Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In San Antonio

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.

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

-- Richters special mesclun contains Kagraner lettuce, red leaf lettuce, roquette, radicchio, cornsalad, borage, mizuna, mustard spinach, chervil and curled cress. Sow in early spring or late summer.

Situate in full sun, and divide roots every 3 years. Tall stems bloom with radiant golden-yellow sunflowers and distinct black centers. Native to eastern United States, these are one of the most adored wildflowers.

Can be direct sown outside. A perfect border plant for the garden, it does best in part shade. This variety is heavy cropping, bearing white fruit all season long on runnerless plants.

Finally, here is a lemon catnip that truly smells of lemons. For years we have carried ‘Lemon Catnip' and while it had a perceptable hint of lemon, it never quite lived up to its name.

Yields camphor-like oil used primarily in soaps. Coarse, broad leaved variety. Highly productive oil-yielding variety.

Much improved over its wild relative. Tender green leaves. Succulent leaves are popular in France for salads, cooked greens or in soups. Good summer green performing best in hot weather.

They can even be candied. Borage, Calendula, Heartsease, Nasturtium, Citrus Marigold. Feast for the eyes -- pleasing to the palate. Herbs with edible flowers to add to salads, omelettes, desserts, and drinks.

Lovely clear blue daisy flowers. A wild flower in much of North America. A food and medicine plant going back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans who used the roots and the young shoots in spring like dandelion.

Attractive New Zealand shrub called the Tea Plant by Captain Cook because of the agreeably bitter tea his men made from the leaves. Traditional Maori remedy for kidney and bladder complaints, and to combat the miseries of the common cold.

Flowers look like white umbrellas mounted on strong, straight stems. (Honeyplant) Commercial variety for the cutflower market. It is earlier to flower and more uniform than the standard form.

Oil extracted from the seeds of the green form is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea. A showy form of the venerable castor bean long used in medicine.

All parts are bitter. Attractive British wildflower with masses of milky white or purplish flowers. Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas. Used for gout, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy and cardiac ailments.

Served on sashimi (sliced raw fish), tempura, and sushi. This herb has lots of potential for experimentation! (Azabu-tade; Cultivated smartweed) Popular Japanese herb used for sushi.

California Indians so cherished the tea for general use that it was always available. Pleasant thirst-quenching tea. (Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Reported to contain some ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, both potent central nervous system stimulants.

(Bugloss) A biennial, bringing beautiful clear purple-blue flowers to the garden in June and July. The plant is a biennial, preferring dry, sandy soil and full sun. Said to be effective when applied topically for ulcers and injuries to the skin.

Striking head of star-like pistils, suspended by delicate cup-like calyces.

A decoction of leaves was used for pneumonia, and an infusion was widely used for coughs and colds, fever, sore throat, and runny nose. But the traditional use of sagebrush internally must have been carefully limited because the plant oils are known to...

Also used to give scarlet colour to pickled plums and preserved ginger. (Akashisho) Decorative green foliage reminiscent of coleus. Cinnamon-scented leaves are popular in Japan for flavouring raw fish, bean curd, pickles and tempura.

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

Dyers can use a copper mordant to derive a black dye from the roots, and the flowers and leaves can be dried to use in potpourris. It is a favourite of gardeners for its ferny leaves and clusters of bloom, mixing well with other unfussy perennial blooms...

Popular prepared laxatives such as Metamucil are made from the seeds. Low growing annual with soft, grass-like hairy leaves. (Isphaghula; Blond psyllium) Important remedy for constipation and problems of the bowel, including irritable bowel syndrome.

Approximately 1,000 seeds per packet. Ready to harvest in 70 days. Paris White Cos Romaine Lettuce has a piquant flavor that sets it apart from other lettuces. Produces vase-shaped heads.

It is also known as "pink brush" for its masses of pink flowers throughout much of the summer and fall. Ht. 40-60cm/16-24". Research shows that this herb kills pathogenic bacteria, including at least one drug-resistant strain.