Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In District Of Columbia

Large-leaf type from the Genoa area of Italy, the pesto capital of the world.

Favourite of cat lovers, for cats relish the intoxicating leaves. Remedy for colds and fevers. Tea is a popular nightcap, as it induces a good night's sleep.

(Chinese parsley) The piquant flavour of fresh coriander leaves, so essential in authentic Chinese and Latin American cuisines, has become very popular in recent years. Slowest to bolt, even in hot weather, very uniform, with good flavour and dark green...

A first-class German variety with light-coloured bulbs and creamy-white flesh. Unlike other varieties, the flesh stays firm and white even when the bulbs get large.

(German thyme; Winter thyme) Most popular variety. Robust growth habit. Broad dark green leaves.

Has antipyretic, analgesic and antibacterial action. Root used in Chinese medicine to treat toothache and headache and externally for mastitis and infected wounds.

As its name suggests it is an invaluable aid to mothers, helping to regulate menstruation, ease post-partum pain and bleeding, and to help to eject the placenta. (Yi mu cao) One of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese medicine.

Deeply cut, bright green leaves with excellent flavour. Our favourite type because flavour is extra rich. Standard variety for flavouring, slightly earlier maturing than above. Adds true European character to soups and stews.

Approximately 2 TBS. Great for sprouts or juiced! Wheat sprouts are amazingly sweet and easy to sprout. If allowed to grow for seven days, wheat reaches the "grass" stage when it can be juiced for a nutritious drink.

Many herbalists assert that the flowers taken as an infusion help prevent and even cure cancer. Red clover is also efficacious for bronchial troubles, whooping cough, gastric troubles and ulcers.

Important herb of the Orient: cough remedy is prepared from the roots; wholesome young foliage added to salads. Interesting profuse blue flowers resemble balloons just before opening.

Invaluable in first-aid skin lotions and ointments. (Pot marigold) Flower petals give delicate flavour and strong colour to salads, omelettes and cheese, and is used as a saffron substitute for rice.

Plant grows fresh green, spatulate shaped, spinach-like leaves, out from small woody stems. Ashwagandha is highly regarded in ayurvedic medicine, where the root is used as a dietary supplement.

Grey-green pebbly leaves, pale blue flowers The most commonly grown culinary variety. (Dalmatian sage) The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.

Showy white flowers. Flat leaved variety from Japan. Has become popular wherever regular chives are used. Irresistable combination of garlic and chives.

This is a good one! Mushroom shaped, thin walled, green to bright yellow, fiery hot taste similar to Habanero types. If you like heat and flavour... 5cm/2” fruits are good pickled or dried for seasoning.

(Chinese parsley) The piquant flavour of fresh coriander leaves, so essential in authentic Chinese and Latin American cuisines, has become very popular in recent years. ‘Longstanding' is the strain commonly grown in North America for fresh leaves.

Used for upset stomach, headache, cough, and diarrhea. (Wild oregano) Medicinal variety of oregano lacking true oregano's familar aroma and flavour. Also as gargle for mouth and throat inflammations.

Finely cut foliage. For fresh use as “dillweed”, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles.

Laserwort is a close relative to parsley with aromatic leaves that are commonly eaten as a pot-herb in Northern China. Ht 12-30in (30-80cm). (Fang feng) Laserwort is a foundational traditional Chinese cold and flu remedy used to treat infections and sinus...

Surprisingly sweet, they are great in salads or pickled. (Christmas tree pepper) As the small (5cm/2") peppers mature they "turn on" like Christmas lights -- in a riot of red, orange, yellow and purple.

Very cold tolerant: can be harvested even from under the snow. (Spoon mustard) Oriental green with a soft creamy texture and distinctive subtle flavour. When seeded less thickly the leaves form a compact, thick rosette in 45 days, perfect for bunching.

Low acid, fairly sweet. Large juicy fruit with tender skin. Grows a greenish-white but may blush if it stays on the plant long enough. 75 days to maturity. Excellent for eating fresh sliced on a sandwich, and not too wet to add to a salad.

Heat: 350,000 Scoville units. This is a fiery chile of the habanero type with elongated bright scarlet red fruits reminiscent of Chinese lanterns. It is earlier and more tolerant of the cooler temperatures.

Unusual violet-streaked green bell-shaped flowers. (Dang shen) Important Chinese medicinal herb similar in action to ginseng. Used as a tonic in anemia, fatigue, shallow and strained breathing, poor appetite, dyspepsia, and diabetes.

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.