes are helping to lower blood sugar and cholesterol and helping to raise libido.

In the Middle Ages the plant was thought to evoke the presence of Christ and offer protection against evil influence. Medicinally it is thought to be beneficial against stomach upset, and as an external application to wounds.

Fresh flower petals are excellent in salads and can be used to make medicinal creams. (Pot marigold) Compact variety with bicolored flowers ranging from pale creamy orange to deep gold.

The flowers start earlier than other bergamots and last through August. Impressive annual variety with intense rose-purple flowers arranged in spikes. Mildew resistant. The mass of colour is so striking Bergamo was awarded the Fleuroselect Gold Medal...