Organic Seeds Herbs For Sale In Louisiana

Heat: 2,500 Scoville units. Pods start off green, turn jet black, and slowly ripen to red. Black fruits and large purple flowers create quite a nice ornamental effect. Similar to jalapeno pepper in shape and size.

Thistlelike flowerheads colour silk, wool, rouge and are used as a saffron substitute in rice dishes. (False saffron) Important source of good quality cooking oil, and yellow or red dyes.

(Japanese mustard) Traditional Japanese green dating back to the Edo period. Lance-shaped leaves, produced in abundance, have a mild mustard flavour and are delicious in mixed salads and in stir fries and soups.

Heirloom variety, good for heavier soils. Broad tapered roots with red core, light orange flesh. Keeps well in storage, retaining its ‘real' carrot flavour, sweet and smooth! 65 days

Anaheim type with huge peppers that get up to 20cm/8" long and 5cm/2" wide and weigh up to 4oz each. It is not uncommon to get 25-30 of these from a single plant. The heat is mildly hot, about 2,000-4,000 Scoville units.

Popular variety with large medium dark green leaves from 2.5” to 4” long. It is similar to Genovese basil but the scent and taste are sweeter and milder. Ht. 60-75cm (24-32”).

(Edamame; Vegetable soybean) This is an heirloom soybean used to make the Japanese side dish, edamame. It is not grown for the dry soybeans but rather for the tender green pods that are eaten like snap beans.

Huge yields of pale-yellow cherry tomatoes with a pleasant, mild taste. Vines are indeterminate with an overall compact growth habit that makes it easy on the back to pick from.

Finely cut foliage. For fresh use as dillweed, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Dwarf, compact version of dill.

Red hot chiles, 5-10cm/2-4” long and 1cm/0.5” in diameter, are indispensable in Mexican, Indonesian and Italian dishes. Dried powder adds zest and piquancy to soups, sauces, egg and meat dishes.

Give this bee bait a place in your garden! Borage ( Borago officinalis ) has stunning purple star-shaped edible flowers that pull in all kinds of pollinators! Their mild cucumber flavor is a great addition to summer treats like drinks, salads and desserts.

Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less licorice-like. This is the true strain used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken...

All-America Winner 2015. Ht. 12-15cm/5-6”. It is a low spreader, with grey-green leaves typical of zaatar but larger. Easy to grow from seeds. Award-winning variety selected for uniformity, flavour, aroma, and high yields.

(Spoon mustard) Oriental green with a soft creamy texture and distinctive subtle flavour. When seeded thickly the small dark green baby greens are ready to harvest in 21 days after sowing.

Very dark green skin covers flesh of greenish white, delicate tasting and tender whether picked early with their blossoms still attached or allowed to mature. Used sliced fresh at all stages in salads or as crudite, steamed or sauteed with herbs and garlic,...

This is the true oregano collected wild in the mountains of Greece. White flowers; very hardy. Excellent flavour.

Hardy annual 12-14 in. This variety yields a bright, medium-red, semi-frilly loose leaf that is beautiful in salad mixes or as full heads.

Wonderful lime-scented version of lemon basil from Thailand.

Seedlings can be moved outside after all danger of frost has passed. Classic flavor, classic look, smaller package. Think of Emily Basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) as the Genovese variety's mini-me! It has excellent flavor, but grows only to 12-18-inches, making...

Also known as Santo Cilantro, this variety tolerates heat better than others having been bred for maximum leaf production without bolting. In mild climates it can be sown in the fall for spring production.

Tender annual 24-30 in. Spicy Jalapenos can be used in everything from Mexican cuisine to pizza. This variety yields loads of green conical fruits that get hotter as they mature.

Heat: 350,000 Scoville units. If you have had little luck with habaneros in the past, try this one. Ht. 60-90cm/2-3ft. This is a fiery chile of the habanero type with elongated bright scarlet red fruits reminiscent of Chinese lanterns.

Start indoors under lights 6- to 8-weeks before the last frost date or direct sow after all danger from frost has passed. Love the flavor of Italian oregano, but want something sweeter?

Harvest early before the peas form inside so pods are tender and sweet. Some call this pea the "Queen of the Orient" because it is so often added to stir fries. Vines need support.

(Japanese mustard) The deeply frilled foliage has beautiful red streaks set against a green background. The visual effect is like an abstract expressionist painting, mesmerizing if you let yourself get drawn into the detail.