Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Baltimore

It quickly became popular among growers because of its improved resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and because its extra bushy foliage helps protect fruits from scalding caused by the sun.

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

Compact, lush green foliage is beautifully decorated with numerous purple button-sized flowers. All America winner for 2002. Terrific for containers and garden plantings. Has great potential in salads, pestos, as garnish, or anywhere regular basil is...

Recommended for excessive menstruation. Infusion is excellent for stopping internal and external hemorrhages.

One or two drops of fresh juice dropped into the eye are said to remove cataract. Dusty miller not only makes all the other plants in your garden look better, it is a boon to those facing tough gardening conditions and a beautiful plant in its own right,...

Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens. Heat tolerant; suited for mid-summer sowings. Sweet basil, borage, roquette, bronze fennel, sugar beet, red leaf lettuce.

Fresh leaves used as a poultice for inflammations, ulcers, abscesses. Can be invasive. Fresh leaves are eaten as a delicacy in salads or cooked like spinach. A decoction is used to treat constipation.

Performing well in meadow gardens as well as cottage garden settings, it prefers full sun and is unappealing to deer. Gayfeather is easily grown from seed, blooming in the second year.

Flavour resembles onions, with rich aromatic overtones. Also suitable for sprouts and ‘microherb' production. In China there is a large industry growing the ‘tree vegetable' in greenhouses and tunnels year round.

Ht 2-3ft (60-90cm). Situate in full sun, and divide roots every 3 years. There is evidence that at least several species of Rudbeckia have immunostimulatory activity similar to echinacea.

Sweet-scented, deep violet flowers are candied as decoration for puddings, cakes and ice cream. Important source of perfume. Old garden favourite.

Sow 4 days after cress to mature concurrently. The well known condiment is prepared from ground mustard seeds. Whole seeds are used to season pickles, sausages and sauerkraut. (Mustard cress; Yellow mustard) True companion to curled cress for salads and...

Improved strain of valerian for commercial production; root yield up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare (1 ton/acre); contains 0.7% essential oil (bornyl acetate, valepotriate and valerenic acid).

It was once used for fever and malaria. Ht. 90-120cm/3-4ft. Herbalists today use it as a detoxifier, especially in support of Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses. (Pitcher sage; Blue sage; Kansas sage) Tall azure-blue sage of the American prairies...

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.

Rutabaga is tastes great eaten raw, roasted, mashed, Sauteed, baked and added to soups and pasties. Ready to harvest in 100 days. Packed full of nutrition and antioxidants. The root has a sweet flavor and firm texture.

Excellent for dried arrangements and potpourris. It is heat and drought tolerant and very hardy. Start seeds early: it takes 3-4 months to get garden-sized plants. Ht. 40-50cm (16-20in).

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.

Melon Gourmet is very early to ripen and produces a 3 lbs. Approximately 10 seeds per packet. It is deliciously sweet and has a wonderful aroma and texture. Fruit with creamy white flesh.

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 species. Wagner of the University of Munich, the leading European research group working on echinacea,...

Flowers are 7cm/3” across with a chocolate brown centre. (Yellow coneflower) The only yellow-flowering echinacea. Ht. 75cm/30”. Traditionally used like other echinaceas for its antiviral, anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting effects.

The oil is distilled and harvested commercially. It has smaller leaves, and stronger flavour and aroma than garden sage (S. It is also a popular antidiabetic used throughout Spain.

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

In fact, the more they are picked, the more they produce. Cooked like regular spinach. Unlike ordinary spinach, its spreading branches produce succulent leaves and stemtips of very fine flavour throughout the season, long after all other varieties finish.

The ground-hugging plant develops fleshy roots that are eaten as a vegetable or are dried and ground to a powder for medicinal use. (Peruvian ginseng) Traditional food of the Peruvian Andes related to radish and turnip.