Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Newark

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

(Sri tulsi; Rama tulsi) The true sacred basil grown in houses, gardens and near temples all over India. Note that much of what is sold as sacred or holy basil is actually spice basil, listed separately.

The hard seeds need to be scarified in order to germinate. The roots were used for many conditions including diarrhea, stomach ache, toothache, coughs, sore throat, fever, and the flu.

Ht. 60-80cm/24-32". Highly aromatic, with a pleasant mint-like scent. Most abundant of the big sagebrushes, growing in mountain meadows and rocky slopes from British Columbia to California.

Flower clusters can be steamed like broccoli or fried in egg batter with mozzarella cheese. Young leaves are mild spinach substitute: beneficial for those who must avoid the calcium-sequestering oxalic acid in spinach.

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.

Berries are very sweet, with a faint pineapple tang, excellent for eating fresh out of hand, or for use in jams. Can be direct sown outside. A perfect border plant for the garden, it does best in part shade.

Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system. Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory.

Lovely in fresh or dry bouquets and arrangements. Good container plant and for edging. Low parthenolide. Masses of double white flowers on neat, compact plants 18cm/7” high.

Start indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost date for an early start. Resembles green tomatoes and ground cherries, but neither is a substitute for the tomatillo. A fixture in Mexican salsa verde, the mildly hot green sauce served with tacos and chile...

Rich shades of chamois, pink, rose and cream. (Paper daisy) Handsome daisies with papery petals.

(Red root) Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution. A good gargle for mouth and throat sores. Indians made a wash for skin problems including skin cancer and venereal sores.

Powdered leaves and flowers used in Switzerland to flavour and colour Schabzieger or Sapsago cheese. Also to flavour bread, soups, potato dishes and to make an aromatic tea. Young seedlings as fresh greens with oil and salt.X6554

The low grey-green shrub is found from California to New Mexico north to Montana. The Shoshoni Indians of Nevada used the leaves for coughs and colds. The black sagebrush is one of the most common shrubs of the United States.

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. Matures in 60 days. A beautiful white version of the Lemon heirloom cucumber.

The flowers start earlier than other bergamots and last through August. The mass of colour is so striking Bergamo was awarded the Fleuroselect Gold Medal for 2008. Ht. 45-60cm (18-24in).

Bitter fruits are used in Indian curries. Root is an expectorant; used in Ayurvedic medicine for for cough, asthma, chest pain. (Yellow-berried nightshade) Spiny, diffuse herb found throughout India.

Tolerates drought well and often self-seeds in optimum conditions. The Navajo and Oglala tribes made a pleasant beverage tea from the leaves and the Comanche, Lokota and Ponca chewed the sweet tasting roots like candy.

Like regular lemon balm, the fresh leaves give a burst of lemon when they are squeezed. Used the same ways: for tea, salads, soups, etc. A much-loved lemon-scented herb gets a makeover with beautiful gold-infused leaves! The gold is most pronounced in...

Here's to good health, naturally! Cayenne, Comfrey, Valerian and Calendula.

(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.

Large yellow flowers. Fern-like leaves; height up to 1.5m/5ft.

It has been introduced successfully in many parts of the world including North America, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Gaining a well-deserved reputation as a highly effective remedy for colds and flus.

Tart fruits are commonly used in Indian curries, sauces, chutneys and beverages, and in Indian medicine for their carminative and laxative properties. Cooling tea made from leaves is useful for fevers, dysentery and morning sickness.

Best known for flavouring liqueurs such as anisette, ouzo, absinthe and sambuca. Drinks containing oil of anise remain transparent until water is added, causing the oil to "bloom" in a milky white or pale green clouds called a louche.

More uniform than other varieties. Excellent for pots and for borders. Superb dwarf basil with large leaves.

Coarser foliage; almost completely lacks the odour and flavour characteristic of the true French variety. Tall, vigorous habit. Not recommended.