Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Sunnyvale

Neat compact bush habit, only 10-15cm (4-6") high, with medium sized dark green leaves. Excellent for pot culture.

(Red endive) Grows like Belgian endive. Rootstocks produce compact rounded heads of purplish red foliage when being forced after fall harvest of roots. The red colour, crisp, crunchy texture, and slightly bitter taste add distinction to any green salad.

Purplish foliage. (Licorice basil) Originally from Persia, this gem has an endearing sweet anise fragrance and flavour.

Does best in sandy or gravelly soil. Has potential in the treatment of obesity. Herbalists have long extolled the beneficial effects of pickled samphire on the digestive system. Succulent leaves are delicious boiled with salt and pickled in vinegar and...

Hardy to zone 6. In Germany, women who are stopping oral contraception, use chastetree to help reestablish normal menstruation and ovulation. Seeds require stratification. But be forewarned: some suggest the aromatic seeds have exactly the opposite effect!...

Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery. Large single white trumpet-like flowers are fragrant at night.

Infusion of the dried tops is recommended for dropsy as well as bladder and kidney diseases. Restores normal rhythm to feeble, irregular heartbeat but large doses cause respiratory paralysis.

(Huang shu kui; Yellow sichuan mallow)

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.

Vines are typically grown on trellises so the smooth round fruits hang down for easy harvest. (Buddha fruit; Lou han guo) This is known as the "longevity herb" in China where the tea made with the dried fruits is commonly consumed.

Native people have used the roots of this plant for fever, catarrh and pain. The Iroquois used it as a ‘love medicine' and as a ‘smudging' herb to revive the unconscious. This showy North American native displays its deep violet flowers in the fall.

Ht. 30-100 cm/1-3 ft. An important commercial spice crop in India where the pungent, aromatic seeds are in great demand in curries, pickles, confectionery and beverages. Grows like cumin or dill: start in peat or paper pots in April; do not disturb roots...

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

Approximately 1,500 seeds per packet. Good choice for clay soil. Ready to harvest in 75 days. Gives you more than generous yields. Stores well and stays crisp. Danvers Half Long Carrot produces blocky-topped, tapered roots that chunk up nicely at 6 to...

Dried flowers are a good incense and when anise-hyssop is planted near a back door, is thought to be protective. Simmer leaves in cream for licorice flavour in ice cream recipes. Leaves, when crushed, are strongly anise-scented.

Said to be 5-6 times more potent medicinally than Scotch broom. Shrub of Mediterranean climatic zones; naturalized in California. Fragrant flowers yield a yellow dye.

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

For the best flavor, harvest these eggplants when the skin is still shiny. The attractive Shikou plants grow 18 in. Just slice and enjoy grilled, sauted or in stir-fry. The seeds germinate in 7 to 14 days and you'll enjoy a harvest of fruit in 70 to 80...

Beet seeds germinate best when they are soaked in lukewarm water for about 24 hours before sowing. An ideal beet for roasting, pickling and eating fresh. Shows tolerance to downey and powdery mildew and is highly tolerant to cercospora leaf spot.

Mildew resistant. The leaves have a pleasant mild lemon scent and flavour. Ht. 45-60cm (18-24in). The flowers start earlier than other bergamots and last through August. The mass of colour is so striking Bergamo was awarded the Fleuroselect Gold Medal...

Flowers are sometimes brewed into tea, though caution should be taken as seeds and leaves contain oxalic acid and saponin. Height 24-36in (60-90cm) Grows naturally in disturbed soils.

Ht 24-60in (60-180cm). Well known as a source for high quality yellow dye since ancient times; pigments used for oil paint as well as dyeing wool, cotton, and silk up until the Middle Ages.

Approximately 80 seeds per 15 ft. Seed tape takes the guesswork out of spacing and removes the work of removing crowded seedlings. Chard can be sauteed, added to soups or chopped finely in a super salad.

Ready to harvest in 80-days. Gardeners Choice Tomato got its name from a panel of master gardeners. Approximately 20 seeds per packet. It combines the luscious taste and meaty texture of the beloved Brandywine tomato with higher yields and better disease...

Approximately 25 seeds per packet. Ready to harvest in 70 to 90 days. Winter Autumn Acorn Squash Blend, with its beautiful mix of 4 different colored squashes, will be a welcome sight.

Roots are a valuable antiseptic for infections of the mouth, throat, respiratory system, and the skin. It was much more successful as a medicinal, entering the US Pharmacopoeia (1831-42).

Or 3 plus weeks maturity time). These shorter-than-average plants are as strong as field corn and hold their own against the elements and disease to yield large, attractive bicolor ears that are filled to the tips with succulent, sweeter-than-sugar kernels.