Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Tucson

(Ear Shiso) The Japanese grow this aromatic herb for its flower tips and buds, and for its leaves. It is a shiso like the better known green and purple forms except the leaves have both green on top and purple underneath.

Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery. Angels trumpets are popular in containers for the patio, balcony or deck.

Excellent for stir fries, especially with egg, and for pickling and seasoning. Flavour resembles onions, with rich aromatic overtones. In Chinese medicine the bark is used for diarrhea, dysentery, and flatulence.

Improves the appetite by stimulating bile flow, gastric juices and pancreatic secretions. Petite woolly rosettes of leaves resemble a cat's foot. Lovely in rock gardens.

(Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Reported to contain some ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, both potent central nervous system stimulants. Pleasant thirst-quenching tea. Indigeneous folk remedy for colds and headache, and for urinary and venereal diseases.

(Horseradish tree; Drumstick tree) Small tree native to India and Arabia and widely cultivated throughout the tropics. Roots are used like horseradish, and the leaves are eaten as greens, in curries, pickles and as seasoning, and the large immature seedpods,...

(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.

(Mache; Feldsalat) Frequently found in summer salads in France and Germany. Repeat sowings till mid-August for continuous supply. Pleasant alternative to lettuce or endive, possessing its own special piquant flavour.

According to Gerard, the powder snuffed up the nose was prescribed to ‘cleanse the head of tough slimy humours.' White or pinkish flower clusters inspire its other name, the Pearl.

Dried milky juice, called lactucarium or lettuce opium, was once used to induce sleep and to treat nervous disorders.

(Loofah) Known as the ‘dishcloth gourd' because the dried over-ripe fruits can be used to scrub dishes. Wonderful for bath and shower as it invigorates the skin without harsh abrasion.

Best known for flavouring liqueurs such as anisette, ouzo, absinthe and sambuca. Ground seed is used in confectionary goods including , and . Fresh chopped leaves are appealing in soups, stews, sauces and salads.

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

Basil Bush Spicy Globe was refined in Italy and produces fine green leaves that are great in soups, salads, sauces and omelets. They are so perfectly uniform that they look pruned.

Variety commonly sold as peppermint or spearmint. Flavour and odour is pungent, not sweet like the true root-propagated strains. Useful for tea, for medicinal purposes.

Standard lettuce-leaf type grown in Italy. Large ribbed leaves, strong flavour.

Noted for soothing irritations and inflammations of the skin, throat, eyes, lungs and urinary organs. ERFURTER is rich in medicinal mucilage, up to 10%.

Once common from Florida to the Great Lakes, wild pawpaw became almost extinct. The yellow fruits form in hanging clusters somewhat like bananas and have a sweet custard-like flesh with an exotic mango-banana like flavour.

Hull-less seeds yield a medicinally-active oil used in Central Europe for inflammations, hypertrophy of the prostate, and for arteriosclerosis. Has high vitamin E content, and like evening primrose stimulates the synthesis of prostaglandins.

Buttercrunch Lettuce is a compact butterhead-type that's productive, heat tolerant and slow to bolt. Ready to harvest in 65 days. Mildly flavored leaves. Approximately 500 seeds per packet.

Little Marvel Pea has been a favorite for over 60 years. Pods with 6 to 9 large, sweet peas. Ready to harvest in 62 days. Approximately 225 seeds per packet. Space-saving semi-dwarf sets huge yields of 3 in.

An outstanding genovese basil for pots. The short internodes -- the length of the stem between leaves -- are why this variety is one of the most compact and bushy genovese basils available.

(Mustard cress; Yellow mustard) True companion to curled cress for salads and sandwiches. The well known condiment is prepared from ground mustard seeds. Sow 4 days after cress to mature concurrently.

Gurney's Premium Lettuce Blend gives you a continual harvest of colorful lettuce from early spring on with its unique blend of romaine, oak leaf, lollo and Batavia types. Ready to harvest in 30-days to 65-days.

Fresh leaves burst of lemon when squeezed. CITRONELLA is the most fragrant variety available. Has double the oil content of other varieties, up to 0.4%. Uniform, compact, erect form, 25-30cm/10-12in high with medium-large to large leaves.

Roots of this common wildplant are said to have “blood-purifying” properties. One of four herbs in the Essiac anti-cancer formula. Useful for skin diseases, including eczema. Recent medical evidence supports folkloric use for tumours.

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. Deep taproot discourages relocation.