Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Hampton

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

Indeterminate vines, potato-leaf type. It may have a funny name but it is a seriously good heirloom tomato from the old Czechoslovakia. The name is pronounced "stoo-peetz-eh". Tomatoes are bright red, the size of golf balls, and come even in cool weather.

(White Bell) Sweet bell pepper with 3 or 4 lobes and crisp, medium-thick flesh. Fruits mature from a beautiful translucent white to pale yellow to scarlet red, and are delicious in any colour.

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

(Chinese parsley) An outstanding Israeli variety developed to resist bolting (early flowering) in hot summer weather. It is highly productive, producing upwards of 20 tons of fresh cilantro per hectare (8 tons/acre).

(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. Plants are compact and bushy and will do well in containers and in the garden.

Extra finely cut, lacy leaves with mild, nutty-flavour, delicate crispy ribs and cream coloured hearts are fast growing and are a great addition to salads, adding flavour, body and crunchy texture.

Important tonic herb for the liver. Striking plant. Its glossy leaves are painted with veins of creamy white which, according to tradition, originated from the milk of the Virgin which once fell upon a plant.

Main ingredient in chili sauces, curries and exotic dishes. Variety grown for its seeds. Seeds add fresh, spicy flavour to soups and stews.

An heirloom seed that produces a pear-shaped golden-yellow fruit, resistant to splitting and cracking.

(Dang shen) Important Chinese medicinal herb similar in action to ginseng. Sweet tasting roots have been shown to boost red cell and hemoglobin counts in rabbits. Used as a tonic in anemia, fatigue, shallow and strained breathing, poor appetite, dyspepsia,...

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

Produces 10kg/25lb fruits with juicy flesh that is bright red with old fashioned sweet flavour and fine texture. Great for slicing, in fruit salads and juicing...the rind is quite thick and lends itself to being its own tureen or punch bowl for soups...

Old variety introduced by Gleckler Seedsmen in 1956. But the green ripe tomatoes are delicious, fleshy, and "very fine for slicing and frying and especially for making delicious conserves." Fruits are medium-large, 10-16 ounces.

Small, plum shaped bright red fruit that is thick walled with meaty interior and few seeds. Fine tomato flavour that is excellent for paste, sauce, canning or freezing whole.

They also make a most decorative container at the dinner table for other foods when scooped out. They are most tender when just 5-8cm (2-3") across. They can be steamed whole, or hollowed out, stuffed and baked, or they can be sliced and sauteed in butter...

On those sweltering summer days, cool off with iced borage tea, adding honey and lemon juice to taste. Known as the Herb of Gladness for its exhilarating effect. Try adding chopped young leaves and flowers to salads or summer drinks.

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

Does not tolerate competition from weeds or other crops. Alfalfa is believed to have originated from Asia, migrating to Greece from China in 5 BC. Young leaves and sprouts are added to sandwiches and salads.

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...

Slow Food USA has nominated it for the Ark of Taste program to help ensure its survival in a time of inexorable food industrialization. The green-yellow flesh, with occasional pink streaks, is very meaty and even buttery in texture.

Fire things up with, chef-quality hot sauce! This weed-blocking fabric seedsheet is embedded with seed-filled pods that dissolve upon contact with water, "planting" the seeds in the planting mix below.

Spread 18in (45cm). Leaves provide a unique seasoning for meats and dressings. Easy to grow and blooms from July to September. Height 40in (100cm). Korean mint is a warming herb known to help clear fevers and also aid in digestion, chest ailments and...

The sweet and mild flavour is reminiscent of asparagus, mushrooms, and beans. Grow like pole beans or on a trellis and sow in June when the ground is warm. Tolerates hot weather well.

Introduced by Burpee over 100 years ago this large-fruited variety is still popular today. Smooth black oval fruits are 16cm/6.5" long, 13cm/5" across, and average 1kg/2lb. Holds well and retains good color.

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

(Pot marigold) Commercial strain used for medicinal flower production in Europe. Said to possess superior medicinal action.