Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Ottawa

Something different from Europe. No blanching required. Curly, aromatic leaves are used to season soups and stews, or as a refreshing garnish.

Beautiful deep sky-blue flower spikes are nicely set against silvery green foliage. Fine garden choice for borders in hot and dry locations. Excellent for dried arrangements and potpourris.

Flowers mixed with alum are used to paint fingernails. Double and semi-double flowers in a wide colour range. (Tou gu) Familiar garden annual. A medicinal herb in China where it is used to clear obstructions in the throat.

Has highest oil content. Traditionally used in ryebread, buns and cakes, as well as in soups and stews. Anti-flatulent. Best sown in late summer to yield fresh seed the next season.

Low mat-forming variety with woolly leaves and golden flowers.

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

Beautiful prairie wildflower used by American Indians. Considered an important medicinal herb for wounds, heart problems, diarrhea and pneumonia. Tolerates drought well and often self-seeds in optimum conditions.

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

Pretty border perennial with pale blue flowers. Has been used for rheumatic pains, diarrhea and coughs. As with ordinary flax, seeds contain linseed oil.

Eyewash is reputed to strengthen weak eyes. Striking brilliant blue blossoms, infused in water, have both curative and calming action for nervous disorders.

(Chinese ephedra) Properties and uses are similar to those of but contains the additional anti-inflammatory compound, ephedroxane. Native of dry grasslands of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia.

In the fresh state all parts are very poisonous. Socrates is the most notable to die in this manner. The active principle, coniine, has provided to be an effective insecticide against aphids and blowflies.

Whole seeds are used to season pickles, sausages and sauerkraut. The well known condiment is prepared from ground mustard seeds. (Mustard cress; Yellow mustard) True companion to curled cress for salads and sandwiches.

(Bishopsweed) Developed for the commercial cutflower market. The white flowers are large flat umbels floating above the dark green foliage. When plants are in bloom it looks like the angels draped celestial white lace everywhere.

It has naturalized and grows wild in some Canadian provinces and central and Eastern U.S. states, preferring hillsides and rocky locales. Although it is somewhat bothered by insects and disease, it is tough and will come back over and over.

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

Its net effect on the palate is hearty, down-to-earth, and so good! Try it in stuffings, stews, salads, salsas, or on poultry, fish, devilled eggs, or even in tabouleh, bulgar, and potato salad.

Large stemless flower with creamy-yellow centre and silver bracts is excellent for dried arrangements. Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an...

Will flower the first season if started early. Ht. 25cm (10in). Compact and uniform variety with deep purple-blue flowers. The branching habit is very tight, close to the base and produces a rich flush of attractive flower spikes.

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

Common weed, popular as a pot-herb. Rich source of vitamins A and C. Young tender plants are a pleasant spinach substitute when boiled and served with butter.

(Catgut) Showy native herb with pink and yellow pea-like flowers. The roots are tonic, diuretic and diaphoretic. The roots are also a source of the insecticide rotenone. Grows throughout eastern and central North America but is endangered in Ontario due...

Approximately 100 seeds per packet. It has a tightly packed head and with a short core. Ready to harvest in late Summer to early Fall. The average weight is 4 lbs. And won't split.