Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Oakland

This is the true that is cultivated and used in India, and is completely different from what is commonly sold in America incorrectly under the same name. Used to alleviate stomach ache, diarrhea and for colds and cough.

This is the flower of deceit, giving off its lovely perfume only in the evening. When in flower, it is used as a gland stimulant and an aphrodisiac. Leaves picked before the flowers appear are nutritious salad greens.

Major improvement on the standard variety. All-American winner for 1997. Spicy anise-licorice aroma and flavour; excellent served fresh in such dishes as Thai green curries and Vietnamese noodle soups.

Considered a ‘life medicine' by the Navajo people who have used it for menstrual pain, stomach ache, wounds, swellings and coughs. Prefers sandy or gravelly soil on a slope. Brilliant red tubular flowers.

Like the green variety, the leaves are best used when young when they are sweet and slightly tangy. The brilliant red leaves are cooked like spinach to make Jamaican and Guyanese-style callaloo, a traditional dish that originally came from West Africa.

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

Old timers still call it "squaw corn" and remember making a porridge out of it during the cold winter months. A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations.

Excellent stuffed or stir fried. (Foo gwa; Bitter gourd) Squash-like fruit with an agreeably bitter, tangy flavour and edible peel. Grows like cucumbers. For stir fried dishes, parboil for 3 minutes to reduce bitterness.

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. (Chasteberry; Vitex) So named because the seeds reputedly subdue the sexual...

The fresh leaves add a delicious bitterness to salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta. (Wild arugula) A beautiful wild arugula with deeply lobed leaves and purple-red veins.

(Flue-cured Tobacco; Bright Tobacco) Commercial variety grown in Ontario, developed by crossing Delgold, the longtime industry standard, with an American variety. Its slightly thinner and lighter leaves cure well, producing a high quality tobacco with...

Medium-hot at 5,000 Scoville units. Looks like a cayenne pepper with long glossy scarlet pods 15-17cm/6-7" but the flavour is sweet and tart with undertones of strawberry and apples and no bitterness.

Set against its soft aromatic fern-like green leaves are masses of bright blue lavender flowers. Lovely ornamental lavender grown as an annual in flowerbeds, planters, and baskets.

Also used as a treatment for poison ivy. Native wildflower used by the Navajo and Cheyenne Indians as an analgesic for chest pains, wounds and fevers. Height 30-100cm/12-40”. Yellow, droopy daisy-like flowers in summer.

Extracts used to treat herpes and skin rashes. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish Bitters. Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany.

Henbane has been used as an instrument of assassination and murder since antiquity, most famously in Shakespeare's play Hamlet: “Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole,/with juice of cursed hebona in a vial.” Gerard's (1633) says “the leaves, seed...

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

Growing Licorice is very beneficial to your garden. It is said to neutralize toxins and help regulate blood sugar levels. Ht 36in (90cm). It is a tonic sweetener that is considered anti-inflammatory and expectorant while able to soothe irritated mucus...

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.

Finely cut foliage. For fresh use as dillweed, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Has strong flavour and high oil content. Anthocyanin-free, so it is greener than most dills.

It can be sown directly in an area that will receive full sun, to bloom from June to August. It quickly naturalized and has become the traditional symbol of carefree summer, nodding in the breeze in sunlit fields or garden beds from Newfoundland to Florida.

It was much more successful as a medicinal, entering the US Pharmacopoeia (1831-42). Native to the dry woodlands and prairies of North America, it prefers poor, dry soils, growing to 1m (3ft).

Forsythiaside found in the fruits is effective against a wide spectrum of bacteria and fungi. (Lian Qiao) Important Chinese antibacterial herb used to treat flu and cold. Hardy shrub with yellow flowers that appear before the leaves in spring.

The seed tape is 15 ft. Ready to harvest in 80 days. Flavor is rich and sweet, delicious for fresh eating, cooking or juicing. Fire Wedge Carrot produces big, thick 7 in. Roots that are a brilliant red-orange with a satisfying crunch.

Superb variety, excellent for Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Strongest scent and flavour of all the Thai basils.

The infusion made from the flowering tops is high in rutin which combats arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries and veins). Well known as a grain, cover crop and beeplant; not so well known is its medicinal value.

(Common Elderberry) Source of fruit for elderberry wine, pie and jelly, possesses extraordinary powers as a virus and bacteria fighter. It has been introduced successfully in many parts of the world including North America, East Asia, Australia and New...