Prefers full sun and is drought tolerant. It is a small tree with fragrant showy pink flowers in summer. Some scientists apparently think that Coca-Cola contains this herb. It is gaining a reputation among western herbalists as a fast and highly effective...
Delicious in preserves, sauces and tea. Pink flowers have delicate fragrance; June. (Wild rose) A wild rose found growing in eastern and western North America. Fruits or rosehips are 20 times richer in vitamin C than oranges.
Ease of Germination: Difficult/Special Treatment Required
Used for dropsy, respiratory catarrh and skin eruptions. Flowers are edible. (Johnny jump up) Old English favourite with charming small purple, lavender and yellow flowers. Was once a potent symbol of romance for courting couples.
Highly aromatic, with a pleasant mint-like scent. Has a history of medicinal and food use by Native Americans, especially for cough, colds, and pneumonia. Ht. 60-80cm/24-32". A study has shown that the vapours given off by the foliage can protect stored...
Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas. All parts are bitter. Commonly used in homeopathy. Used for gout, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy and cardiac ailments.
Medium late maturity. Suited also for potplant production. Very uniform mosscurled type suited for fresh-cut and processing use. Leaves are dark green, medium fine curled.
The juice mixed with vegetable oil has been used to heal burns. A neat fleshy plant for dry areas and rock gardens; bluish-green leaves and showy crimson flowers. (Orpine stonecrop) Fleshy leaves boiled in milk are used to stimulate the kidneys.
Only seeds may be imported into the U.S. (plants not permitted). Tall growing vine, ideal for covering antenna towers. A pillow stuffed with hops flowers will overcome insomnia. Important medicinally for its calming effect.
Ease of Germination: Difficult/Special Treatment Required
Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system. Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit.
Not well known to gardeners because traditional varieties fail to produce before the frosts arrive in autumn; but our variety is a much earlier (day-length neutral) and starts to produce in 75 days.
It requires a growing season of 4-5 months, with flowering triggered by the shortening days. Growth will be hindered by wet soil. A legume, fenugreek requires little fertilizer. Traditionally considered a valuable addition to livestock feed, Agriculture...
Easy from seeds; for gardens or in containers. Here is a flower-herb-veggie that cuts across the genres, with its white-flecked leaves and showy edible red-burgundy flowers. The leaves and flowers have a hot watercress flavour and are great in salads;...
Duration: Annual
Ease of Germination: Easy
Botanical Name: Tropaeolum minus 'Tip Top Alaska Red Shades'
Bushier and higher foliage mass than other varieties, and has high essential oil content. Ht. 30cm/12”. Improved uniform selection for commercial production.
Also helps to clear vision. Fine garden annual, easily grown. Brilliant orange or red crested flowers resemble a rooster's comb. Used in China for stopping hemorrhages and diarrhea.
The tall silvery white flower spikes are attractive, but they should be cut back immediately after flowering otherwise plants may not come back the next season. In Lucania, in southern Italy, the young leaves are traditionally collected during the procession...
Lovely clear blue daisy flowers. A wild flower in much of North America. A food and medicine plant going back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans who used the roots and the young shoots in spring like dandelion.
Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn. Start early indoors, plant out with support. Long, slender fruit with an edible peel.
Ready to harvest in 55 days. The flavor is enhanced when harvested after the first frost. The favor is crisp, sweet and mild. The root is fine grained and gets as big as a softball.
Poultice of fresh leaves on wounds prevents infection. Leaf juice is reputed to have blood cleansing properties, to strengthen weak lungs, and to fight colds, diarrhea and similar digestive complaints.
Botanical Name: Plantago lanceolata
Duration: Perennial
When to Sow: Spring/Late Summer/Early Fall/Anytime
Saponin content is somewhat lower than . Native of dry grasslands of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia. Prefers dry, well-drained sandy loam. (Chinese ephedra) Properties and uses are similar to those of but contains the additional anti-inflammatory...
Forms dense globular little bushes 50-70cm/20-28” across so perfectly uniform they look pruned. Good spicy flavour. A spectacular refinement of bush basil from Italy where the variety is known as (“very fine green, like a ball or globe”).
Gaining a well-deserved reputation as a highly effective remedy for colds and flus. Very similar to American elder in appearance and used in the same ways. It has been introduced successfully in many parts of the world including North America, East Asia,...
Ease of Germination: Difficult/Special Treatment Required
Approximately 75 seeds per packet. Heavy-yielding indeterminate vines. Ideal for slicing. Fruits with rich, full flavor. Beefsteak Tomato is an old-fashioned favorite that bears big, meaty, 2 lbs.
✓ Flat, solid, very meaty and juicy flesh, rich red color, up to 2 lbs. fruits
When covered in orange and red fruits, the plants can be very pretty for the patio. 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.