Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Winnipeg

Excellent for stir fries, especially with egg, and for pickling and seasoning. But at the seedling stage the fresh young leaves and shoots are edible, highly nutritious, and a popular aromatic vegetable in China.

The ground-hugging plant develops fleshy roots that are eaten as a vegetable or are dried and ground to a powder for medicinal use. Maca has a reputation similar to ginseng (though not related botanically) for increasing memory, energy and stamina, and...

(Lavender sage) In Spain this is the only sage used in cooking. The oil is distilled and harvested commercially. It is also a popular antidiabetic used throughout Spain. It has smaller leaves, and stronger flavour and aroma than garden sage (S.

Its use dates to ancient Egypt where it was called "food of the kings." The plant has anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties, and is highly nutritious, even more so than kale.

Slow to germinate. In warm areas where French tarragon will not grow, this is an excellent substitute. Makes a stimulating tea. Golden yellow flowers. (Mexican tarragon; Mexican marigold) Sweet-smelling leaves and flowers with a flavour similar to tarragon.

Roots are excellent for flavouring soups, stews, or steamed to serve with butter or sauce. Both leaves and its slender, parsnip-like root are used. Standard variety. Roots 20-25cm/8-10 long; flat leaves.

Fine flavour and aroma. Significant improvement over the Dark Opal variety. Leaves nearly pure purple-bronze; very little green.

An American folk remedy for cancer, hence its alias "cancerweed." Indians used the roots for sores, and the tea has been used for colds, coughs, nervous conditions. (Cancerweed) Attractive purple-blue flowers and cleft, dandelion-like leaves.

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

Height 50cm/20”. Darkest of the purple basils. Leaves somewhat smaller than Rubin basil and less prone to lean.

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...

Berries are very sweet, with a faint pineapple tang, excellent for eating fresh out of hand, or for use in jams. This variety is heavy cropping, bearing white fruit all season long on runnerless plants.

Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens. Mesclun is commonly defined as a mixture of salad greens. Sweet basil, borage, roquette, bronze fennel, sugar beet, red leaf lettuce.

(Mosquito flower; Perilla) Mexican herb used for stomach ache, diarrhea, skin rashes, and infections of the kidney and urinary tract. To gardeners, this attractive plant is known as "mosquito flower" because its pink flowers vaguely resemble the little...

Frequently seen along roadsides in eastern Canada and U.S. Lavender flowers; strong fragrance. Used for tea and for flavouring meat.

Has exciting commercial potential. But edelweiss has important medicinal and cosmetic uses, and is now grown as a cultivated crop in Europe for those purposes. But in the future it is expected that the cosmetic industry will employ edelweiss to neutralize...

Added to a bath, it can help ease sunburns, and yeast or fungal conditions. They are a delightful tea and culinary seasoning. Brewed, it is known to help with digestion and congestion.

It is a tad sweeter too, making it one terrific parsley for all around use. Sometimes the texture of modern curled parsleys can be tough, a feature added by design to withstand long shipping and to extend shelf-life.

Young leaves are processed to make fermented, semi-fermented or green teas/beverages. At least 3 billion people are regular drinkers. Can be grown indoors in a cool window. Tea stimulates the central nervous system, is diuretic and astringent, relaxes...

Said to be anthelminthic, nervine and antispasmodic. (Cardinal flower) One of our favourite wildflowers which provides a briliant splash of red color in damp, partially shaded locations.

(Jewels of Opar; Fameflower; Tu ren shen)

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

Ht. 50cm/20”. Variety typical of the Provence region of France. Despite the popularity of hybrid lavender among French growers, this original Provencal lavender, with its deep blue shades and its more refined fragrance, is still commonly grown.

Infusion of leaves is helpful for fevers, headaches and nervous complaints. (Blueweed) Bristly native of Europe with brilliant blue flowers from June til frost. Thrives in dry, poor soils.

Beautiful deep sky-blue flower spikes are nicely set against silvery green foliage. Excellent for dried arrangements and potpourris. Start seeds early: it takes 3-4 months to get garden-sized plants.

Leaves are dark green, medium fine curled. Very uniform mosscurled type suited for fresh-cut and processing use. Medium late maturity. Suited also for potplant production.

When in flower, it is used as a gland stimulant and an aphrodisiac. Leaves picked before the flowers appear are nutritious salad greens. Masses of flowers in spring are a mix of purple, pink and white.