Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Wichita

Compact and uniform variety with deep purple-blue flowers. Will flower the first season if started early. The branching habit is very tight, close to the base and produces a rich flush of attractive flower spikes.

The following spring, the seedlings appear, and in 3 to 6 years they mature. Seeds are planted in hardwood forests or in specially prepared beds anytime from Sept. Native of cool hardwood forests throughout eastern and central North America.

Requires cold stratification for 1-2 months to break seed dormancy. Roots contain medicinal constituents similar to those found in . (Yellow coneflower) The only yellow-flowering echinacea.

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). Ht. 35-40cm/14-16.

Butterhead type with loosely folded, succulent, dark green leaves. Our favourite because it is slow to bolt in summer.

Very easy to grow. The association between the dish and amaranth is so strong that the plant itself is often called “callaloo”. (Chinese spinach) Callaloo is a popular Caribbean dish made from different leafy plants depending on local custom.

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

Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis. Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours.

John Gerard's , (1633) advises “The daisies do mitigate all kinde of paines,” and directs those suffering from gout to apply them to painful joints with butter. Easy to grow, with a long flowering season, the numerous button flowers appear from early...

The whole plant has potent but underappreciated astringent, expectorant and diuretic properties. European native with neat rosettes of hairy leaves and lemon-yellow flowers. While leaves form ground-hugging mats.

Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Sow from seed, or split roots in spring. Beautiful ornamental plant with small ornate fiery yellow, orange, and crimson flowers. Needs very little maintained.

Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks. The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden.

The oil is distilled and harvested commercially. (Lavender sage) In Spain this is the only sage used in cooking. It is also a popular antidiabetic used throughout Spain. Studies confirm that it is effective for blood sugar, lowering without affecting...

It is a small tree with fragrant showy pink flowers in summer. (Silktree; He huan pi) Known as the “happiness tree”, its flowers and bark are used in China to mend “broken hearts” and to induce a feeling of contentment and happiness.

According to Greek legends, this flower sprang from the blood of Adonis. Formerly used as a cardiac stimulant like digitalis but is much stronger. Brilliant crimson and black flowers in June-July.

Airy masses of small white flowers (50% doubles) in summer. Excellent as cutflowers in floral arrangements and bouquets.

Grows up to 2m (8ft) high, but can be harvested at a much smaller stage when the flavour is milder. The flavour gets stronger the older the leaves get. Leaves possess huge oil glands which give papalo its potent flavour and scent.

(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.

The most compact genovese variety available. The medium green leaves have excellent flavour and aroma. The internodes -- the length of the stem between leaves -- are extremely short, which is why the plants are exceptionally compact and bushy.

This corn can be roasted and then added to salads, and young ears can be roasted or boiled. A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations. The stalks are very short, only 75-90cm (2.5-3ft) high, and the small 10cm (4") multicoloured...

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. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost.

An improved, more aromatic selection similar to ‘Citronella'.

Honey and Cream prefers deep, rich, well-drained loamy soil. Isolate from sh2 varieties (250 ft. And filled with broad, deep kernels. Between plants and 30 in. It yields blunt-ended ears, ranging in size from 7-1/2 in.

Produces masses of rosy pink flowers on mounds of aromatic grey green foliage. Ht. 60cm/24”.

To gardeners, this attractive plant is known as "mosquito flower" because its pink flowers vaguely resemble the little pests. (Mosquito flower; Perilla) Mexican herb used for stomach ache, diarrhea, skin rashes, and infections of the kidney and urinary...

Old garden favourite. Sweet-scented, deep violet flowers are candied as decoration for puddings, cakes and ice cream. Important source of perfume.