Herbs Seeds For Sale In Michigan

Start seeds 6-8 weeks before anticipated transplant date. Check the code at the end of the description for specific germination requirements. These seeds need a period of cold stratification for successful germination.

Edible leaves can be added to salads. (Money plant) Curiously, it symbolizes both honesty and money. When dried its silver dollar-like seed pods make attractive winter decorations.

It is gaining a reputation among western herbalists as a fast and highly effective treatment for depression, anxiety, insomnia, poor memory and irritability. (Silktree; He huan pi) Known as the “happiness tree”, its flowers and bark are used in China...

They are easy to grow. Hardy herbs can be transplanted after the last frost. A favorite of the bees! Germination code: (1) Small seedlings such as thyme, savory and sweet marjoram may be successfully transplanted in small clumps.

The flavour is said to be somewhat stronger than other varieties. It was developed by crossing Canadian and American varieties to improve quality and disease resistance and to lower nicotine.

Caution: although the oil is safe, raw seeds are poisonous. Oil extracted from seeds is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea. Large tropical-looking foliage.

Rich source of vitamins A and C. Common weed, popular as a pot-herb. Young tender plants are a pleasant spinach substitute when boiled and served with butter.

Seeds possess hallucinogenic alkaloids. Source of the famous dye “Turkish Red”, a characteristic colour of Persian carpets. In Egypt, the oil expressed from the seeds is said to be an aphrodisiac.

The young leaves can be cooked like spinach. It gets quite tall, up to 2m/6ft high, but then it produces long green tassels that swoop down for a striking tropical effect in the garden.

The name translates as "little beak" in reference to the small pointy ends at the bottom of the fruits. These teardrop-shaped peppers from Brazil are the cutest little things, less than an inch in size.

Easy to grow shrub or small tree; nice compact bushy habit. Seeds are source of natural bright-yellow food colouring, used in butter, margarine, cheese and other foods. Used by South American Indians to paint their bodies red.

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

Flowers reach 30cm/12in. European native with neat rosettes of hairy leaves and lemon-yellow flowers. Also against flu, inflamed kidneys, and diarrhea. The whole plant has potent but underappreciated astringent, expectorant and diuretic properties.

Also used to make Chartreuse, the famous liqueur made by the Carthusian monks in the mountains of France, Low mat-forming plant with grey felt-like leaves; excellent for rock gardens.

High yielding variety for medicinal use. Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil.

Improved strain of valerian for commercial production; root yield up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare (1 ton/acre); contains 0.7% essential oil (bornyl acetate, valepotriate and valerenic acid).

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

Best grown along streams where water is shallow and calm. Will succeed, however, in gardens or in pots, provided soil is kept moist.

(Eglantine rose) Spicy, sweet fragrant leaves fill the air, especially after a shower. Pink scentless flowers appear in June.

Ground cover for any unsightly barren patches, south-facing slopes, etc. Used in folk medicine to treat disorders of the prostate. The plant is being tested as a substitute for purple foxglove in the treatment of heart disorders.

Bees love this plant. In Africa the plant is widely cultivated as a medicinal plant used to treat painful constipation, intestinal parasites, ringworm, dermatitis, and gonorrhoea. Its large yellow flower spikes look like candle sticks and make an impressive...

New research shows it is a good skin and wound remedy. Infusion of leaves makes a pleasant cordial tea. Helps overcome stomach weakness. Has a faint thyme-like aroma.

‘Medinette' is slow to bolt, especially in hot conditions, and because of this trait it is often preferred over Genovese varieties where the summers are hot or in hot greenhouses.

15-50cm/6-20” Produces white flower umbels July to October. Grows best in dry alkaline soil. (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,...

Salve or poultice is useful for swellings, boils, arthritis and rheumatism. (Yellow sweet clover) Important forage crop. Medicinally, it prevents blood clotting.

Medicinal: Though rue has many traditional medicinal uses, the novice best leave it alone, and grow it only for its pleasing ornamental qualities. Our vegetable seeds do especially well in hot, humid climates where vegetable production can be difficult.