Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Amarillo

Contains anthraquinone glycosides, principally barbaloin, which are responsible for the purgative action. Adapts well to home or greenhouse environment. Attractive succulent from South Africa.

Excellent cutflower. Ht. 70-80cm/28-32. Good heat and drought tolerance. Attracts butterflies. Impressive new series from Germany with abundant large flowers, 10-12cm/4-5 across.

Used for perfume, sachets and potpourris. As the story goes, Napoleon brought seeds back from Egypt for his wife Josephine and she so loved the plant that she called it "mignonette" or "little darling." It later became a favourite in Victorian England...

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

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

It is a shiso like the better known green and purple forms except the leaves have both green on top and purple underneath. (Ear Shiso) The Japanese grow this aromatic herb for its flower tips and buds, and for its leaves.

They can even be candied. Herbs with edible flowers to add to salads, omelettes, desserts, and drinks. Feast for the eyes -- pleasing to the palate. Borage, Calendula, Heartsease, Nasturtium, Citrus Marigold.

Root has diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative properties. Decorative black seeds with cute heart-shaped white faces are used for necklaces. Cooked and eaten in India and Africa. Leaf juice is used for earache.

Try throwing them in salads just for fun. But the novel thing about this plant is that late in the season red, juicy strawberry or raspberry-like "berries" appear along the stems. Like spinach, the leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked.

Finely cut foliage. Excellent for dillweed production and potted plants. For fresh use as dillweed, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Unique dwarf plants (45cm/18in); dark green leaves.

When dried the fruits can be powdered and used as a seasoning, and can substitute for European sumac ( ) in spice mixtures such as zaatar. A refreshing lemonade drink can be made from the fruits by soaking them in water for 10-30 minutes.

Also used as a healing wash for burns, rashes, blisters and poison ivy. It was listed as an official drug in the US in the late 1860s when its effectiveness against poison ivy was recognized.

One of the ingredients in . Summer savory is annual, unlike the perennial winter variety, and hence is easier and quicker to raise from seed. Soothes and aids in digestion. Can be used wherever sage is used when a more subtle flavour is desired.

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

Hardy climbing vine, to zone 5. Sometimes referred to as ‘Chinese Prozac'. (Wu-wei-zi) Chinese medicinal; astringent and demulcent berries are used to treat nervous conditions, chronic cough, asthma, thirst, too frequent urination, and diarrhea.

Also used for high blood pressure, headaches, and dizziness. Promotes clear vision, and relieves swelling, soreness and redness of the eyes caused by liver inflammation. (Jue-ming-zi) Excellent laxative: safe and effective for chronic constipation.

The rootbark once gained notoriety as a powerful abortifacient, particularly in the southern United States. Tender biennial or triennial. Can be grown for interest as a potplant in a bright window or greenhouse.

Edible and highly ornamental. (Rubra) Red-stemmed variety.

Ready to use when seedlings have 3 or 4 leaves. Sow every 14 days indoors or out for a continuous supply of fresh leaves. Delightful companion to mustard cress #4150.

Dark purple with little or no green colouration, much like the Dark Opal variety was before it deteriorated to greenish-purple. Strong flavour and scent. Growth is stronger, more upright than Rubin.

(Spiny gourd; Kantola) A Vietnamese melon with a spectacular spiny orange-red skin and red fleshly sacs containing the seeds. The taste of the red flesh is compared to that of an avocado, and the red flesh covering the seeds are used to make a stunning...

Flowers mixed with alum are used to paint fingernails. A medicinal herb in China where it is used to clear obstructions in the throat. (Tou gu) Familiar garden annual. Double and semi-double flowers in a wide colour range.

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

Restores normal rhythm to feeble, irregular heartbeat but large doses cause respiratory paralysis. Infusion of the dried tops is recommended for dropsy as well as bladder and kidney diseases.

Grows best in dry alkaline soil. Produces white flower umbels July to October. (Lesser burnet) A tea made from the root and sweetened with honey was recommended for the bubonic plague! Used for stomach and intestinal inflammations, catarrh, cough and...

(Da huang; Chinese rhubarb; Turkey rhubarb)

When applied liberally to affected skin, it works almost immediately to soothe and help to reduce the itchy rash caused by poison ivy's irritant oils. Often grows in the same area as poison ivy, but it's handy to grow a patch of jewelweed just to be sure!...