Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Dayton

An outstanding genovese basil for pots. Its medium dark green foliage has excellent flavour and aroma, and makes this variety an excellent choice for potted plant growers and for greenhouse and hydroponic basil producers.

Pretty border perennial with pale blue flowers. Has been used for rheumatic pains, diarrhea and coughs. As with ordinary flax, seeds contain linseed oil.

When dried the fruits can be powdered and used as a seasoning, and can substitute for European sumac ( ) in spice mixtures such as zaatar. The leaves, roots and fruits are astringent and can be used for colds, stomachache, diarrhea, dysentery, and as...

Best sown outdoors as soon as the ground can be worked in spring. Steamed or sauteed, and dressed with lemon and oil, it is commonly served with fish. In Italian it is known as "Barba di Frate" or "monk's beard" because the Capuchin monks were fond of...

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.

Old timers still call it "squaw corn" and remember making a porridge out of it during the cold winter months. This corn can be roasted and then added to salads, and young ears can be roasted or boiled.

Bright yellow flowers. Height 75cm/30” Indonesian favourite with a strong, pungent scent and flavour. Young shoots are eaten raw, mixed with coconut, or cooked with other greens.

A most attractive form of bush basil with larger leaves (1 cm) and uniform dense globular little bushes. Best variety for commercial potplant sales. Plants tend to be a little stronger and more uniform than other bush varieties.

(Loofah) Known as the ‘dishcloth gourd' because the dried over-ripe fruits can be used to scrub dishes. Used in Chinese cuisine as a vegetable and in medicine for rheumatic pains.

Sow direct in the garden in early spring or late summer to overwinter the following spring. Well suited for home gardens and commercial fresh herb production. Like all chervils the fresh leaves are sweet with a hint of anise and are delicious chopped...

Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun. The roots were regarded by the Navajo and Pawnee Indians as a ‘life medicine' and a panacea. Tolerates drought and will self-seed.

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

Much improved over its wild relative. Leaves are a light golden colour. Succulent leaves are popular in France for salads, cooked greens or in soups. Good summer green performing best in hot weather.

Bush type with small leaves and a highly uniform dwarf compact habit. Excellent for pots and borders.

(Bead tree) Beautiful tree, native of China and India; much cultivated in southern U.S. Bark used as an emetic and to expel worms. Hardy along southern B.C. coast. Hard nuts are used for making rosaries.

Medicinally similar to marshmallow. (Tree mallow) Purple flowers yield an excellent natural colouring for drinks and herbal teas. Also great in salads.

But be forewarned: some suggest the aromatic seeds have exactly the opposite effect! Whatever the effect on the libido, it is clear that it has an effect on hormonal balance. In Germany, women who are stopping oral contraception, use chastetree to help...

In the 16th and 17th centuries the candied roots, called “kissing comforts,” were considered aphrodisiac, and were given, with all due discretion, to older people suffering from “loss of vital force” and shortness of breath.

It is also used for mastitis and for distension of the breast. Excellent cut or dried flower. Native of Tibet with showy masses of violet-blue globe-like flowers from July to August.

Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours. Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis.

Also used as a diuretic and to reduce excessive sweating. Animal studies suggest it strengthens endurance. Purple flowers; grows up to 60cm/2 ft high. Rhizomes are used to treat diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite and vomiting related to deficiencies...

Employed by Indians along with mayapple ( ) to treat venereal disease. Showy U.S. native with large blue or white flower spikes.

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

The crisp, lacy leaves are as delicious as they are pretty with a nice nutty flavor. Hand-size heads are easy to harvest. Glory Endive's unique texture and beautiful leaves are an attractive addition to your salad.