Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Lowell

Height up to 3ft (90cm) Umbel stems continue to be sold as natural toothpicks in the Middlle East and Asia. Sow into well-draining, moist soil. Leaves have pungent yet pleasant, cress-like flavour.

Although sometimes an unwanted volunteer in hayfields, it is indispensable in hummingbird and bee gardens, where the lovely trumpet-shaped flowers will easily attract these busy visitors.

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

According to Gerard, the powder snuffed up the nose was prescribed to ‘cleanse the head of tough slimy humours.' White or pinkish flower clusters inspire its other name, the Pearl.

(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 asthma. Grows best in dry alkaline soil.

Improves the appetite by stimulating bile flow, gastric juices and pancreatic secretions. Lovely in rock gardens. Petite woolly rosettes of leaves resemble a cat's foot.

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

Leaves contain indican which must be oxidized by fermentation to produce the dye. A blue sediment will form which is the dye. Needs long growing season. Ancient dyeplant known for the clarity and fastness of the blue produced.

Highly aromatic, with a pleasant mint-like scent. A study has shown that the vapours given off by the foliage can protect stored grain from insect damage. Ht. 60-80cm/24-32". Most abundant of the big sagebrushes, growing in mountain meadows and rocky...

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

Try it in low borders or flower beds next to green or grey plants. Used like lyreleaf sage for cancer and other conditions. Ht. 20-25cm/8-10”. (Cancerweed) Medicinal herb with impressive horticultural potential! Its rich bronze-purple foliage can be...

Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. High yielding variety for medicinal use. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil.

(Bishopsweed) Known to the ancient Egyptians as a treatment for skin diseases this humble wild plant of the Nile valley was recently catapulted to the forefront of modern cancer research.

Suited for indoor pot culture. Tropical shrub or small tree with pale yellow fragrant flowers. In the food industry it is used as a stabilizer, emulsifier and flavour fixative, and it is common in chewing gum and candy.

(Lablab) Most of this legume vine from India is edible: the pods, leaves, flowers, dried seeds, sprouted seeds and roots are all commonly eaten in India. In traditional Chinese medicine it is used as a tonic and for the treatment of dysentery, bloody...

Splendid golden-yellow fl. Tufts with large, bronze bracts.

Standard lettuce-leaf type grown in Italy. Large ribbed leaves, strong flavour.

Very uniform mosscurled type suited for fresh-cut and processing use. Medium late maturity. Suited also for potplant production. Leaves are dark green, medium fine curled.

Source of the famous dye “Turkish Red”, a characteristic colour of Persian carpets. Seeds possess hallucinogenic alkaloids. In Egypt, the oil expressed from the seeds is said to be an aphrodisiac.

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

Small: 2cm/1” long, 1cm/0.5” across. Salsas, pickled, or roasted for sauces. Heat: 10,000-23,000 Scoville units. Use when green or ripened to scarlet. Thick flesh; clean biting heat.

It is earlier to flower and more uniform than the standard form. Impressive in fresh floral arrangements! Casablanca is also a fine garden flower for tall borders. Ht. 100-125cm (40-50in).

Ht. 45-60cm (18-24in). Mildew resistant. The leaves have a pleasant mild lemon scent and flavour. The mass of colour is so striking Bergamo was awarded the Fleuroselect Gold Medal for 2008.

Ht 2-3ft (60-90cm). Rudbeckia works well planted into a mid or rear garden bed filler. Sow into moist, moderately rich, well-draining soil after last frost. Used as a medicinal herb by Native Americans as a treatment for parasites and colds.

Approximately 35 seeds per packet. A nice cool and mild flavor. Bush Pickle Hybrid Pickling Cucumber is the perfect choice for small gardens and containers. Ready to harvest in 45 days.

Try teff in your favourite breads, cookies, cakes, stir fry dishes, casseroles, soups, and stews. While it contains glutin, the glutin is not of the type that causes celiac disease.

Prefers dry, sunny areas with excellent drainage. 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.