Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Akron

The long curved pepper looks like, as the name suggests in Italian, the "horn of the bull". The thin skins combined with the thick, sweet flesh, makes this variety an extra special treat.

Its a protective mechanism that keeps birds from feeding on monarch caterpillars and butterflies! Caution must be taken around bloodflowers milk and sap as they are known irritants.

Compounds extracted from the leaves are at least as effective as the antibiotics ampicillin, gentamycin and tetracycline. The leaves are wonderfully lemony and can be brewed into a delicious refreshing tea.

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. Research evidence suggests that contains compounds that can lower blood cholesterol.

The name translates as "little beak" in reference to the small pointy ends at the bottom of the fruits. The flavour is fruity and smokey, and while they have some heat, the pickled fruits are perfect for those who do not like their chiles to start a fire.

Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn. Long, slender fruit with an edible peel. Start early indoors, plant out with support.

Fragrant golden yellow flowers are delightful in potpourris and as cutflowers. Old English favourite for cottage gardens.

Summer savory is annual, unlike the perennial winter variety, and hence is easier and quicker to raise from seed. Indispensable for its use in traditional Eastern Canadian dishes like potato stuffing.

Fragrance similar to that of ripe apples.

Large stemless flower with creamy-yellow centre and silver bracts is excellent for dried arrangements. Extracts used to treat herpes and skin rashes. Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany.

Excellent addition to green salads, and very palatable with butter. Do not disturb roots when transplanting. Cultivated in India and China since remote times for the oil used in cooking, medicine and as fuel for lamps.

Height 30-60cm/1-2ft. Succulent leaves are delicious boiled with salt and pickled in vinegar and spices. Does best in sandy or gravelly soil. (Sea fennel) Aromatic herb found growing along European seashores.

Graceful sprays of small papery flowers; white, yellow, blue, lavender and rose.

Also used to expel worms and for fevers. Usually taken in combination with with coriander to prevent cramps. Ht. 1-1.8 m/3-6 ft. Effective laxative much in use by American herbalists.

Like , germination rates are often less than 40% and may benefit from pretreatments suggested for . The taller (1m/40”) and the paler of the two, and may, in fact, be the more important commercially because much of what is sold as may actually be this...

Said to remove freckles. (Cleavers) Fresh juice or infusion is applied to skin diseases and eruptions with good success. Roots produce a red dye.

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.

Used in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, and as a top-quality industrial lubricant that may replace sperm whale oil. Oil squeezed from the nuts has proved so valuable it is called the new “liquid gold” of the West, and jojoba “prospectors”...

They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis, and rheumatism, All parts of the plant are poisonous if used improperly, especially if ingested.

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

Nice when paired with bergamots and coneflowers, its pastel blooms bring the colours of an Impressionist painting to the mixed border. Double hollyhock grows to between 1.2-2.5m (4-8ft), and features huge, full blooms that are attractive to birds, bees,...

Up to 0.5% hypericin; yields 2.5 tonnes/ha (1 ton/acre). Improved strain for commercial production.

Highly aromatic, with a pleasant mint-like scent. Ht. 60-80cm/24-32". Has a history of medicinal and food use by Native Americans, especially for cough, colds, and pneumonia. A study has shown that the vapours given off by the foliage can protect stored...

Seeds are darker and hotter than white mustard ( ). Condiment mustard most used in commerce for commercial prepared mustards and mustard powder. Now commonly used in place of black mustard ( ) because it is easier to harvest.

There's no faster-growing, better-tasting tomato. Ready to harvest in 52 days. Grow huge crops of 4 to 6 ounce fruits that are ideal for canning. Approximately 30 seeds per packet.

Performing well in meadow gardens as well as cottage garden settings, it prefers full sun and is unappealing to deer. Native in the Eastern US, and in Ontario but endangered there due to habitat loss, gayfeather can make itself at home in any garden scheme.