Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In New Hampshire

Dense clusters of small, yellow, button-like flowers.

Fleshy roots, dug in autumn and boiled and roasted, taste like chestnuts. 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...

Roots are excellent for flavouring soups, stews, or steamed to serve with butter or sauce. Standard variety. Both leaves and its slender, parsnip-like root are used. Roots 20-25cm/8-10 long; flat leaves.

Fruits or rosehips are 20 times richer in vitamin C than oranges. Delicious in preserves, sauces and tea. (Wild rose) A wild rose found growing in eastern and western North America.

The yellow button flowers with their dark red "eyes" at the tips are fun to add to salads for a nice "electric" tingling effect. The leaves produce a tingling sensation when eaten fresh like cress.

Compact, lush green foliage is beautifully decorated with numerous purple button-sized flowers. All America winner for 2002. Ornamental, aromatic and edible -- this basil has it all! Plants are remarkably uniform (for a basil) at about 40cm/15” tall...

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

Due to overharvesting in China it is endangered in the wild, but it is now in cultivation in India and Japan. (Xi Shu, Happy Tree, Tree of Life) Chinese tree with proven anti-cancer properties.

They have unusually high vitamin C content. Spicy fragrance and gorgeous mix of colours. Young leaves make a pleasant pepper substitute in pepper-restricted diets. Climber with strong vines up to 2m/6ft high; for trellises, fences or poles.

Although gentian blue is the colour most associated with these gentians, the flowers of Tibetan gentian are greenish white and tubular, appearing in late summer or early fall. This rare Tibetan species of gentian is an upright plant, 60cm/2ft tall, with...

Long stems, suitable for cutflowers. Dense double white pompon type. Contains 0.3% parthenolide.

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

Very easy to grow. (Chinese spinach) Callaloo is a popular Caribbean dish made from different leafy plants depending on local custom. The association between the dish and amaranth is so strong that the plant itself is often called “callaloo”.

The texture is nice and crisp and the flavour is sweet and never gets bitter. The round white fruits are about 7cm/3" across and fit easily in the palm. A beautiful white version of the Lemon heirloom cucumber.

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

To the Swiss, Austrians and Bavarians, the white-woolly flowers of the edelweiss are instantly emblematic of a simple, wholesome mountain lifestyle. But in the future it is expected that the cosmetic industry will employ edelweiss to neutralize free radicals...

(Da huang; Chinese rhubarb; Turkey rhubarb)

Harvest when plants are 10 cm (4") tall or more. (Winter cress; Land cress) Upland cress is a fast-growing alternative to watercress. Easy to grow indoors or out, upland cress thrives in most zones, in sun or shade, moist or dry.

The mucilaginous seed coats lubricate and cleanse the intestines, acting as a mild laxative. Popular prepared laxatives such as Metamucil are made from the seeds. (Isphaghula; Blond psyllium) Important remedy for constipation and problems of the bowel,...

Scarlet, white or blue flowers close when bad weather is imminent, hence the name Weatherglass. Reputation for treating depression, melancholy, and allied mental disorders.

Developed in the 1980s by Swedish echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson. Beautiful European variety with rose-purple petals that don't droop as much as wild echinaceas. Excellent longlasting cutflower.

Uncooked it can be added to baked goods or substituted for other seeds, nuts, or small grains. The grain is cooked and eaten like millet or quinoa but the cooking time is shorter (thus requiring less energy).

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.

The leaves were used for teas. Tolerates drought and will self-seed. Navajo remedy for stomachache, abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever. Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun.

Bush-type plants set 3 to 5 tasty, light green seeds per pod. Ready to harvest in 75 days. Fordhook 242 Lima Bean is prolific even during drought and heat, making it perfect for growing in the South.

Homey bees love this herb, and for beekeepers having this around adds a light fragrance to the honey. Brewed, it is known to help with digestion and congestion. Attractive honey plant with masses of white flower spikes, rich in nectar.