Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In St Petersburg

Mesclun is commonly defined as a mixture of salad greens. Spicy Mesclun contains pak-choi, chinese mustard, mustard spinach, shungiku, curled cress, roquette and mizuna. Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens.

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

The stalks are very short, only 75-90cm (2.5-3ft) high, and the small 10cm (4") multicoloured cobs are strikingly beautiful. A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations.

The leaves have a mild fruity aroma but they are not used in cooking or for scent. Beautiful sage from southern Europe with giant silver-gray woolly leaves. In Lucania, in southern Italy, the young leaves are traditionally collected during the procession...

Native of Tibet with showy masses of violet-blue globe-like flowers from July to August. It is also used for mastitis and for distension of the breast. The roots are anti-inflammatory and are used as a galactagogue -- an agent that increases milk flow...

Prefers dry, well-drained sandy loam. (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.

White-pink flowers resemble turtle heads. (Balmony; Bitter herb) Used for poor appetite, indigestion, general debility, constipation, piles, worms. Good tonic during convalescence.

Seeds used like regular caraway except this annual strain is superior for commercial production. Also seeds do not shatter when mature making them much easier to harvest. High yielder, producing double the crop of the common biennial variety.

Good heat and drought tolerance. Impressive new series from Germany with abundant large flowers, 10-12cm/4-5 across. Ht. 70-80cm/28-32. Attracts butterflies. Excellent cutflower.

(Mustard cress; Yellow mustard) True companion to curled cress for salads and sandwiches. Whole seeds are used to season pickles, sausages and sauerkraut. Sow 4 days after cress to mature concurrently.

The fresh leaves are edible and are eaten like cress. (Spilanthes; Australian cress) Leaves have a mild numbing effect and are useful for toothaches. Also used as an antibiotic against candida.

Ithaca Head Lettuce yields crisp heads that extend the season as it is slow to form seed stalks. Approximately 500 seeds per packet. Produces firm, well-wrapped heads. Ready to harvest in 65 days.

A Mediterranean native, it is naturally salt and drought tolerant, withstands heavy frost, is fire resistant, deer resistant, and attractive to bees. Dusty miller not only makes all the other plants in your garden look better, it is a boon to those facing...

Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost. Broccoli-like vegetable from China. Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own.

(Wild rose) A wild rose found growing in eastern and western North America. Delicious in preserves, sauces and tea. Fruits or rosehips are 20 times richer in vitamin C than oranges.

Perfect for pot production. The breeder's choice of variety name 'Gecofure' is an unimaginative contraction of 'GEnovese COmpatto FUsarium REsistant'. Ht. 30-35cm/12-14”. Excellent uniformity, aroma and flavour.

Something different to try in the garden. Hill up the soil around the beets as they grow to keep them from turning green. The completely white beets won't ever stain your clothes or your tablecloth! This heirloom beet from Holland has a delicious, sweet...

It produces flowering shoots and bladed grass up to 1m tall. Blooms July & August. (Sweet vernal grass) An ornamental grass similar to sweetgrass but more compact. Like woodruff, it has a sweet vanilla aroma that is released when dried or wilted.

Intense green fruits that have a juicy sweet-tart taste and are delightfully crunchy. Tamayo R Tomatillo produces very large 2-1/2 in. Vigorous, healthy plants produce loads of delicious fruit.

Rare species with green foliage reminiscent of rosemary in appearance. Chamaecyparissus, it is particularly effective in knot gardens when clipped as low hedges. Like its grey cousin, S.

Approximately 50 seeds per packet. Fully mature in 65 days, but can be harvested earlier. Kossak Kohlrabi is an amazing variety can grow up to 10 in. Even at this incredible size the flavor remains tender, sweet and delicious with no woody taste.

The large and small gourd mix is ideal for arts-and-crafts, display as fall decorations or for bringing to fall markets. Approximately 30 seeds per packet. Gourd mix comes in a wide range of sizes, shapes and colors.

Used in lozenges for sore throat and cough, and for diarrhea and dysentery. Source of important resin. In the food industry it is used as a stabilizer, emulsifier and flavour fixative, and it is common in chewing gum and candy.

When pressed, linseeds release thirty-five per cent of their weight in oil; the leftover “cake” is a useful animal feed. Canada is a major producer of linseed. Flax should be sown in the spring, in moist fertile soil with good drainage.

Grow Heirloom Herbs - Plant Perilla Seeds Also known as Japanese Perilla or Shiso, this common culinary herb features attractive reddish purple leaves and a flavor that has been likened to a blend of coriander, cinnamon and citrus.