Nitrogen Fixing Plant Seeds For Sale In Canada

High yields and slow to bolt. This is a nice compact Genovese basil well suited for pot production and for fresh cut use in the field. Has intermediate resistance to fusarium. Large, dark green glossy leaves on thick sturdy stems.

Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest. Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed.

Sow direct in the garden in spring. Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty taste of the red hued leaves is irresistible. The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope,...

Sow direct in the garden in spring. The flavour is pleasantly sharp and nutty and the texture is quite good for fresh salad use. Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves.

Deep-red “baby” pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8” length, and retain their red colour when cooked. The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty!...

Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup. Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less licorice-like.

Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings. Grows 25cm/10” in 45 days. Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup.

Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves. Highly resistant to common fungal diseases.

Dark purplish-bronze foliage. Excellent for seasoning, and for basil vinegar which turns a beautiful red colour. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

It also has an antibacterial action. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat, and headaches. Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.'

Impressive in borders, cottage gardens, containers, and in vegetable gardens. With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental.

Yields can be huge if pods are picked often to encourage more to come. The deep magenta colour persists with cooking. A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean. The long beans are like young string beans without the annoying string.

Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs. With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners.

Regular onion chives. Besides using the leaves, try the pretty purple flowers, separated into florets, in salads for colour and flavour.

Some disease and drought tolerance. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern states around Christmas time. A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour.

Height 60cm/24-30”. Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour. Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed.

Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled. Attractive, bright golden-orange roots, are best eaten when small, but retain their sweet flavour and do not become fibrous when larger.

Harvest when young and tender. Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked. Repeat sowings for a continuous crop.

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

(Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer. The flavour is pleasantly nutty. They can be steamed whole, or hollowed out, stuffed and baked, or they can be sliced and sauteed in butter until...

The stalks get only 120-150cm/4-5ft tall, so the plants blend in well with ornamental grasses or at the back of the garden. (Strawberry popcorn) This little mahogany-red corn is so cute! Just 5-7cm/2-3" long, the ears actually look like strawberries.

Fast growing Genovese type suited for year round pot production. Leaves are medium large to large with dark green colour. Uniform, erect habit.

And it may be resistant to downy mildew according to one report. A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. The leaves can be used like any other sweet basil, but you can also pick the red flower bracts and sprinkle them over salads, egg dishes,...

Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance. The beautiful dark blue kernels are ground and made into a traditional paper-thin piki bread and a dense cake called qomi.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.