Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Santa Clara

Fresh leaves, used as a garnish, add flavour to vegetables. COMMON biennial strain. Produces seeds the second year. Has highest oil content. Traditionally used in ryebread, buns and cakes, as well as in soups and stews.

(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.

Cheery garden plants. Important dyeplant: flowerheads yield bright yellow-orange shades for fabrics.

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

Leaves contain indican which must be oxidized by fermentation to produce the dye. Needs long growing season. Fresh herbage (strongest when in flower) is steeped in water for 12-48 hours with frequent stirring.

Seeds used like regular caraway except this annual strain is superior for commercial production. Sow Mar/Apr for harvest in Aug/Sept. Also seeds do not shatter when mature making them much easier to harvest.

Valuable for all chest complaints, including pleurisy. (Butterfly weed) Bright orange-red flowers are worthy of attention as an ornamental. Roots act specifically on the lungs as an expectorant and anti-inflammatory.

Infusion of the leaves and flowers is used to relieve severe headaches. Sometimes used to make ointments for sores, skin ulcers and itchy skin. A woody climbing vine native to the eastern and central United States.

Employed by Indians along with mayapple ( ) to treat venereal disease. Showy U.S. native with large blue or white flower spikes.

Cinnamon-scented leaves are popular in Japan for flavouring raw fish, bean curd, pickles and tempura. Purplish red leaves; preferred variety for pickling. Also used to give scarlet colour to pickled plums and preserved ginger.

Attractive white lacy flowers are excellent for fresh floral arrangements. (Bishopsweed) Known to the ancient Egyptians as a treatment for skin diseases this humble wild plant of the Nile valley was recently catapulted to the forefront of modern cancer...

(Sea fennel) Aromatic herb found growing along European seashores. Height 30-60cm/1-2ft. Has potential in the treatment of obesity. Does best in sandy or gravelly soil. Herbalists have long extolled the beneficial effects of pickled samphire on the digestive...

Even the older less tender leaves can be blanched a few seconds and added to salads. (Buckhorn plantain; Barbatella; Erba stella) In southern Italy this wild green with jagged lance-like leaves is added to tasty mixed salads called .

(Lesser burnet) A tea made from the root and sweetened with honey was recommended for the bubonic plague! Used for stomach and intestinal inflammations, catarrh, cough and asthma. 15-50cm/6-20”

In traditional medicine it is used for inflammation of the tongue, headache, diarrhea, veneral disease, skin sores, and cancer. (Bellyache bush; Babantsidze) Attractive small bush with glossy red leaves revered for its for spiritual properties.

Also used for pain of the extremities, sciatic neuralgia, ezcema and itching. Can be toxic if improperly used. Thorn-covered berries harvested in autumn all over China. Chinese herb used traditionally to treat headache and to nasal congestion.

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.

The English explorer Captain Cook brewed a spicy and refreshing tea from the leaves. Worldwide demand for the antiseptic oil distilled from the leaves has exploded over the past decade.

Stronger scent; bushier habit. (Pedunculata lavender) Similar to the standard form, but has large magenta flower bracts and elongated 20-30cm/8-12in flower stalks. Height up to 75cm/30”.

Has large maroon leaves, red stems, and spiky red seedpods. Can reach as high as 150cm/60in. Oil extracted from the seeds of the green form is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea.

The long curved pepper looks like, as the name suggests in Italian, the "horn of the bull". (Red Bulls Horn) One of the most loved sweet peppers of Italy. These red (rosso) peppers are huge, up to 20cm/8" in length.

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).

Seedlings can be eaten raw as a sprout, or the fresh leaves added to salads to add an interesting somewhat bitter taste. Now primarily cultivated in southern Europe, northern Africa and India, it is used as a spice, tea, vegetable, forage crop, dye plant,...

Perfect for grilling, stuffing, salads and fresh eating. Double Delight Hybrid Sweet Pepper has festive colors and a fresh flavor. Approximately 20 seeds per packet. L, are smooth and thick walled with an intensely sweet flavor.

Stays crisp and tasty even after the weather becomes hot. Ready to harvest in 45-days. The seed tape is 15 ft. Salad Bowl Leaf Lettuce has close-set, deep-lobed, brilliant green leaves that are noted for their lasting sweetness and tenderness.

The turnip bulbs are ideal for eating fresh or in saladsjust peel and enjoy. Approximately 400 seeds per packet. Larger bulbs can also be cooked. This variety can be harvested winter to spring and does not become pithy until late in the harvest season.

(Huang shu kui; Yellow sichuan mallow)