Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In New Haven

(Xi Shu, Happy Tree, Tree of Life) Chinese tree with proven anti-cancer properties. The tree reaches 20m/65ft. Drugs derived from the tree are ringing up sales in excess of $1 billion.

Stunning red-orange heirloom variety from Turkey. The small round fruit, 7cm/3" in diameter, are eaten when green, and when they turn orange they are good for stuffing. Heavy yields and insect resistant.

Ht. 35-40cm/14-16. Lovely variety with large purple wing-like bracts resting upon a sea of dark purple flowerheads. Stunning in flower beds! Flowers the first season if started early (Jan-Feb).

Traditional European panacea for many complaints including lack of appetite, sluggish digestion and stomach disturbances. Highly useful during convalescence.

Roots of this common wildplant are said to have “blood-purifying” properties. One of four herbs in the Essiac anti-cancer formula. Useful for skin diseases, including eczema. Recent medical evidence supports folkloric use for tumours.

Tender biennial or triennial. Can be grown for interest as a potplant in a bright window or greenhouse. This and other species of Gossypium are the sources of the eminently useful cotton fibre.

Roots provide a valuable antiseptic, useful for bacterial infections of the mouth, throat, respiratory system, and skin. It is currently being considered as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, in combination with other herbs, for its purported immune...

It is biennial, self-seeding to come back year after year. Nice when paired with bergamots and coneflowers, its pastel blooms bring the colours of an Impressionist painting to the mixed border.

It is said to neutralize toxins and help regulate blood sugar levels. It is a tonic sweetener that is considered anti-inflammatory and expectorant while able to soothe irritated mucus membranes in the respiratory and GI tract.

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

Colds, dyspepsia, stomachache, gout and constipation, and is used externally to clear up skin infections. Aromatic native of southern and eastern Africa where it is widely used for fevers and the treatment of malaria.

It contains aconitine, an analgesic, sedative and a neurotoxin at higher concentrations. In ancient times aconite was used as a poison to coat arrowheads in battle and hunt. Height 24-48in (60-120cm); spread 12-18in (30-45cm)

Leaf juice is reputed to have blood cleansing properties, to strengthen weak lungs, and to fight colds, diarrhea and similar digestive complaints. Poultice of fresh leaves on wounds prevents infection.

Sow direct in the garden in early spring or late summer to overwinter the following spring. A beautiful chervil of the Brussels Winter type, with shiny dark green flat leaves and a nice dense growth habit.

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

Large single white trumpet-like flowers are fragrant at night. Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery.

Soft, lacy, deeply-cut blue-green foliage. Blue-violet flowers appear all winter.

(Aztec Tobacco) The wild tobacco used by North American Indians for thousands of years and still in use in native ceremonies. Click for instructions for growing tobacco in home gardens.

(Bugloss) A biennial, bringing beautiful clear purple-blue flowers to the garden in June and July. Although sometimes an unwanted volunteer in hayfields, it is indispensable in hummingbird and bee gardens, where the lovely trumpet-shaped flowers will...

Ht. 40cm/15”. (Baikal scullcap; Huang qin) One of Chinese medicine's most important herbs is now all dressed up for the flower garden! English breeders managed to coax the hardy perennial to throw up bigger purple-blue flowers and more of them.

(Cardinal flower) One of our favourite wildflowers which provides a briliant splash of red color in damp, partially shaded locations. Said to be anthelminthic, nervine and antispasmodic.

(Cape jasmine; Zhi zi) Wonderfully scented white flowers used by the floral industry in arrangements and corsages. Succeeds as a house plant if kept moist and warm (above 18°C/65°F).

Ht. 40-45cm/16-18”. Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks. The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden.

Soothing tisanes to collect the spirit. Anise-Hyssop, Lemon Balm, Chamomile, Menthol Mint and Bergamot.

(Eryngo) Grown for its roots which are both edible and medicinal. Was prescribed for chronic nervousness and kidney and bladder disease. Fleshy roots, dug in autumn and boiled and roasted, taste like chestnuts.

An infusion of the flowering tops is used, often in conjunction with echinacea for urinary problems, and for upper respiratory infections, mucus congestion and postnasal drip. A cocktail of chemical constituents has been found to be medicinally active,...